But now a general financial stringency prevailed all over the country.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
The panic was felt to a great degree on the New York Stock Exchange because the banks refused to make loans, but this stringency was relieved by a bankers' pool, headed by J. P. Morgan, which loaned $25,000,000 at the prevailing rate of interest.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews
Talk of "guns" and "cold steel" replaced arguments based upon economic conditions and the stringency of the "bonds of Empire."
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry