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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
Unlisted
Securities

When stock has been listed it
is known that it is not a fake con-
Germ. The information is available
II any care to see it. But, unlike
conditions on the Stock Exchange.
there are any number Of unlisted
securities dealt in on the curb. Their
indifference or unwillingness to list
does not persorce indicate that they
are take companies. The most not
able demonstration of this is the
Standard Oil group. Nearly forty
years ago the old Standard Oil Com
pany made application to list on the
New York Stock Exchange, but
withdrew the application before it
was acted upon, possibly because it
was asked to furnish information
which it did not care to. There is
such thing as being so prosperous
that you do not want any but your
friends to know about it. The
Standard Oil people apparently do
not care whether the public takes
the stock or not. You buy on faith.
Some of those shares have risen
several hundred per cent. Their
prices range from 500 to 500, where
no active Stock Exchange issue ever
stays. When Bethlehem Steel and
General Motors sold above 700 they
soon afterward broke the big shares
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
Trading in the sign language

the mob, some special curb houses
have developed a secret finger sign
language by which they convey
facts and notions only to their ESQ.,
terlc selves. And the multi-colored
hats, about which the innocent way
farer has been dimly wondering,
thinking them some sort of whin
or fashion among these people, are
adopted for the severely practical
purpose Of making recognition of
any individual easy by the people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01

these statements when presented
are left for five days where all may
see them; then, if there are no OBJ
jections, the stock is listed and the
record is kept in the Office of the
secretary of the Curb Association.
open FOR inspection.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01

gained the Open Board Of Stock
Brokers in 1864, and merged with
the Stock Exchange in 1869. Again
there was a residue of brokers and of
stocks to grow and multiply. Again
part of these brokers formed the
New York Mining Stock Exchange
A building entails extra expense, for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01

into little ones, presumably for the
altruistic purpose of letting the pub
lie get the stock.
The curb is the market of trial.
1t Is the preparatory school Of
American finance. Stocks go there
for apprenticeship. Two decades
ago Anaconda Copper was traded in
on the curb, and Chicago, Rock
Island and the common and pre-
ferred shares and the bonds of the
great United States Steel Corpora
ton itself. 1t was a sad day for
the curb when Steel went over 10
the exchange. Brokers sat down on
the curbstone, broken, crushed, idle,
IN poverty, and wondered and hoped
for something new to come. The
curb gives birth to stocks, nourishea
and feeds them, brings them UP and
boasts Of them to the world, and
when they have reached maturity.
like ungrateful children going to
college, they leave for the Stock
Exchange. Stock Exchange firms
stand behind most of the important
issues that arc brought out on the
curb, but when anything goes wrong
the curb gets the blame for it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01

one thing, and just now empty
buildings are the scarcest things in
New York.
But the Curb Association has made
great strides in the right direction.
All who trade on the curb are not
members of it; but it's membership
commissions. When the Stock Ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
Curb in Its
Heyday

Such is the Curb Market. now in
the days Of its glory, for a great oil
boom is on. While the "prospec-
'ors among them DR.. Cook of
Worth Pole fame-are rushing into
Texas to discover the golden LIQUID,
'nere are hectic days on the curb,
where oil stocks Of all varieties are
being sold. And, incidentally, the
District Attorney is trying to find
out how many persons have given
good money for bad securities"
But on the Curb Market they do
not deal in these securities. The
innocent wayfarer is vastly disap-
pointed if he expects to see these
engraved certificates pass from
hand to hand. The certificates are
themselves only representation of
property, and the Curb Market deals
IN representation of a representa-
tion. The men in the great crowd
are not primarily concerned with
stocks. 1t is probable that most Of
them never see the stocks thew
AFFECT to deal in. They are con-
eerned with prices, and it is prices
that they buy and sell. And these
prices, formed and fuctuating from
day to day and from minute to
minute in this assemblage Of a few
hundred men, are thought to be 80
important that they are placed with
chalk on boards in the rooms of
envlroning buildings; they are
printed in the newspapers; they are
telegraphed hundreds and thou
sands of miles, and printed in Bos
ION, Chicago and San Francisco and
all the great cities. Of the land.
The first phenomenon that piques
the curiosity of the innocent way
iarer Is the meaning and purpose Of
the hnger signs. For the most part.
'ney denote price. They do not
convey the full price. That is sup
po1ed to be known If a stock is
selling at 80 1-8, all that will he
indicated by the hands in o,rct
market will be the eighth The man
on the street could shout the price
70 the man at the window, and vice
'efsa, and sometimes that is done
oot the confusion of tongues in an
ac''Vc market would make of shout
ing fatuous and futile practice
me hand turned up means "bid."
~ what somebody il willing to nav
Tor the stock; the hand turned down
means Offered" or what somebody
~ wiling TO cell it for. The index
niger. pointing up, means one
eighth OF a point bid; two fingers.
quarter; three fingers, three
eixhfhs, and 30 on TO more commit
ssssn signals. Pointing down. the
myers indicate that fraction % n
point offered. ~
IN addition to all that, which il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
Very
Active

The curb is far more active
market than is generally appreci-
ated. Day to day compilations of
transactions in listed stocks show
them to run at more than half as
many shares day as on the New
York Stock Exchange. The listed
stocks have recently surpassed a
million shares day in a number of
sessions. When to these transac-
tons are added the dealings in un-
listed securities, an all-wise Provi.
dence knows only what the total is
One estimate places the total deal
lngs on the curb in 1917 at 168.-
100000 shares. That would COM
pare with 191 100000 on the New
York Stock Exchange, 100000
on the Consolidated, 4,445. 900 on
the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, A.
402,0O on the Boston Stock Tx
change, 1859, 900 on the Philadel-
phla Stock Exchange and 100000
on the Chicago Stock Exchange. As
an offset to this it must not be for
gotten that most of the shares on
the curb sell at comparatively small
prices.
But in all the markets of the
world the curb stands prominent
for sensation and event. The last
week has been full of them, with
fortunes made for men who dealt In
new born oil stocks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
By Henry Hazlitt

"HE innocent wayfarer, walk
ing at any time between 10
- in the morning and in the
afternoon down the man.
made canyon known as Exchange
Place, and turning tho corner into
tho open daylight Of Broad Street,
comes upon a sight strange and
arresting. A great hubbub is in the
street. From sidewalk to sidewalk
the way Is crowded. The crowd is
entirely of men, mostly young men,
all excited, shouting, gesticulating
and engaged in making mysterious
passes with their hands. Some
affect the bizarre in headdress:
bright green felt hats, bright red
felt hats, white duck hats, plaid
caps Of alluring hue strike tho eve.
In the windows Of the buildings
surrounding are many persons.
Some sit astride the window-sill,
telephone instruments over their
ears and IAN imposing array of tele-
phones in front Of them. They, too,
are engaged in the same weird
business of shouting and making
signs with their fingers. A man in
the crowd on the street steps aside
for moment to signal to a man at
a window. The man at the window
signals back. And to the innocent
wayfarer the cries, the clamor and
the lncessant agitation of the hands
suggest the unique combination of
Tower Of Babel and a deaf and
dumb asylum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01

has now grown to 416 and there are
other applications on file. Fifty or
sixty members of the Curb Associ
alton are members either of the Stock
Exchange or Of Stock Exchange
houses. The Curb Association has
also adopted uniform system of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01

Meaningless" or possibly no
company, with seal attached and
sworn to before a notary public; a
copy of the last annual report, if
any; certified copy of the articles
OF incorporation made by an officer
OF the company or by its attorney or
accountant; certified copy of the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
Invisible War Vessels.

Owing to the enormous range and
accuracy Of modern naval guns it IS
highly important for small war craft
(which depend upon speed rather than
%arnor plate to weather the attacks OF
the enemy to render themselves as In
visible as possible. Heretofore dark
gray paint has been considered the best
color to apply to war vessel. Now
experiments are being made with va
trieties Of colors. Ideas are being bor-
irwed from the mimicry Of nature.
I'VE. find certain animals coated with
spotted fur and other ones upon the
nature Of their environment. In ex-
sactly the same way certain naval au-
thorities are trying to render torpedo
boats invisible by painting WaVy
stripes on them, which at great dis
tance are scarcely distinguishable from
the natural wave formation of the
oceans surface.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
Riddinn for Wine Tanks.

Wooden wine tanks made useless In
Calf mia by prohibition still can be
counted in the asset column of their
owners. Buyers from Argentina,
France and Italy, are already bidding
for well-seasoned oak tanks. Red
wood tanks are not as popular, but
may be purchased by the foreign buy
ers.
81. Romera-Day Of Buenos Aires is
the first foreign buyer in the field, says
an exchange. He is trying to obtain
options before Pierre Martens Of Paris
and M. Colini Of Rome arrive in Cali
fornia. Only 1000 Of the $4,000 wine
tanks in the state are Of oak. 1t is
said Mr.. Romera-Day is authorized to
buy a shipload Of knocked-down tanks
for shipment to his country.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
Those Who Care
C. R. SIMMONS
You Do More Work,


You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out of everything when your
blood is in good condition. Impurities in
the blood have very depressing effect on
the system, causing weakness, laziness,
nervousness and sickness.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and Enriching the Blood. When you feel
its Strengthening, invigoratine effect, see
how it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite. you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
is not a patent medicine. it is simply
IRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup.
So pleasant even children like it. The
blood needs Quinine to Purifyit and IRON
to Enrich it. These reliable tonic prop
critics never fail to drive out impurities in
the blood.
The Strength Creating Power of GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made it
the favorite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thirty-fve years ago, folks
would rlde a long distance to get GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when
member of their family had Malaria or
needed bodybuilding, strengthening
tonic. The formula is just the same to-
day, and you can get it from any drug
store. Soc per bottle
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
JAP WOMEN DEMAND MUCH
Their Ideal Man Would Have to Be
Something Above the Ordinary
Run Of Humanity.

s The japanese magazine Chouquovo
Gohano (virtuous woman) invited its
{ japanese women readers to send in
their opinions on what constitutes an
ideal husband. Here are the thirteen
virtues they demanded Of q Jap
hubby:
i He should not be greedy.
s He should not spend too much time
primping.'
! He should have manly appearance.
, He should not be too familiar with
Sother women.
He should express himself clearly.
he should make prompt decisions.
3 He should have high ideals.
1 He should never show himself in the
skitchen. y,
: He should never criticize the coif-
fure or the gowns of his wife or any
other women.
He should not bore his wife by tell
Ing her all his pet tastes.
I He should not drink too much.
I He should not be dude.
! He should not be too jealous.
The symposium aroused the humor
! Of the Japanese males, who sent in
some suggestions of what constitutes
an ideal wife. They paraphrased the
last of the thirteen points and all
apreed that "she should not be too
Jealous"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
WOMEN IN THIS STATE
JOINING THRIFT ARMY

Desirous of en1isting the organized
aid Of every woman's club and society
in South Carolina in the fight being
waged against the cost Of living
Uncle Sam is sending out the call to
housewives Of this county to join the
thrift and savings movement that IS
rapidly gaining momentum throughout
this state as elsewhere.
Already the larger cities OF the
state are hard at work. At Columbia,
for instance, a meeting was recently
called of representatives OF every
woman's club in town. Thrift chair
men were appointed in every organt
zation present, these chairmen to
constitute a sort of central clearing
house with a president elected from
their own number Greenville, Char
lesion, Sumter. Rock Hill and others
are working along similar lines.
Each club or society sets apart a
certain number Of meetings, or a
part Of each meeting. for the study
and discussion Of thrift under the gen.
eral direction of the thrift chairman
and her committee. These programs
include the study Of leaflets prepared
by the government on such subjects
as budget making, avoidance Of wasee
in food the care of clothing. how to
have fuel and kindred matters.
And the United States government
is strongly behind them in their e1.
forts. Headquarters for the work IN
this district are at the War Loan Or
gan:zation, Richmond. Virginia. Mrs.
Eudora Ramsay Richardson, herseh a
South Carolinian, is director for tha
woman's division, and Will be glad 10
hear from any women interested in
dining the thrift movement. She Will
send to those writing for it, any OF the
government thrift literature. including
the budget and the Ten Lessons IN
Thrift. A chatty weekly letter detail
ing the doings Of other women IN the
district, will also be mailed to those
who world like to keep IN touch with
what is going on in the feminine ~oflo
ok thrift
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
EXPERT WORKERS IN DEMAND
heoe< Need for These Who A.
Capable and Willing to Do
Special Taska

what we need in this country IS
expert workers." says woman who
makes smart hats for smart people
and who says business would be very
good If she could get people to work
for her. II hear it all along the line,"
she continued. "They say there is a
great need Of employment, but it can't
be so, for people don't want to work.
/ want expert fnishers and can't get
them. An advertisement won't bring
them. It won't bring anyone. They
won't even come to see what you are
willing to pay for them. Where are
they? don't know. Perhaps the girls
prefer to ride up and down in eleva-
tors.
"There were some I knew who went
during the war to work on gas masks,
but they can't be doing that now,
and don't know where they are. They
made good money, and perhaps they
are still spending it. want some
models that am having made in New
York, but I have been waiting weeks
and I can't get them. I suppose the
others are having the same trouble
that I am. I talked with teweler
the other day and he told me he could
use twenty expert workmen if he could
net them. he can't do it. he has
found one old man, and that Is the
best he can do. What are we going
10 do? People don't want to do any
careful, expert work. They want to
do something that is quick and easy
and make money doing t."-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
No Worms in a Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms have an un-
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as
rule. there is more or less stomach disturbance
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, i'm
prove the digestion, and act as General Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms and the Child will be
in perfect health. Pleasant to take 6Oc per bottle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
Norway's Building in London.

The British dominiens now have
areat buildings In London, where their
activity is centralized and proclaimed
to the world. So far no foreign nation
has an establishment of this kind. but
Norway has acquired Victory house.
Charing Cross, where Norwegian &C.
tiyity in London will be centralized.
The sum paid for the building and
site is S1,125,OOO, the whole amount
being raised by public subscription In
Norway.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-12-25
United States Wireless Stations

United States Wireless Stations.
The government shore wireless sta
tions numbered 135 on June 80, 1918,
Of which Lightweight were in CONT
mental United States. twenty IN
Alaska, nineteen in the Philippines,
three in the canal zone, two In Hawaii
and one each In Porto Rico, Guam
and Samoa. The government ship sta
lions total 40.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-14
FOURTEEN CHILDREN
CONFIRMED ON SUNDAY
AT ST. MARTINS CHURCH


The very attractive Palm Sunday
service held at ST. Martins Lutheran
church yesterday filled the church to
oYerfioWing both morning and even
ing over three hundred people IN
cluding many midshipmen and officers
of the Navy attended and enjoyed the
inspiration Of the sermons and the
beautiful flowers and palms around
me altar
After the prelude there were songs
by the congregation appropriate to
the day The subject Of the morning
sermon by the pastor, Rev. r Hahn
vas, my Friend Give Me Thine
Heart .
The fourteen children who we're
confirmed sang Kneeling Down, 4
.during i part of the confirmation
After the morning service picture
of the class III confirmation Was taken
IN the evening an informal song
service took the place Of the regular
sermon. IA reunion was held of all the
past classes. Mrs. Siessler mem
Der of the class confirmed IN 1876 was
present
Mrs. e. 8. Hahn sang, he Palms, "
Fourteen new members were added to-
the Young Peoples League, which
now numbers twenty four
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-14
yew Coal and wood Business

Mr. j. Bernard Lloyd. who has been
associated with Messra Robb Combs
d 90. TOR about fen years, announces
through the advertising columns Of
the Evening Capital today that he has
purchased the coal and wood yard for
lnerly owned by Messrs. Duvan and
Moss on West street He states that
iae wiz make improvements to the
yard and that he has made arrange
nents with mines from whonce be Will
receive high grade of Red Ash and
white Ash coal for domestic use and
Bituminous coal. and that he il book
ing orders ii the April iow prices
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-14
PROFESSOR GUNN Is
DESIGNATED TO LIST
RELICS AT ACADEMY

Iii. order that complete infsGrma-
tion concerning the many inapoSta tant
relics at the Naval Academy mssy he
secured, put Id systematic forna and
preserved, Superintendent Scalef has
established the position of curatbr at
the Naval Academy. and has sssig-
mated Assistant Professor Sidney A.
Gum, 0f the department o. Enkiish,
as It's first Incumbent.
In the order constituting the
position and naming Professor sunn,
1t is stated that ne will act IEls con-
junction with Professors Willlalnl @.
Stevens and Carroll s. Alden azEa As
sociatt0n Professor Harold q. Wash
burn. who have already done i'm
porfant work IN collecting data con-
cerning The relics at the institution.
The objects of this nature 81 the
Academy include Tags, pieces bf or
anance and other things CLOSELY CON
nected with the most imporkanN work
Of the Nary of the United Statss. II
many cases. the facts connecte5 With
them are not III any permanent form.
The collection IL being largely aug
mented ST this time by accesstpns ol
obsecas connected with the Ylresent
war Admiral Scales apprecIatssd the
importance of perpstnating these
things ard correct inforsnatiaf con-
cerntmg them. and. with this iIa
established the new system
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-14
.,s If FIRE BUG OR
ELECTRIC WIRING2 Il

1. dIseoyerea about quarter
KS iast night, but which had
hepf III progress for an
more damaged the building
,eaapoIis Ranking and Trust
.,g church circle at the heads
,ls,r md school streets. iniiieting
sbleh IL placed at from Sc 600
,.a,a This Includes the injuries.
i i, hank eaifiug, allsW and fittings,
81 ttp aiilees included In the
..,Ipg through the water directed
ssas the ftre
ss.e In Is position to judge are di.
81 et9een tie theories Of iacen.
~, If wiring as the cause Of the
4 ]. Il caused hy the latter, Il II
.-,.t fqrtain that II must have been
s some recent disarrangement,
II wiring of the building had been
!. 4 i most careful manner during
! aalodelling Of the building Just
ssplsted
Il the view Of those who be.
ast there vas 4 short circuit Of
! ,hat here Was short circuit Of
u glnd above the Office which had
left by the ised Cross. The great
I ,nonnt uf burning occurred here
the corridor just outside. Up
he settlement Of whether the fire
aaea herpor Id the corridor outside
ktaa; the probability Of 4 being
d tht wiring Or the act og some
ssrart
Syor strange adheres strongly 10
i Rery of the origin from the wir-
he stated that he had been In
hnsd by the fornen of the fire COM
Mrs that they saw sparkling OF
electric wires iii the oigice, On the
81 hand, President Walton. of the
aapolis Banking and Trnat Com
II stated that The electricity was
10 from this portion of the build
Il Here again. there Is much un-
srlln,y is to The facts.
N fre started on the upper por-
s 4 u The building which extends
as School street. A corridor, reach
sat i5
y me door opening on School
81 md d narrow stairway, to the
aad foaf. was the location Of the
! Il its beginning. AT this point,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-14
VICTORY LOAN TERMS
ANNOUNCED BY GLASS

Secretary ef the Treasury
Carter Glass has Just announced
the terms Of the Victory Lean.
The amount To Ne raised Il
$500 ,Oq0 900 and -sabscrip-
TINS will be rejected.
Interest. ~ per cent, for par.
TALLY sax exeinpt notes, convert
ible into 3% per cent, Rotes
wholly tax exempt.
Maturity, four years, Nth me
Treasury reserving the privilege
of rcdeCmfng the notes IN three
yearg.
In mixing the announcement
Secretary Glass reiterated his
preyi0us assurance that this viii
Will be the List Liberty Lean.