190 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



OMAHA EASTERN TERMINUS OF UNION' PACIFIC RAILROAD. 



European demand for American breadstuffs, it was with 

 the greatest difficulty that shipments of grain could be 

 made, so hard was it to negotiate exchange in the un- 

 certainty which prevailed in the money market. The 

 keenest financial distress prevailed for weeks after the 

 panic had subsided, and all classes were severe suffer- 

 ers. Nor has it subsided yet, and while these pages 

 are passing through the press a general feeling of un- 

 easiness prevails throughout the country, and men are 

 fearing that something worse than has yet happened 

 may be in store for us. 



The panic revealed clearly the extent of the power 

 of a few determined and reckless gamblers in railroad 

 securities to mar the business of the entire country. 

 At a period of unexampled prosperity, with a prosper- 

 ous trade, a bountiful harvest, and an unequalled de- 



