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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
LABOR LEADERS IN SESSION.
Executive Council o. Federation Pre-
pairing for Big Meeting Tomorrow.

The second days session of the execu-
tive council of the American Federation
Of Labor convened this morning. and con-
tinued until this afternoon, when a recess
was taken. 1t Is understood that tenta-
tive program will be completed today for
submission to the big meeting of labor
representatives that has been called for
tomorrow.
It is also understood that the delibera-
lions of the council have been entirely In
connection with the matter Of court in
functions. particularly the decision of the
United States Supreme Court In the hat
ters case.
The meeting tomorrow will be composed
of presidents and other representatives OF
national and international labor unions.
This meeting may. in the opinion of one
of the delegates, take up the matter or
the participation of organized labor In
the forthcoming presidential and congress
sional political campaign. and. incidental
ly. the open-shop matter may be taken
up The action Of the council has been
of a secret character.
The bookbinders will be represented at
tomorrow's meeting by James L. Feeney.
j. A. B. Estey and NJ. ]. Kelly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The market at the meeting today OF
the stock exchange was rather dull. The
demand was slight throughout the list.
with some exceptions. and one OF these
was the bonds of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company. Fifteen thou
sand -dollar bonds sold on a range of
from a. to 76s4. the bulk of them being
taken at the latter price. The asking
price at the close was on the latter level
while the bid was an eighth of a point
less.
One hundred shares of the COMMON
stock were offered at 241a and were taAen.
and the bid for similar lot WIS on
that level. with the asking price 81. For
a quotation lot of fifty shares 2412 was
bid and ~ was asked. Yesterday 2iA
was the bid and - the asking price.
the transactions during the call in the
preferred stock. The Inquire paid for the
lots was 20, while the bid for a quotation
lot of fifty shares was ~. and the asking
price 20. Yesterday the asking price was
the same. while the bid was 6SLs.
Nothing was done in gas stock. The
bid price of yesterday. which was ~.
Today the bid did not go beyond 6O1a.
Ten shares of American Bank stock
sold for 14S and that was bid for more.
but the lowest asking price was then 152.
One hundred and fifty was paid for ten
shares of Commercial Bank stock. and an
other similar lot went for 149. The bid
for the stock was then 14j and the asking
price 1Jj.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots Jobbers' prices from I cent to
cents higher.
EGGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia, 15al6;
west Virginia and southwest Virginia.
Halls; Tennessee, Halls; duck eggs, %
ago.
BUTTER. fancy. 32a32k
Western firsts. 30ha31 seconds 24a25.
Process, fancy. 25a26: fair to good. %
a23 Store-packed. fresh. 19a20.
CHEESE. = New York state factory.
new, large, 16ha17.
POULTRY.-Chickens spring. per h..
15a1s: hens, per h.. Halls: roosrers. per
h.. Z: keats. per lb.. Il; turkeys. toms.
per lb. 15a16: hens. per h.. 18a17;
ducks. per h., 11a13.
DRESSED POULTRY.-Hens. choice.
per h.. 15a16: ROSTERS. per b., 7aS:
chickens, per h.. 16a1s: ducks. per h..
l3a16: turkeys. hens. per h.. 1920:
toms. per h.. 17a1s.
VEGETABLES. - Potatoes. per bbl..
per bbl. 75a1.O0; sweet potatoes. per
bbl.. 3.OOa5.O0: yams. per Dbl, ".5Oa3.25:
turnips, per box. 30; per Dbl. 5Oa75;
rutabagas, per bbl.. 1.00a1.75; cucum-
bers. per doz.. 1.O0a2.o0; onions. per bbl..
per carrier. 1.5Oa2o0; cabbage. per 100
lbs. 80a9O; cabbage, new Fla. fiat, per
Dbl. 1.25a1.75; early Yorks. per bbl.. 800
a3.5O; caulifiower. per basket. 15Ga2.25;
kale. per Dbl. 75a90; spinach, per Dbl,
1.25a1.75: eggplant, per crate. IJOa2. %
squash, Fla, per crate. 2.OOa3.O %: snap
beans, Fla. per basket, 250a3 80: new
beets, per bunch. 5as: lettuce, Fla, per
basket, 1.O0a3. 90; okra. per carrier. $50
a4.0O; celery. per bunch. 5Oa1.OO; celery,
Fla. per crate, 2.50a325; brussels
sprouts per OF, 10a15: tomatoes, Fla.
per crate. 1.5Oa2.5O; parsley, New Or
leans. per bunch. 8; peas. Fla. per bas-
ket. 5.OOa6OO: parsnips, per box. 5Oa8O.
GREEN FRUITS. Apples. per Dbl.
2.50a5oo; oranges. Fla. per box. lisa
grape fruit, per crate. 3.50a4.5o: ,anger-
ines. per strap, 3.5Oa8OO: pineapples.
Fla, per crate, 3.00a3.25; cranberries.
per box. 2.5Oa3.5O; per Dbl. s.UOa12 90;
Strawberries, Fla. per qt.. 25a5O.
HAY AND STRAW Hay. we.tern.
mixed. 14.OOa16.OO. Straw, rye, bundle,
13.5Oa14.OO; rye. machine thrash, oOOa
$50; wheat, 650a7.00; oat straw, per
ton. 9.OOa9.5O.
DRESSED MEAT. - Pork. small and
neat. per cwt.. GOO: large. 5.oOa6.O0.
= LIVE IL sIock-cattie. extra aa: per ewt..
nary. per cwt. 2.5Oa3 90. Hogs. per cwt.,
gross, 4.5Oa4.75. Sheep, per lb, 4a4h
fall lambs. choice. 7a7h; spring lambs.
choice. 1oa18. Calves. choice, per h., 8;
medium. per h.. 7a7h
BEEF CUTS.-Ribs. No. I. per h.. 13;
No. q IL; No. 3. 10. Rounds. No. 1, per
h.. 8; No. 2. 3; No. 3. z. Loins. No. 1.
per h.. 13; No. 2. II: No. g. 10. Chucks,
No. 1. per =. 81: No. 2. z; No. 3. g.
WOOL AND HIDES.-Wool, washed,
free of burrs. per h.. %; unwashcd. 1Sa
81. Hides. green. per h.. 5; dry. per lb..
dry, each, 25a60. Mink. each. 2.5Oa3 90;
raccoon. 25a90; red fox, 1.25a1.75; skunk.
25a75; opossum. 10a15: gray fox. 35a6O:
muskrat. 15a27: muskrat kits. 8; rabbit
i.25: dry. fiint hides. per h.. 8: dry
sailed hides. 8.
GRAIN.-Wheat. s4aes. Corn, shelled,
new. 7Oa75; ear. 3.O0a3.25. Oats. western
white. No. 2. 6Oa65; mixed. 59a63. Bran.
per ton, 30OOa32.00. Middlings. per ton.
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Government Securities.
Lawyer Dropped Dead in Court.

forty-five years old, election commissioner
of Brooklyn. and a weli-known lawyer of
that borough, met death suddenly i'm the
county court yesterday while making
plea for client on trial for larceny be-
fore Jude Fawcett. He was earnestly
expressing to the Jury his belief in the
defendants innocence, when he suddenly
paused. sank into chair, gave a gasp
and was dead almost before the startled
spectators in the courtroom realized IT,
Death was due to apoplexy, according
to the doctors who were summoned,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

BOSTON. March 1.-THE local wool
market gains In steadiness and no fur
ther drop in values worth mentioning is
noted. There Is, however. no material
Increase in demand. but mills in New
England nearly all report an increase In
production
There have been some sales of Ohio
fine delaiae at 81. and some inquiry is
reported for Kentucky one-quarter blood
f1eeces. In the territorial product 100000
pounds OF fine clothing staple sold on a
secured basis of 60. New ARIZONA woods
have arrived and arc valued at 2Oao2
Pulled wool Is quiet. but there Is a.
steady trade in small lots of Australian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
Earnings of a Bullfighter.
From tho London Globe.

The annual income of a successful "es-
pada attains enormous proportions. 1t is
noC infrequent for one of these popular
heroes to make something like G1O.U0y
t$D.S0b a year. Frequently they &c
mere boys. and very few Of them remain
In the ring after thrty-fivc years of age.
Fatal accidents are conn 1ratively few,
owing to their extraordinary skill, but
the task of giving the final coup de grace
to the bull is not unattended with dam
ger. few years ago the most famous
''torero" Of his generation WIS killed in
the bull ring at Madrid.
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THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE Md, Marrh 1I.-WHEAT-
Firmer: spot contract. a73ars.: spot No. = red
western. !ishsasla March,: a1iaa9IH. April 9sa
ISL. MAY y91.: steamer No. red 94aY4A. re-
ceipts 2l5 bushels southern on grade. 9+a97 u
GORN-Firm: spot mixed: s4isa649s: No.
white s,l.a6-N: March. 64AaS+&; April. 6.5s
G5l. May G6i ,a'6la: steamer mixed, 6DAs6Ort
receipts. I2637 bushels: southern white corn,
gu aa,;tia: southern yellow corn, 6l'3a63.
OATS Steady; No = white. 1SaJJk No 3
white. 3IaJSla; No. mixed i6a56k; receipts,
10 L.. bushels
RYE-DuI: No. . western export. SSaS9; No.
western domestic. 90a91: receipts. .JG6 bushels.
HAY-Steady. unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Duli, unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17

Regardless of what the course OF the
market may be for the moment, it is GER
tain that sentiment throughout the coun-
try Is more cheerful than it was a few
weeks ago. but most observers think that
conservatism will be the watchword with
business interests and with the people
until the presidential nominations are
made. If the political outlook is still I'M
settled after that event 1t is thought that
the conservative policy will be even more
pronounced than 1t is now. Any improve
ment in this respect. however. would
have a decidedly favorable effect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
BULLS AND BEARS|
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK. March lit was the
opinion of some stock market observers
today that II the market had been al
lowed to react moderately after the rally
had been in progress for two or three
days its tone would have looked con-
siderably more healthy than apparently
was the case yesterday. Commission
houses had been of the opinion for sew
eral days that prices had moved up
too rapidly, and they advised their clients
to wait for reaction before making
commitments on the long side. These
interests now believe that there would
have been much more general buying
II prices had recovered more slowly and
If reactions had taken place every two
or three days in the last fortnight.
Some operators say that the condition
of the market yesterday was to a large
extent artificial and unhealthy, and that
those who wished to sell found COM
paratively few buyers. Evidently the
short interest had been materially re-
duced. and in the absence OF further
manipulative buying and Of general buy
ing the market was narrow. At the close
not a few persons were considerably
puzzled as to whether those who have
had the market in hand for the last
ten days would allow IL to react fur
ther OF would bid prices up again.
Those who were in closest touch with
the market said that there was a large
amount of stock for sale and that more
contracts on the short side were made
yesterday than on any previous day of
the rally. 1t is believed that professional
operators will be inclined to turn to the
short side on the belief that the old short
interest is greatly reduced and that there
Is nothing in the situation to warrant a
further recovery just now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
Cornish Humor.
rom English illustrated.


A gentleman who was touring in Corn
wall got Roland for an Oliver when he
tackled small boy on the subject of the
weather. my lad said the gentleman in
question, docs 1t always rain in Corn
wall?'' Nav. SIR" replied the cherub
sweetly, sometimes ct do snaW."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
Journey Of Life.
ON the Christian World.

From the Christian World.
We are all of us ticking journey
through country that is e'er new. 1t
is the journey of life. Are we to make it
complaint against life that I'VE know
not what a day may bring forth?
Properly considered. 1t Is one of Its best
features.N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK March 1.-THE cotton
market opened steady at a decline of 1a4
points, and after some little irregularty
sold about to points net lower on
active months In response to rather easy
cables. reports Of rapid progress with
farm work in the southwest. good weather
over the belt. fear of easier spots. scatter
ing liquidation and local bear pressure.
Business was quiet, and during the middle
of the morning prices were point or two
up from the lowest although the under
tone OF the market showed little improve
ment.
Futures opened steady: March. 1O.35-4o:
April. 1875 bid; May, 1923: July. 1O14:
August, 1895; October, 9.72; December,
97B
Fluctuations were within n range of
about 8 points during the entire morning.
and late In the forenoon the market was
barely steady. prices at midday being :
to points net lower. or at practically the
lowest point so far for the day. Business
continued very quiet and there was no
special news or feature.
Spot. quiet; middling uplands. IL 20;
middling gulf. 11.4J.
Estimated receipts at the ports today
1I.Uo bales, against 1852 last week and
36151 last year For the week. 100000
bales. against 1919 last week and 1885,
165 last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans. 3.476 bales. against 6.03s last
year. and at Houston S,121 bales against
12,A2 last year.
Spot closed quiet. II points lower
American midding uplands, 1105; mid
ding gulf. 1l.3O: no sales.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL. March 17.-Closing: Cot
ton-Spot. quiet: prices two points lower:
American middling. fair 65s: good mid
ding. 632; middling, 5.a6: low middling
go; good ordinary. BIS: ordinary. 46S
The sales Of the day were 5000 bales. Of
which 800 were for speculation and ex-
port. and included Jt9O american Re-
ceipts. 500 bales. All American futures
opened quiet and closed quiet: American
middling g. u 9. March. 5IIIs; March and
April 5.i'1e. April and May J.31s; May
and June. 5.54: June and July. 5521,;
July and August, 3-+9is: August and Sep
tember, 3.3212: September and October
'.35iz. October and November. 5.2s1h: No
vember and December. 5.2Jis; December
and January. 52J
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Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL. March 17.--Closing:
Wheat-Spot steady; No. red western,
winter. rs 31sd futures steady; March
nominal: May. 6s 117sd; July, Is 1hd.
Corn-Spot firm: prime mixed American,
new IS I'D prime mixed American, old,
IS cd. futures quiet: March, 5s I'd; May,
IS sd.
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Recent Cases of Smallpox.

Officials of the health department an
nounced today that sixteen cases Of small
pox developed In this city during the past
four days. A large majority were in the
northwest section of the city. all the per-
sons being colored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption. S1397.9o7 Government re-
ceipts: From internal revenue. $3.50. 4:,1 !;
customs, @0,4I.; miscellaneous, $1G5. 995.
Expenditures, $3.50. 900.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call. IL o'clock noon--Washing-
ton Rwy. and Elec, As. 81. 900 at II. 81 coo at
q. $1,000 at u. $1,000 at -, 81 900 at 1874.
1000 at 76A 5000 at 1874. 5000 at 76N.
81 900 at 7tja4. $1,000 at 1864.
Washington Rwy. and Elec CON-, 100 at Pan
Washington Rwy. and Flee pfd. 10 at 20, 10
at 20.
Greene Cananea. 100 at Sly
American National Bank 10 at 14S
Commercial National Bank, 10 at $50. 10 at
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Closing Quotations,


At the close of the stock EXCHANGE q,
following stocks had changed in nr,c
since above quotations. there being n
cildhse In balance of the closing prices.
<Amaigamated Copper, 57h
American Cotton Oil Co, 27L.
american Ice Securities. 17ss.
American Locomotive. 37X.
American Sugar, 11els
American Tobacco pfd.. S31h
Anaconda .,7L
Atchison, T. and S. F., 49,
Baltimore and Ohio 50
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit, 4JH.
Canadian Pacific. 40.
Central Leather. 49,
Chesapeake & Ohio BOZ.
Chicago. Mil. & st. Paul. 11oas
Chicago & N. W.. 147.
Colorado Southern, 23H.
Consolidated Gas. 1857.
Corn Products. 1914.
Delaware & Hudson. 1.,ys
Distillers Securities. BIZ.
General Electric, 1221z
Great Northern Ore, 57H.
Great Northern. pfd.. 1o3L
Kansas City Southern. pfd., ILL
NO. Kansas & Tex, com. %
missouri. Kansas & Texas, pfd.. 52L
NJ S. p & s. S. NJ. 1Oi. -
Missouri Pacific. :,ass
National Lead 49,.
New York Air Brake. 81
New York Central. a9ss
Northern Pacific, 1919.
Pacific Mail Steamship. 2S
PENNSYLVANIA R.R. lis.
Peoples Gas of Chicago. ssL.
Reading. 1914
Republic Iron and Steel. 49,
Republic Iron and Steel, pfd.. q.
>. L.; and San Fran. I'd pfd. 25.
Southern Pacific. 14L
Union Pacific. rs.
L. s. Steel, 337s.
L. S. Steel. pfd.. asIs.
BONDS
r. r. T. As. 715s.
1nterborOugh Met. aus. rs
United States Steel IS aol
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THE LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, March 17-American securi-
ties opened on the stock exchange here
about parity and ruled irregular. The
tendency improved later. but the weak
New York opening turned the market
downward and caused a dull close. Steel
and Union Pacific were the most active
issues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-17
The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co. bank
ers and brokers. 1919 r street members
New York Stock Exchange Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of
Trade
Open. High. Low: 2:t5.
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BERLIN. March 17.-Exchanee on Lon
don. - marks i5h pfennigs for checks.
Discount rates: Short bills. per cent;
three months bills, "A per cent.
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.
CURB QUOTATIONS.

Quotations furnished by r. +. Hutton & Co
members New York Stock Exchange; q Bowie
Chapman. manager. 1901 + vt. NV.
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THE FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON. March 17.-Bullion amount
ing to E13o,OOO was taken into the Bank
of England today on balance.
PARIS, March 17.-Closing: Three per
cent rentes. % francs 20 centimes for the
account.
Exchange on London, % francs 171s CEN
times for checks.
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NAL. Copper. 5000.
Am. Beet Sugar Co.
Am. Can Co. .......
Am. Can Co. pfd. :.
Am. Car & Foundry
Am. Car. & F.. pfd.
Am. Cotton Oil Co.
Am. Ice Securities.
Am. Locomotive. :.
Am. Loco. pfd.
Am. Smelling.
Am. Smelling. pfd..
Am. Sugar..........
Am. Tobacco. pfd.
Anaconda ..........
A.. +. 4 S. Re.
A.. T. & S. f.. pfd:
Atlantic Coast Line.
Baltimore Il Ohio
Brook. Rapid Tran.
Cana dian Pacific.
G.. c.. c. & St. L..
Central Leather. -.
Cent Leather. pfd..
Chesapeake & Ohio.
Chi. Great Western.
Chi, Mil. & st. P.
Chicago & N.W.....
Col. Fuel & Iron.
Colorado Southern.
&. g. II. &. and I. :.
Consolidated Gas.
Corn Products. 500.
Corn Products. pfd.
Delaware e. Hudson
Del. Lac. & West.
Den. & Rio Grande
Distillers' Securities
Erie, common. .....
Erie. LIST pfd.
Erie. I'd pfd
General Electric. 80.
Great Nor. Ore. -.
Great Nor. pfd.
Illinois Central. 80.
1nterborO Metro. -.
1nterboro Met. pfd.
International Paper.
X. C. Southern.
X. G. Southern. pfd
Louisville & Nash.
Mackay Co s.
Mackay Co. IS. pfd.
Mexican Central.
NJ. X. & T., conn.,.
NJ. K & T., pfd.
NJ: s. p. 81 S. s NJ.
Missouri Pacific.
National Biscuit Co.
National Lead.
N. Y. Air Brake.
New York Central.
n. Y, Chi. & st. l..
N. y. c. & S. L.. I'd
n. V. Ont. & West.
Norfolk & Western.
Northern Pacific.
Pac. Mail Steamship
Pennsylvania r.
Peoples Gas of Chi.
Pressed Steel Car.
Railway S. S. Co..
Rea ding ...,.......
Rep. Iron and Steel.
Rep. ]. & s., pfd.
Rock Island. com
Rock Island. pfd.
Sheffield Steel
S. l.. & S. Ed pfd
st. Louis S. W.. pfd.
Southern Pacific.
Southern Pac.. pfd.
Southern Railway.
Southern Rwy.. pfd.
Tennessee Copper.
Ioi.. ST. J.. e w.
T.. S. l.. & W.. pfd.
Union Pacific.
Union Pacific. pfd.
Y. 9. Rubber.
=. S. Rubber. pfd.
L. s. Steel.
U. S. Steel. pfd.
Utah Consolidated.
Va. Car. Chem. Co.
Wabash .........
Wabash, pfd.
western Union.
West. Elec. Man..
wisconsin Central.
Wis. Central. pfd.
Wooden Goods.
Wooden Goods, pfd.
BON
Am. Tobacco Is.
Am. Tobacco Is. -.
Il. r. t. As. .......
Inter. Met. 4I.s.
Rock Island As.
I. S. Steel IS.
Union Conver. As.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17
@OURrE4S PRE@EDINq-
4 NORLErIAN IN HIS l9AsSAGE 1fnloO9f.
TtE SFGEETS OE GANEOM

the White Cloud mountains, where
there is an abundant supply of clear
spring water of high degree of pur
ity Water will be laid in all parts OF
the city.
One notices the new spirit, too, in
some amazingly handsome dwellings
that stand out boldly among the squalid
huts. not creditable as pig sites; on
streets so narrow that two chairs cam
not pass; on byways where the tour
ist who walks takes his life in his
hands; by open sewers and sewers un-
der granite paved roads with great
gaping cracks, and by cesspools where
fish are fattened in a manner too noa-
rible to mention. And In such nasty,
Ill favored districts along with the
handsome dwellings that loom up like
good deeds in naughty world you
will find telephones and electric lights
in full swing.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

were foreigners. There were three or
four fashily dressed gamblers, remit
tance men and outcasts who pick up
easy living in oriental cities. Ten
years ago foreigner could sign a
chit and get goods. on 1t IN almost
any city in the far east. A chit" Is,
perhaps, the most convenient form Of
currency ever devised. especially for
an adventurer who is dead broke"
One merely goes into a store. buys all
the goods he fancies and then writes
his name, address. the date of the pur-
chase, and the price of the goods on a
scrap of paper That's chit" When
a man stays at hotel he signs a chit;
when he buys a drink he signs a ohit;
when he loses at cards he signs chit.
It's the easiest thing to do in the
world. The chit system grew out OF