“CORNERS” AND THEIR EFFECT ON VALUES.
The Senate Committee on “Corners” and 95
“Futures.”—Speculation Beneficial to the Country at
Large.—A Regulator of Values, and an Important Agent
in the Prevention of Panics.-“Corners” in all kinds
of Business.—How A. T. Stewart made “Corners.”—All
Importing Firms deal in “Futures.”—Legislation
Against “Corners” would stop Enterprise and cause
Stagnation in Business.—Only the Conspirators
themselves get hurt in “Corners.”—The Black Friday
“Corner.”—Speculation in Grain Beneficial to
Consumers