Boom, boomboom, boom, boom. To the noise of that word marched the stocks of the N. Y. Stock Exchange last week. Up the narrow white street of the tape they paraded, left foot, right foot; point after point, up went steels, up went rails, up went sterling. On Saturday, a record was reached. The trading done on that day was only once exceeded in the history of the Exchange on a Saturday, and that once in panic-timethe silver panic of 1906. It was not until 20 minutes after twelve noon, normal closing time, that...
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