More: A Study of Financial Conditions Now Prevalent:

There should be no question that "it is time that someone practical man should print his conclusions as an illustration of the business view of business conditions" (p. vi)-supposing, of course, that no "one practical man" has already done this civil duty to his unpractical neighbor. Whether or not the obligation has been properly performed one may well hesitate to decide, especially in face of the immense mass of conclusions on business conditions already printed, and the corresponding dif...