Mercantile Coiia'iilons of Crisis of 1S93 111 



APPENDIX VI 



ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN U. S. BY CAUSES 



CAUSES 



ASSETS— 000 OMITTED 



1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 



Incompetence ... 



Inexperience 



Lack of capital . 

 Unwise credits . . 



Speculation 



Neglect 



Extravagance . . . . 



Fraud 



Disaster 



Failure of others 

 Competition 



110636 

 1951 



23571 

 3965 

 8917 

 1223 

 1265 

 1604 



28637 

 9745 

 1235 



$ 8563 

 4077 



34572 

 5399 



12108 

 1049 

 1399 

 4121 



21959 



8723 



929 



p 6599 



1436 



15209 



2639 



4132 



812 



819 



3547 



15425 



3532 



617 



$14637 

 2521 



41924 

 8469 



12590 



1596 



2328 



6541 



116517 



22412 

 1947 



p 7242 



23t*7 



21490 



2977 



1932 



958 



937 



3555 



36135 



4596 



991 



5 8109 

 1550 



23566 



5173 



3245 



979 



967 



3933 



32054 

 6532 

 15C4 



$23212 



2152 



27762 



5734 



5533 



1047 



1462 



5415 



59561 



13911 



2002 



p 7905 

 1286 



19821 



4876 



3398 



689 



508 



8385 



32184 

 5413 

 2087 



APPENDIX YI— Con/in i/ed 



ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN U. S. BY CAUSES 



Bradstreet's January 23, 1892, pp. 50-51; January 25, 1896, p. 52; JaniMB-y 

 22, 1898, p. 52. 



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