Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-23
SH0RT-SELLING DOES III.
ALLEGED ROBBERY OF 81, 900, 900 900
FROM THE SolL-TILLERS


Laid at the Door of the Men Who Sell
Grain Short and Those Who Cause Money
IN .o,r.o,a,.sa., a,a....,.,.- $50.
e'''''
''''-S"ahi"s'iaihs Mistake-Dr' mary's
DisapPointment-Naval Reserve Wanted.
yr ...,,,.,e,u,,, ,,,... Al, mn -
a,.'.-A..4 i' ~ hPin no houSe
,,,a,,.- on . iSTeheu " areu,
100 vi '"o phis 10 prevent
NJ -, -. w.
tie -. - p ~ ooneo'oi we" 9TH, ueVo.eu
a.a, l,,i.t, ~ Vi 1ne suoJeG'' anu ue
81 ~ ono n'su1S', iowes' anu average
$50 s. u 80 "n. s ~ hneiailu ahiuaiiy from
80, 49, ~ 81, III 'ue PuiPose Vi SHOWING Tue
s., g. =, a, ror e1aPie .he hIsh
90" ~, ~, 'ue ioWesV the aver
a. aSi 81 .l IL 'no nisnesU piioo was
20 az 'iio 80 hnu Tue aver OF
10 lo,yast es Al ioo. 'ue nisneSe was slV''
M ~ "a ceil'S' cne averages ., Genus
thon - az ioo N Iooo was 90 ceh's puSilel less
' vD.'n 'NU aseaase LoI cue PREVIOUS twenty
oI tio ueli'eu tuat coihie'i1loh WIN lilla
$500, S u,,0 uGeiihe' anu s'e one "r n,
Ia,,n,t ~ s,o ooS III tno
IN iSS1 t 80 u'.I.ii
49,, ""len % ioa' Vnaii Une ~ o.'uc.oiio VI
o,ota ~, av,iai, H. liz iii''''e
Nj - ti,',, wy usvt'',o
~ 4. osE,'''' $3.50 A.s
w. H., pi i'es 80, ~ ia'i prouueIs
g., 80 az 100 "iU'
- , aoin i''f " looi' sile Averages
tuoo 80 ~ i'oo' Uio aNoiose9 iroii iooo 70
n,', - '.io iloi,i lou
nno oon Si1 ~ oon 200 az
- n,.t,,,, ~ -on 600 900 60
and &c. - ~ so," , ono ooo nc.
Inros -, t,l VI S'V,ooOoOo, M.
~ H., Ia.+ r., .no "a ice'
IsGs al Ierv ~, ''H UuT p
tioS ha % tuo atDse ilehuioeu
tha fo,r,a, w ,,,I,, S SI ooo nnn oon N oi,i
t,o ,1,,,'',a,i,',, lei, 'oooo'o,ooo .iS
Of 1sTG r. s>Ethe Ill, 80. IL, 90 H.
farn,a,. - ,,oo,' ,on ono 600 nv
,ot La a.t,n,t, nv
o,,r.,.so =, t,,,...-,' r e ~
.t .t.' 80. p 80, III ,ne- W o., ~
00S 900 49, ~ T. :. oil' =. 20 ~
- 500 100, 90, ~ "'to al 'n0 ~ 90
f, a., I9Io anu lo ;oos Eur oe o"n "I ea.
a,,o,,, loi 90 oon ooo l'oO anu
-, D"'tei' ions Pei an'i''i'i
NJ. ~ ~ o,,o L., yeois .Io. TO- ~ 80 o.,
IL n''i NJ W " uno 10
% - 81, ., 'n'V Uno .r'
.I.s, ~ n' ', r W "a ono
power anu loIte Ine iaUtef 10 re-
uuIo 'ilo NO,uine Vi I'oney wa une Piouucei1
were counpeiieu 10 SCH ao any prices capiIal
nAeu, Ihe secoiiu was Lnat nearly an the
ooaiuS vi ,iaio are uscu 10 accomplish the
same result. 10 prove 'ne ihouer PT0pos,Iioh
no iuouou i''i'' sore,ni is9ueS Vi Ing NO"
p''netl,l anu a MAJ A1o re-
poru IN 'ne ihe NC" horh evening ost,
me iiis1 ci'aCion was from Inc Coiiiihercil
nuileviii vi APrh D, anu was entiIiea' oeh-
ing Graln Short-Ihe chicago tram hecelV-
ers Repeal the Corner Rule, TO Take Effect
June ~ The article was a report of d meet
ing of the Chicago board of trade Mt which
Mr. Rumsey said that the rule nrotected the
sbort- salla, and IaciIIotad AGAINST
a. -, NJ, p''.t', a.. - % ~
W. 70 '''''' w .i''' No. v. VIZ
Moriu hau suhsreu an eplueihlc Oh uepres-
SION, hiuch worse tnah an occasional corner
In the face of everything to advance the
market, the short-seers protected by the
rule had nut the Inarket considerably below
tba IoyvaSt noint fhr March far t,yant,,sir
- Nj D,a., ii 81 -. Ill,
., "u . 1I 'noi O-ooileio
wore miechelS ., an, ue'ei Eeu 'he PeiiiOoiiU+aiy
ino oi,' 'lltl'l '1e noouieiS uii'
he Io'o''' pee VI eS 'uoi'c7 "a' Cni,@so
ui'po''h' "oVou hPii 10 H'yi .niU cuu''4lJ
m'a hoNty seiioi vi "het'O 'ha' uay' anu
'lnc ne s''lu Iil''U puiiiiis Sho'U crops hele
asaihso loleisil SELLING VIII peao Ine puis
eseIy .allle as IL h'u oseh 'rieo during 'no
pA,' VI, 90 oea'''
, plece VI eDiIelce was s.aS on
~, ,4o o.i' hI 80 VI npin ~ .nas
q. D.; n,'Ii oh 'Ne o'. s
'' " 81 " i.u's'.' CIV N'iinoi"i toi" III
=" noa.' no''uit s'eoI'oia oiei'u ~ uany
III Ia ..u 49, e en .i'i
i la.u 20 ioi n Sne ppi,,
~ ~ -" ''''-' VI wi" o i'U'
7, T. a. aniI tio+ .,,o o,,,o,,,A,, 90 ,,o. ,,s
some corn sold here and in Chicago This ,yee,r NV
these foreign houses, and which finally broke our
markets on Wednesday, has been short wheat
here against these purchases in Russia of long
spot wheat and hence That fully eight TO ten
m'ilons OF snort wheat ior foreign account mas
oeen tilp"n on our lllarhels a' ti,s ite apsance
,,s,a, MN th.;r IN, h, go 40 nc
Russian norts and returned with this grain to the
European markets. This will require from one to
two months, after which the wheat must bes-sold
on the other side, when their short sales here
against it as hedges will be covered and this eight
'nii0n deal closed up,
An 'his convinced MI Jones' tnat Inc prices
trarily by the cliques and boards, and had