The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-01
NICKNAMING STOCKS.
PARLANcE OF BUSY BROKERS WHO
TALK QUICK AND TO THE POINT.

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precious down In wall street that the
brokers have 20 resort 70 shortening
mp Of the names Of the stocks listed ON
tho exchange. To designato them by
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lng or g.van6 ordeFs 20 clerks over sele-
pnoneas DEosazs cannos tAke time 20 re-
geas SUCH igns name = CnaoaSo. hock
aslan1 -. ana Tc aney amply say
o Anosnef long
swT M ous name : tnas oI sne nionmono
- go Wess 1oins l'' l AeEAla. nA.Way anu
WA1enouss conpany' wnicn u poalea
low - plokeEs paE,ence 70 d. ~
= So.uaaO.S' ~ nns saley ana Aoiooo
70, iroao company - corrupted INTO
snocklng Va!ie Wniieesenerai Eiec.
s.ac company - spoken on a. senerai
Eiec' feae is mucn QUICKER ana
easier said tnan feor1a' Decaeur ana
Evansville yes the tormer means the
latter.
some OF the otner stocks wh1cn nave
nao tneir names trimmed down 20 suit
the convenience or rancy OF wall street
are the american sugar henning COM
pany, which Is called sugar Chlca.
go Gas trust company, Gas ana
Chicago, burlington ana quincy rail-
road Burlington. Inc preferred STOCK
OF tne Northern Pacinc Railroad com
pany is known as NipPer, Toledo,
Ann Arnor ana North Michigan is cas-
lly handled as Tan. United states
Rubber companys STOCK Is facetiousiy
called RUBBER Balls on account OF
the violent manner In which the stock
bounded up anq down when IL was nrst
put ON tne markee'
Ihe stock OF the missouri Pacihc rail-
road, tne IaVor1te properly OF the Goulos
is known to wall street az MOP "
Tommy Dodd" was the name BY
which the stock OF the Toledo. Delphas
anu Buriington Railroad company was
mown 70 brokers IN WALL street for
years Bne heeles - heard OF 10 now.
5ut almost every one has heard o
Nickel Plate In connection with q
railroad, but comparatively few know
tnae the title 10 simply the brokers'
nlckname on the New Xork, ChacaGn
ana Se. Louis raairo@d The name orig
mated when the road was constructed,
everything connected with IL being of
the best and "all nickel plated, a.
tne saying Went then The Big Four"
e the common titie OF the Chicago
Cincinnati, Columbus and St Louis rail
road by reason OF the four big cities
which the read connects. ~. r." Is
used Tor Union Pacific and Erie" in
place OF New York, Lake Erie and West
ern Railroad company.
The stock OF the National Lead COM
pany 10 spoken OF as Lead, and at
k'~~'~- = ~~A~ Ss~sAA 40 No
Ginning or at standstill. brokers and
specuiators tell each other that "lead is
heavy" much to the mystifcation Of
the greenhorn who never heard of lead
being other tnan heavy.
WHISKY sometimes "whiskers, !"
which Is the brokers name for the stock
OF the Distilling and Cattle Feeding
company 10 another term which has
often caused both fun and trouble.
Some time ago well known broker, in
writing 70 q customer who Is total
assurance advocate, spoke OF that
WHISKY you got from me- The broker
meant block OF the stock OF the Distill-
ing ana Cattle FEEDING company which
ne mad sold to the customer, but in the
letter ne used the street term OF 'whis-
~:
Inc customers wife, who is also
sHact ON the temperance platform. got
hold o. the letter. After giving her bet
ter hall curtain lecture on the evil Of
ineemperance madam hied herself to the
brokers' ONCE IN Broad street. and
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