... had to buy. In a short while the demand for what the farmers had to sell fell away, and bills could not be met, and their troubles were added to those of the minority of the consumers of the ... $10,000,000, only to rise to $14,000,000 in November. In the midst of these difficulties, the securities of the various States held up. Since the first months of 1873, the demands of the English ... the 12th and 20th of September, at the most critical period; and when suspension was universal, they had declined to $89,000,000. After the breaking out on the 18th of October, and since then...