, 1879-01-27


CHICAGO, Jnu, al noticed In this noru-
iug's i1suo OF THE TRIBUNE that therc were
some members OF the BOasd Of Trade who cut,-
slLcrcd tho repeating Of the iesua Of clerks
tieketa as selash motivo on the part OF those
who advocate 1t for the purpose Ut controlling
yutea, switch Is simply absurd" The majority
Of members, 40 far - ran lcartl, have no ob-
1ection To boys acting merely III the capacity Of
settiiuR clerks; but fArRo majority do serious
" oblect to tho ssu!og Of clerks tickets iur the
purpose ot trading III tho crowl; not TINT tho
clerks Are Incompetent, but, 10 tic contrary,
tllere arc 4ossls really smart then among ttirin.
But wirn = man becomes = member Of the
Board, aud is entitled to enloy the full prlyi-
isscs of the institution, hsflly looks faF that
with him by simply becoming clerk for 4olne
house, 8id thereby cnl0Y a!t7uas tho saa!0 sghts
regular Eucn,brr, wEO h liable to cnsion Or
expulsion for any 'ErrkusrttY, thereby iosse'tng
ats membership. no Matter whether II cost him
$l0u or $5D0, willis thu clerk only furietts h!s
puslsion. Nor yet il ths tl,e only grievance.
The issue OF clesks' tickets IL most ahanetuIly
ns 4a 10 ny 9"n II" sS' snofG as
getting sou,c ttu'lae 10 buy them clerk kckct,
for no other purpose than that Ut dividing con
mieaious Or ecttiDE percentage On the amount
ol buamesa theY obtain. 1heso so-called clcFka
have uothlug elsu to DO but "rope." Of course
house las right to put 'ts clerk At whatever
work Il secs d. but u IL very unjust privilege
Of lie floor, snd inks our business With that OF
o farabank ana roper. Soma Me1nbeFs, who Ara
10 layur ol this Fulu ~ It now slsnds, say,
Well, We don't sec how we eau get along win.
out these clerks, checking traues. ETC.,
aua i we abolish clssks' tickets there
Board, u it Will give tutchinsun athsneo 10 en-
large hts hobby nulsance,' Ihs Csll Board"
Nov. tn my pplniop, when mcmbeEs make
trade in the crowd, II they would be littlu
more coretu! 1t Wuu]d ooytstu mistakes; Sud II
tbs boys Ntrp Ill IN Que room adi0lulug thu
main room Il would f4cllitato business, alM
pcrRon could have I chance 10 now uruuul, xtlu
It would IN easseF to GnI your boy than 1t now
Ia, ~ generally. when to IL w1uted, hu il III Que
oi thu eroMds, watching hIs chance 10 trade Oh
ls Dut Or cali for olie do nok wsat TO See the
thing which would diahc&rten or throw any Oh
staeles IN thek way Of advancement; blG any
man of common sense kuuws that thb present
system II = very bad school for the youth, und II
tnry had not free acrcst to The trading crowds,
largo majority vi them would bare more
tuoueY Ut tle cu4 Ut tho uunth. Aud Il they were
BY themselves trades would b vruax up with
more prosuutncss Hnd less money tied up
through the neglect uf ths boy not trying 10
settle, or not having tins because he wants 10
watch tic market. II house has valuable
clerk, who IL now tr.diDg 10 ths ring and Is not
= regular member, ! c1n see 10 good reason
tween the house aud clerk and bur D nlcnloer-
ship, tho clerk Laying l'is elnpio}c1 by weekly
tustalIments. Illcu, wbru hs ticket u al paid
for, he Say that Ae lA3 savel 10 uiueh Moacy,
t'probably the drst" that he ever tried to, uId
the chances arc .1ixt 1t would be the turuipg
polut Of hiA lie, While, un the otaet hand, ho
neYer would bare been apJ better of. - man