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

on the stroke of ten they get it with shril ring
ing of alarm bell In the dock and the whole tbrong
Is OFT An electrical current has passed through the
enclosure, and the changes from comparative
quiet TO Intense activity IL is ns il lcvath9n. sleep
Ing the surface OF 4 lazy sea. had been waEened
hy 4 SwordhSh and plunPlng and ashinS while
the waters sprayed and Swlrled in the unexpected
struggle of mammotbS.
New Nork'S curb market is operation, and the
and boys participating either mcWbers of M
association loosely banded for security trading pur
poses aud habitualy using the enclosure by permiS
sion of the municipal authorities and WIFI the tncit
sanction OF the Stock Exchange or they are the en-
ploycs Of The represented in the subscrip
ton list of the New York Curb Agency.
To a SightScer not informed as to the rules and
methods recognized within the ropes the whole scene
appears to he n combination of chaos aud Babel.
As matter OF fart, there Is only minimum OF real
confusion. The men within the ropes buy and sell
securities carefully the proprietor of country
general store would replenish his wares from SILKS
to
or course it does not look quite plain and sim
plc Arms are braudlShed furiously above heads
fingers move swiftly in mystical styles gyrAtohS oil
1.-THE bodies spell caballStc messages that pet iO
tune or misfortune measured IN thousands of dollars
from the roadbed TO colleagues Sitting In windows
or slowed i'm contiguous Easements or within ensy
reach elsewhere OF the market ropes.
Occasionally wild yeip breaks The dead level OF
The ordinary din 1t marks the strain of trader In
n moment of agony because he cannot get his connec
tions as quickly he would like but the police regu
lations prohibit unnecessary noise, and traders
show laudabe desire TO uphold the theory that all
sound in the wrong place is both noise and nnneceS
sarv. \ piece OF paper weighted win metnl OF pos
sibly in cartridge, Us hurled from WlndoW to Il
trader standing a rope the east side IL con
nius an order buy SELL couched In terms lntei
eibe only to sender and receiver The latter picks II
no wariy, looking around To whether the pollce-
man noticed the incident.
II The Pooh Bah had somebody might nave
been arrested for 'disorderly conduct. as the hns
Ing of metal into the enclosure does not go with M
punity Offences of all sorts are dcalt with prompu9
and severely on the Curb nowadays and the oluume
license would not be tolerated.
Twenty men using the deaf and dumb npnaoe'
IN conveying questions answers TO me winuoWs-
Cnn YOU make out what any OF them is SAYING iake
the long lean fellow without collar 'B-A-6o".
What does that mean? is 1t Esperanto FOR Aukon
Gold or Volnpuk for Ray ConsOlidatedF QuleD snoe
II is gibberlsh to all those TO whom IL i ee"'
and sacred as Holy Writ Many codes are III @ use
and the users make mistakes. They bit inc pui >
eve every time. They sharpshooterS
Many Code.
Deaf and dumb codes Indispensable 10 M u'e
trader who spcciazes arbitrage business \ orient
wltled operator taking advantage OF slent dneIenes
,t,een thc New York and the Boston quotations Tor
q particular stotk will grab the -secorlN ouerep IN
Broad street ning n 10y wire to tne buo ana sice ~
AZ his profit the eighth on sixteenth as may De' "l
variation But his neghbor Is quite as ready To do
he same thing If possible, aud II his own tricK Is TO
he nlayed successfully his code signalling must Dc
kept absolutely denser TO that negDDor tnan is