The chronicle=news., 1913-12-12

W W." ssb~US, the uoIiuk SUI hPcS-
thlulsr piunger sOue forever. the
public apaiaetic toward stocks spec.
ulAtton. the passiux cf QUE NJ the
most picturesque ciciLents In. Our
public iife---ilses. are soMe Of the
conclusions drawn frcm tue great
dullacss Oh the New York stock ex-
ikshG-. the failure of brokers To
make Whist they call = ii,ins. the
dry rot
Certain Il u that We have no Jsy
Gould tosis, al T.. II. Hartman.
"r ke~ae. or Gates. or even -
David Lamar. TIL. days Of the big
market msnipuin'or have apparently
passed, These men are dead anu
| there are nau" 10 TAX. their places.
II M bix thinGy are nut over" ~ in
| III. old days. they are don. now In
s~rr~t. With the sid Of much ls~'
ant lawyers. through numerous
Asrnts and mulii,udinous biiLds and
| devices.
~ wss not ~ in the olden dsSs. =,
WAY bsrk Nv ~. SLACK FRIDAY err.
Jsy Gould or Jim tiskr ~ouidn't
hesitate Al sii tc appesr In the pub
lie share mArkct and fiay the op.ros.
ins crowd Of either ouils or brnn
| with the utmcSi is~c.iom, Every.
bo.iy knsw ~aa, they were about
aad aoisody thought Of roiaplainins
IN the srasp Of Considering their
fsuiis ~ Of = paL'ir character.
Later came sh- great speculative
csss OF our sai,oasi Ito. ~hro n
! ''miliiou share .a.' MAS consider Cd
soihiRs: whoa dossoss and ia~y~ss
and merchants ssmal-si in siorks
from escsy hsa!si. ~hva tho little
sI~'uisioss we're myriad AMI the big
eye caisiors were fierce. II slixhsiy
more eauStoas than In the ';"s.
Hartman slinsisx rs.irt sds iaio
the ganttips LII. jahu ~. Gai~a
aGd oth-r sn~a Of his Tyre icadtas
speculative ean,psssss which uctt~d
tt.h, tens Of n,tii,oas. fasy old
Jsm~s u. kecs-. -asine-vias po,ls-
tot msnJ scsrs tho American p~cplc
s'ood 20. them Aad simpi, isus''.i.
The. the sscoi ouieri-s brsss.
Tu-ysV ussss led tn the sclusl CIV.
-rsm.ni setostrasiua or aboiiitsa Of
the s,ork -Nehasss bst they secr In
have pul II aiMass hoss de- eSa,bas
sitap,y by the Ioses Of public op,a.
sos.
''Nssea,s sa,,ss:" ID. broker,
sry.
We ass.' s~ii amp Dody tsusa up.
so~a.' ctsim The huaxr, .o,ed osv..
nessiss that TIE arsrhssls ~ss
accumulate fortunes no iosses tol.
los Tho custom u rvtisinx. srsliss
themselves aest 10 The ticker. aad
proceeding gradually To tu.1 ,bcss
hard.ssrn.a --siih over to the m~n
81 stocks sa; boad.. Tho ''mea
from uriu~a" arc eo:iirs to r-sliss
thai II 10 the ssckcr~' sAme-aot
shsan. ....
Aad III. asutcr 10 seiiias his arto
usob,,r. iica no ioas-r kno~a ~
the '~iar huy" 4" iir's no loaHct
kse~a ~ the ..aI.ua ssin, of The
chorus lady. TIC manage 10 k--I
hi. sseab-sship 10 bis clubs ana
sossiders stmsrIf pretty lucky II b.
has l: tcnts Tor . whisky ssd soda
oarc In = ~h,i~.
II ts tvlst-'i that . ptoa'iu.ui
brukrs ssmc on shc floor the day he
fore ciestisa and said 10 q sruap o,
tticu.sa.
''toys. wc alt oukht To- 40 VIZ 10
'hr s,Sts district snd vote tor .itll
saisrt 'omcrrp~-bc's the only o.,
frum uptown who's boush, anything
from u. for two yrar..''
There was laughter al ihis. out o'
- u,rthless variety. Tho .slaensiioa
In stocks is no joke TO the brokers
They cen siard Il for s,osts Z. sc
NJ and they .an stsud II for them
10 ~ down. out when thsy stand
still--<sooss nishl.
The exchange has reccail. had
tho WORT days bvssseas sthsc iAsk.
t~csty-Iisc years $50. Only ax.0VV
shareS Of aiUck and SIS bonds chang
I'd han'is. Thosc are '.toS mesu.
6cfs of the a,chsnsc. Il was tisurcsi
that each OF thea, would have ,9t.ivI
fos thss day'. work II the commits.
sions ~crc divided equally. A dol
lar and forty cenls. not the wages OF
r,aa Who dix. diichcs In t.ala
dASs-snd for brokers shose busi.
nsss c>perscs might rim to 800 OIL
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