BOARD OF TRADE

SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION.

1848 W. L. WHITING.

1849 to 1851, inclusive, and part of 1852. JOHN C. Dodge.
1852, part of official year. JAMES E. DALLIBA.

1853 LAURIN P. HILLIARD.

1854 JAMES E. DALLIBA.

1855 to 1858, inclusive. W. W. MITCHell.

1859 to 1861, inclusive, and part of 1862. SETH CATLIN.

1862 to 1868, inclusive, except early part of 1862. JOHN F. BEATY.

1869 CHARLES RANDOLPH to March 1, 1884.

1884 GEORGE F. STONE from July 1.

NOTE-During 1848 and 1849 the Board was a voluntary organization; from 1850 to 1859 it was organized under a general incorporation law of the State. Since early in 1859 it has remained under a special charter granted by the Legislature in February of that year.

OF THE

Board of Trade of the Gity of Ghicago

FOR 1901.

WILLIAM S. WARREN, President.

WM. N. ECKHARDT, 1st Vice-Pres't. EDWARD S. ADAMS, 2d Vice-Pres't.

TERM EXPIRING 1902. THOMAS M. HUNTER, WM. L. GREGSON, ELZEAR A. BEAUVAIS, CHAS. W. BUCKLEY, THOMAS M. BAXTER.

G. F. STONE, Secretary.

DIRECTORS:
TERM EXPIRING 1903.

H. M. S. MONTGOMERY,
WILLIAM NASH,
ISRAEL P. RUMSEY,
CHARLES H. REQUA,
ROBERT BINES.

TERM EXPIRING 1904.
FREDERICK W. SMITH,
THOMAS C. EDWARDS,
HARRY B. SLAUGHTER,
WILLIAM H. CHADWICK,
FRANK C. REMICK.

E. A. HAMILL, Treasurer.
HENRY S. ROBBINS, Counsel.

R. S. WORTHINGTON, Ass't Secretary.

SAMUEL POWELL, Clearing House Manager.

EXECUTIVE

ON FINANCE

ON REAL ESTATE

ON RULES

ON LEGAL ADVICE

ON ROOMS

ON MEMBERSHIP.

ON WAREHOUSES

ON CLEARING HOUSE

ON MARKET REPORTS.

ON VIOLATION OF RULES

ON TRANSPORTATION

ON WEIGHING..

ON CLAIMS

STANDING COMMITTEES:

MESSRS.

ON METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION...

ON PROVISION INSPECTION

ON FLOUR INSPECTION

ON FLAXSEED INSPECTION..

ON OTHER INSPECTION.

ON ARBITRATION ON GRASS AND FIELD

SEEDS.

ADAMS, BEAUVAIS AND EDWARDS.
SMITH, ECKHARDT AND GREGSON.
BAXTER, ADAMS AND BINES.
BUCKLEY, CHADWICK AND NASH.
BAXTER, RUMSEY AND EDWARDS.
MONTGOMERY, ADAMS AND REMICK.
GREGSON, MONTGOMERY AND NASH.
NASH, ECKHARDT AND SLAUGHTER.
BEAUVAIS, BAXTER AND REQUA.
REQUA, BINES AND SMITH.

JADAMS. BEAUVAIS, REMICK, R. G. CHAND-
LER AND J. H. MILNE.

S.

ECKHARDT, REQUA, CHADWICK, R.
LYON, B. A. ECKHART, H. W. ROGERS,
H. F. DOUSMAN AND H. H. PETERS.
SMITH, RUMSEY AND NASH.

J RUMSEY, HUNTER, BUCKLEY, GREGSON
AND REMICK.

BINES, MONTGOMERY AND RUMSEY.
GREGSON, EDWARDS, S. A. MCCLEAN, JR.,
J. A. BUNNELL AND HENRY ELLS-
WORTH.

B. A. ECKHART, F. B. RICE, FREDERICK
DICKINSON, H. N. SAGER AND C. B.
PIERCE.

HUNTER, RUMSEY, C. F. HILLS, P. H.
ESCHENBURG AND GEO. E. ALT.
CHADWICK, BUCKLEY AND SLAUGHTER.
JHUNTER, ALEX. RODGERS, C. A. HEATH,
ALBERT SECKEL AND F. E. WINANS.

OF THE

Board of Trade of the Gity of Chicago

FOR 1902.

WILLIAM S. WARREN, President.

EDWARD S. ADAMS, 1st Vice-Pres't, WILLIAM L. GREGSON, 2d Vice-Pres't

TERM EXPIRING 1903.
H. M. S. MONTGOMERY,
WILLIAM NASH,
ISRAEL P. RUMSEY,
CHARLES H. REQUA,
ROBERT BINES.

G. F. STONE, Secretary.

DIRECTORS:

TERM EXPIRING 1904.
FREDERICK W. SMITH,
THOMAS C. EDWARDS,
HARRY B. SLAUGHTER,
WILLIAM H. CHADWICK,
FRANK C. REMICK.

TERM EXPIRING 1905.
S. A. MCCLEAN, JR.,
CHARLES H. TAYLOR,
R. D. RICHARDSON,
GEORGE S. BRIDGE,
JOHN H. JONES.

E. A. HAMILL, Treasurer.
HENRY S. ROBBINS, Counsel..

R. S. WORTHINGTON, Ass't Secretary. SAMUEL POWELL, Clearing House Manager.

EXECUTIVE

ON FINANCE

ON REAL ESTATE

ON RULES

ON LEGAL ADVICE

ON ROOMS

ON MEMBERSHIP..

ON WAREHOUSES

ON CLEARING HOUSE

ON MARKET REPORTS.

ON VIOLATION OF RULES

ON TRANSPORTATION

ON WEIGHING

ON CLAIMS

TAYLOR, ADAMS AND BINES.

CHADWICK, NASH AND RICHARDSON.

EDWARDS, BINES AND JONES.

MONTGOMERY, JONES AND NASH.
GREGSON, MONTGOMERY AND NASH.
NASH, SLAUGHTER AND RICHARDSON.
SLAUGHTER, MONTGOMERY AND JONES.
REQUA, SMITH AND BINES.

J GREGSON, CHADWICK. REQUA, W. N. ECK-
HARDT, R. G. CHANDLER AND J. A. MILNE.
CHADWICK, BRIDGE, RUMSEY, W. N. ECK-
HARDT, R. S. LYON, B. A. ECKHART. H.
W. ROGERS, H. F. DOUSMAN AND H. H.
PETERS.

SMITH, RUMSEY AND RICHARDSON.
RUMSEY, REMICK, TAYLOR AND BRIDGE.
REMICK, BINES AND MCCLEAN.

J GREGSON, EDWARDS, MCCLEAN, J. A.
BUNNELL AND HENRY ELLSWORTH.
B. A ECKHART, F. B. RICE, FREDERICK
DICKINSON, H. N. SAGER, ISAAC HORNER
AND HERMAN PETERSON.

RUMSEY, T. M. HUNTER, C. F. HILLS, P. H.
ESCHENBURG AND GEO. E. ALT.
SLAUGHTER, REQUA AND ADAMS.

T. M. HUNTER, C. A. HEATH, ALBERT
SECKEL, F. E. WINANS AND GEO. S.
GREEN.

In Memoriam.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE WHO DIED DURING 1901.

ARMOUR, PHILIP D., JANUARY 6.

FYFFE, JOHN L., JANUARY 13.

MCCOURTIE, ARNOLD B., FEBRUARY 1.

FIELD, GEORGE D., MARCH 3.

BALDWIN, JAMES A., MARCH 20.

MUNN, HERBERT FRANCIS, MARCH 22.

HOGIN, ANTHONY W., MARCH 26.

RIORDAN, FRANK D., APRIL 18.

CAPRON, MAJOR ALBERT B., MAY 8.

STERN, GEORGE M., MAY 23

SMITH, JAMES P., JUNE 11.

PARKER AUGUSTUS A., JULY 2.

HANNAH, JOHN S., JULY 5.

FOSTER, HENRI L., AUGUST 12.

FLEMING, PATRICK H., SEPTEMBER 20.
JACOBS, ALBERT F., SEPTEMBER 25.

PARSONS, GEORGE RAE, NOVEMBER 21.

READ, WILLIAM HENRY, DECEMBER 27.
SCRIBNER, SANFORD A., DECEMBER 28.

PEAVEY, FRANK H., DECEMBER 30.

GENERAL REVIEW.

MR. WILLIAM S. WARREN, President of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago.

SIR-I have the honor to hand you herewith the Forty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago.

The year last past has been one of remarkable prosperity in the commercial and industrial life of the nation. Labor, enterprise and ability have been adequately rewarded in all departments of endeavor. Farm products have afforded to the producer an unaccustomed profit. Farmers as a rule have had throughout the year money on hand. The list of over-due debts in agricultural sections, as elsewhere in our country, has been and is diminutive and inconsequential. Evidences of prosperity are manifest not only on farms but in villages and cities, and among industrial classes of all kinds. Largely increased business in articles of luxury, the marked improvement of farms, the erection of an unusual number of fine buildings for residences, for public uses and for business purposes, are everywhere observable and are among the most conclusive proofs of a wide spread industrial prosperity. The hum of machinery in shop, mine, factory and upon our great prairie farms, proclaims an inland and foreign commerce great and growing proportions. Transportation lines, both by water and land, tell in unmistakable language of a paying business-north, south, east and west. Bank returns, prices of railway, factory, mining and standard stocks and bonds of all kinds; the volume of sales, the quality and variety of manufactured goods, alike testify to highly favorable and sustained economic and industrial conditions.

The retail and wholesale trade of Chicago has been larger than ever before, meaning the steady employment at a good wage of a vast number of hands in almost countless directions. It is not, nor has it ever been, proposed, in this country, to compete with the

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