We have all read REMINISCENCES OF A STOCK OPERATOR:
We're loaned up to the hilt," the banks protested.
"You've got your reserves," snapped J. P.
"But we're already below the legal limit," they howled
"Use them! That's what reserves are for!" And the banks
obeyed and invaded the reserves to the extent of about twenty
million dollars. It saved the stock market. The bank panic
didn't come until the following week. He was a man, J. P. Morgan
was. They don't come much bigger.