The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1865-03-04
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The ground -four i Gsasd up 10 bushes
style, with bulletin basrds, wsElsaaands.
counters on which pfoduee Is exhibited By
sain Piles coat room. unbsells rack closets,
reading stands, where may be foand The
fIcs of leading papers. The upper a0os
! lthere are t~o] is elegantly assed sp
with convenienos for business. CouateEs
range akng the room, which 10 from
thirty to 6ily feet in the clear. In shess
Counters are numbered DRIVERS, TN which,
under lock aud key, the members In little
boxes keep the samples Of what they wish
! to sell. zach member is allowed = space
on the counter Of about four feet square.
In litt,e paper boxes viii be found samples
ofoats, wheat corr; barley, -four, lard,
tallow, meal, shorts, aud such articles
A card lying or sticking on the top Of the
httIe box tells to whom the article bslongs
and the amount for sale. In ons LITTLE
box was quart Of wheat Ga the card
was marked Choice amber, 2T,e0e
tu hcls " And so on throughout The
roon. The buyer CONES up---and aaks
the py.ce. If he waats it, an offer b
made, accepted OF rejected, aud fortune
changes hands i a moment. 4 desk
with checks on different bank is near By.
Cargoes of produce are bought and sold
50 quick Iy one would hardly know a bar
gain had been made
There are thirty>six hundred members,
a large Pr, porties Of whom are 'tea
chang" every day No one not mesa>
Der is admitted, or allowed to do business
there, except at times business men;
thccrs Of like associations from other
cpJes are admitted as guests or visitors,
on the introduction Of a member NoOas
residing Va New York, n,t member, ean
be admrtej. The initiation fes l. ohs
hundred dollars with yearly dues. The
doors are open at 1t oelock, aud business
begins about half p*st eleveR. Daring
change hours it is a perfect Babel Of
Voices Ncn Are '-buIling" or bearing"
the market, and excited groups Of specu-
Lltors are seea standing together listsniag
70 loud talk from each other Every
half h"ur the rates for gold are bulletioed
in different parts Of the building, giving
he price every half hour. At quarter
past ; three blows on a gong announce
gBat ia hfte, u minutes business will bs
over. At halEpast l. brawny artist"
uspends the monster SOD Of thunder"
on an iron frame in the center Of the
building and keeps up deafeting clat-
rt,li the rnotn is cleared. In \ few
minutes after the lnfuriated ringing Of
9 h., 90 ~. karTnA = r-yavxl If vx,r,an @ntmH
the place aud begin sweeping, raising .
4u,t auJ Z siuudge which makes it inn
pusa,b}e for person TO remain. unless he
would be busted and half sufFOcated
Soon as the gong begins its inferno, the
throng starts Of for 4 hugh gin milp' and
lunch room near by, where the bargains
Of the day are washed down in drsRghts
IF beverage Snd where lunch on sand
wIchcS, oysters and gases serves the
appetite TIL dinner hour. The business
OF the day is done in an hour, and millions
Of dollars worth Of produce change hands
10 that short space Of time,
The rules OF change are strict. If .
man does a drshonorable act, such On
selling that which he has not, or checking
on bank behond his funds, &c, he 10
tried and expelled aud his name 10
busted fUrevcs Retail and other dealers
purchase cargoes Of produce for their
customers. and have the same delivery to
order. The 6our men, grain men, Whiaky
ueu, pork men and others, have each Dis
tInct portions of the vast buildings.--
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