The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

Sohscril poem to a City Hall Park banana dealer Fl,
may resemble unatic when he signals. but there's
a method and lots OF It, in his madness.
As the Sightseer grows somewhat accustomed te
the complex movement within the ropcS-thc traders
swa}inS hither and thithcr the boys rushing Ike fox
hounds following sccnt-hc notes certain we'll de
fined groups that keep In the main 20 well dc6net
parts of the enclosure
There posts such those the Stock Ex
change floor to localze trading In particular sets o
securities. But I'm former days apparatus
the sort employed. and the curb traders, trained
Ivy the early monuments. continue TO respect the oil
areas To-day. was the case years StaDdno
Oi has Its place near the pillar clock Mines are In
the southeast section of the enclosure nduStrias
railroad stocks and bonds the north side
California oils in the centre.
1t is IL Scorchng day; the asphalt Is soft gum
and the trader must keep moving If he - not to stic
in the pavement Suddenly this form of dlscomfor,
is succeeded by another-a violent thunderstorm.
a scurry of operators from the scene scurry bacl
To IT, aud trading goes before. only every
has his umbrella is clad in olskin. Picture
winter blizzard and substitute fur coats and heavy
gloves.
From the Wall street end Of the road the fire
signal. The thoroughfarc must be cleared and with
lightning speed for the fircmen. With the precision
II fire drill traders seize ropes and standards; they
sweep all to one side. The engine rolls by. Back go
ropes and standards instnnter Not full minute
has been lost
1t used to he n prevalent notion that the Curb
n place for horse play -~d practical Joking, but new
is In progress. During dull session and possibly
during the relatively quiet hours of busy one, few
anImasm. indulge occasionally i'll skylar6ing OF
discreet sort but the police regulations forbid this
in many words. and ii Is never carried far
Trading outside the ropes is prohibited by common
consent. The sidewalks are kept clear at all times
by the traffic squad. and the functonnry who has
supervised the job of late is said be a parsonage
who will stand no nonsense. Trading conducted
present the Curb is neither an obstruction nor
an annoyance to the other business of tue vlcnage
Ideas Dispelled
her
market that requires amendment 1t has TO do WITH
the limits of freedom in trading While the Curb Is
omen to all who wish In trade on it. whether they Oo
share in creating the fund for the up keep OF
the Curb A.ency--tbe sole administrative factor rec
ognzed-the contributors TO the agency look upon ali
uon-contTbutorS us strangers, and II stranger IL he
Intends trade in the enclosure would do well TO
take his securities his cash with him. A list OF
contr5utorS--the contribution being S25 year-can
be inspected ut the Curb Agency, No. u wall street
There, also. the Father of the Curb may be IN
Spected by any person who wishes TO contrast his
Office manner with his form i'll the ring Just
turned sixty. in robust health active as cat r. 3
Mendes who halls from louisiana, Is often de-
scrlbed rs Louisiana tiger Soft and even puri-
Ing when smoothed the right why, he roarS lGc wiu
beast when anybody steps On the toe or curb radl-
ton or regulation 1t is his duty TO champion both;
and he does the whole tedious. laGorious many sided
task for n nominal financial consideration
Except police superintcndcncc and the maintc-
nance OF the roadbed, the two hundred subscribers
10 the agency look Mr.. Mendcs to provide In the
highest degree practicable whatever is requisite Tor
their convenience and safety in tradns lie is tns
high cockaorum. the only thing ot tue HIhu eA'nn'
I'm business though recently lie associated with nm
self committee of advisers. including some Of the
most influential men who deal In the outside "a''
ket."
IL is five minutes 20 three L NJ by the clock mat
must be obeyed \ day OF fierce competition Is emu
ing Large transactions have been carried through
Substantial sums LOST nud Won Finishing touches are
hoinc put to scores Of deals WigwsSSlnG' panic
mime facial contorilons of groiesQue sugEeStVcnesS
arc everywhere In The surging tbrons; arms wave
above heads like the tops OF blasting pines III
wind
Three sharp. The alarm sounds warninsiy. ps,
.n,n,orlv Trading is over; the ropes and standards
are removed in my; the i've hundred scatter III
ali drections newspaper men seek the maj quota.
INNS Flye minutes later Broad street looks ms IL
did nj nine o'clock In the morning and the nigna
walls of the rnyac the north echo WIN inc cahs
Of motor cars moving pondcrously down 10 PICK up az
g, Gov, L,Xrrious irodcrs-a mournfu sound not 10 p
duplicated east of Colorado gulch