The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-07

cary OF the Chamber.
bers had a message giving an Important
statistical change and was showing Il
Dabsolom. 'sWhat you got?'' said
Doc, {" statics9' Take him away. He
make you wrong. every time. Don't
show me no states! -, ~
One year Doc was reported to have
bought Red river valley farm for
SIS, 900, and one less successful trader
went boldly to him and asked him how
he succeeded in beating the market.
Doc took him by the collar. led him into
far corner and said =
Listen! Wheat is like man. Wheat
gets seec6. He is very low. He Il
SIT haa up s;o, Doctor comes come Says wheat got
he will die. He's got no friend. Every
body is let him die and run for the
woods, because he don't want to catch
no con-tig- u-ous disease That's the
time to buy. Buy all wheat you can
"Bimeby month goes past OF six
wee w WHAT 1T is 5 nows Wheat is bet
strong with big muscle. Everybody is
friend. Everybody is come out from
the woods, because wheat is strong man
and everybody want to be he's friend.
Look out! Wheat no good! You buy
MIN, ne Is go1n break your back
everybody buys, Can't buy enough.
You sell. Sell the son-of-a-gun. Sell
all You can. You make money!
Business Done on Honor.
These were the old days of the cham
Der: Later come the days Of big results.
In the past five years the progress has
been marvellous The Minneapolis
Chamber Of Commerce stands TODAY
representative Of the best in business.
Integrity Of character is necessary, and
not stand the closest test. With so
many. members black . sheep
gets. in once ina while, but he never
stays long. A place where men do
business on honor, where one man will
sell another 25,000, $4,000 or 100000
bushels of grain and the equivalent of
a fortune will change hands without a
markets may make difference Of thou
sands Of dollars in values within an
hour. is no place for man that will
not keep his word.
A feature Of great interest is the in
creasing facilities for obtaining outside
Information and keeping in TOUCH with
the world Besides the myriad wires
of the Western Union, North American
and Postal telegraph companies that
run into the chamber, the sixty local
andlong distance telephones on the floor,
and the numerous stock and news tickers,
there are four private wire houses with
headquarters in Minneapolis, and half
dozen Chicago houses maintain pri-
vate wire Offices here that they may do
| business promptly and may at the same
| time. be informed instantly Of every
| development in the market. It. is hard
to beat the Chamber of Commerce in
news: Let an earthquake overwhelm
San francisco, tidal wave threaten
the king of England catch cold and
the chamber knows it as fast as wire
can carry it. Millionaires NAV be
pointed out on the floor any day, men
whose interests are now SO large that
they embrace finance in general Wall
street firms do a big business at the
chamber.
The organization is not anywhere
near. it's maximum influence. Mfnneap-
oils is growing, and, tho the chamber
has grown vigorously in the past few
years, it has no more than kept pace
with the progress of the northwest.
With records already made to which
Minneapolis points with great pride,
the chamber will yet make greater rec
ords: A larger volume of business will
hioher than the Chicago board of trade
or Chicago stock exchange, and higher
in price than most of the big ex-
changes of the east, are not likely to
| fall off much in value. Indeed, old
| timers predict that $4,000 for mem
bership will look cheap some years
! hence, and that man who wants to
get into the circle will have to pay
$4,000 or more.