Speculation and the Chicago Board of TradeMacmillan, 1920 - 277 páginas |
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... corner , Leiter corner , Patten corner : Steps taken to prevent corners , shipping grain out of store , delivery at " fair price , " grades deliverable on contract , de- livery on tract , declaring additional warehouses regular ; ( 7 ) ...
... corner , Leiter corner , Patten corner : Steps taken to prevent corners , shipping grain out of store , delivery at " fair price , " grades deliverable on contract , de- livery on tract , declaring additional warehouses regular ; ( 7 ) ...
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... Corners , artificial and natural , an ancient prac- tice , examples from history , tobacco , a comparison , relation of organized exchange to corners— -Manipulation , definition and use , relation of organized exchange to manipulation ...
... Corners , artificial and natural , an ancient prac- tice , examples from history , tobacco , a comparison , relation of organized exchange to corners— -Manipulation , definition and use , relation of organized exchange to manipulation ...
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... Corner in Malaga Grapes .. 237 20. Life of a car of grain shipped by country dealer to Chicago Grain Commission Merchant , showing trade documents used .. 238 21. An Argentina Need . . 264 22. Reference Library for a Board of Trade ...
... Corner in Malaga Grapes .. 237 20. Life of a car of grain shipped by country dealer to Chicago Grain Commission Merchant , showing trade documents used .. 238 21. An Argentina Need . . 264 22. Reference Library for a Board of Trade ...
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... voluntarily entering upon a con- tract must live up to it . However , self - interest led the Board to take in hand the whole question of Corners , and to evolve rules accordingly , as will be seen in the THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE 57.
... voluntarily entering upon a con- tract must live up to it . However , self - interest led the Board to take in hand the whole question of Corners , and to evolve rules accordingly , as will be seen in the THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE 57.
Página 58
... corners just below . Among other abuses which the " black sheep " of the Board introduced quite early were those techni- cally known as bucketing trades , matching trades , and crossing trades . These mean , respectively ( 1 ) for the ...
... corners just below . Among other abuses which the " black sheep " of the Board introduced quite early were those techni- cally known as bucketing trades , matching trades , and crossing trades . These mean , respectively ( 1 ) for the ...
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200 May oats amount Argentina August 25 barley Bill of Lading Board of Trade bought bucket shops bushels butter buyers buying cash corn cash grain cash wheat cent a bushel cents per bushel Chicago Board Chicago market Clearing House close commercial commission merchants committee corner country elevator country shipper crop report customers December Directors export farmers firm flour forward contracts future contracts future delivery future trading Germany grade grain dealers Grain Exchange grain market grain trade Growers hedging Illinois important inspection interests Iowa July Kansas City manipulation margin membership ment mill Minneapolis organized exchange price fluctuations price of wheat profit public warehouses quotations railroad rules sellers selling September shipment shipped short sold speculation storage stored supply and demand terminal elevators tion warehouse receipts Western Union Winnipeg Winnipeg Grain Exchange winter wheat
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Página 102 - ... be designated by law, which statement shall correctly set forth the amount and grade of each and every kind of grain in such warehouse, together with such other property as may be stored therein, and what warehouse receipts have been issued, and are, at the time of making such statement, outstanding therefor; and shall...
Página 14 - ... to promote uniformity in the customs and usages of merchants; to inculcate principles of justice and equity in trade; to facilitate the speedy adjustment of business disputes ; to acquire and to disseminate valuable commercial and economic information; and generally to secure to its members the benefits of cooperation in the furtherance of their legitimate pursuits.
Página 101 - All elevators or storehouses where grain or other property is stored for a compensation, whether the property stored be kept separate or not, are "declared to be public warehouses.
Página 103 - It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to pass all necessary laws to prevent the issue of false and fraudulent warehouse receipts, and to give full effect to this Article of the Constitution, which shall be liberally construed so as to protect producers and shippers.
Página 144 - ... of no use. According to the story, he knew by his skill in the stars while it was yet winter that there would be a great harvest of olives in the coming year: so. having a little money, he gave deposits for the use of all the olive-presses in Chios and Miletus, which he hired at a low price because no one bid against him.
Página 101 - ... inhabitants, shall make weekly statements under oath, before some officer to be designated by law, and keep the same posted in some conspicuous place in the office of such warehouse, and shall also file a copy for public examination in such place as shall be designated by law...
Página 83 - It seems to us an extraordinary and unlikely proposition that the dealings which give its character to the great market for future sales in this country are to be regarded as mere wagers or as "pretended...
Página 118 - I never saw a busier place than Chicago was at the time of our arrival. The streets were crowded with land speculators, hurrying from one sale to another. A negro, dressed up in scarlet, bearing a scarlet flag, and riding a white horse with housings of scarlet, announced the times of sale. At every streetcorner where he stopped, the crowd flocked round him; and it seemed as if some prevalent mania infected the whole people.
Página 228 - That the provisions of this Act shall cease to be in effect when the existing state of war between the United States and Germany shall have terminated, and the fact and date of such termination shall be ascertained and proclaimed by the President...
Página 102 - ... daily such changes as may be made in the quantity and grade of grain in such warehouse; and the different grades of grain shipped in separate lots, shall not be mixed with inferior or superior grades without the consent of the owner or consignee thereof. § 3- The owners of property stored in any warehouse, or holder of a receipt for the same, shall always be at liberty to examine such property stored, and all the books and records of the warehouse, in regard to such property.