. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . Because ofthe turmoiloecasioned l)ythe crowd ofexcitedtraders seek-ing to attractattention, andthe noise ofmany tele-graph instru-ments, andbecause theeye is quickerthan the ear, nearly all buying and selling on the floor of the exchange is done in a language of signals. The hand held horizontally with palm facing the crowd, indicates selling. Turned around with palm facing body, it indicates he ha n d clenched represents the even cent, viz.: 90 cents. A finger opened, 3^; two fin-gers, 14:, three fingers, ^; four fingersthe. together, 74, 2;
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . Because ofthe turmoiloecasioned l)ythe crowd ofexcitedtraders seek-ing to attractattention, andthe noise ofmany tele-graph instru-ments, andbecause theeye is quickerthan the ear, nearly all buying and selling on the floor of the exchange is done in a language of signals. The hand held horizontally with palm facing the crowd, indicates selling. Turned around with palm facing body, it indicates he ha n d clenched represents the even cent, viz.: 90 cents. A finger opened, 3^; two fin-gers, 14:, three fingers, ^; four fingersthe. together, 74, 2; five fingers,fingers still extended closedJ^; standing, %, and backagain to the clenched hand, a fullcent. Then, too, a price havhig beenarrived at by telepathic communi-cation between the eyes of the in-terested tradei-s, the quantity is likewisedetermined by thefinger sign, eachfinger upstandingrepresenting 5,000bushels, and theamoant agreedupon by nods orPersonal responsi-All trades are. ofthe cards at theinstant of consummation, and all are thesubject of careful checking, both on theexchange floor and in the offices after-ward. The infrequency of error is as-tonishing. The trades must check outabsolutely the following day, and dif-ferences must be reconciled at once. The machinery which exists for trans-mitting an order from a brokerage house
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