"Not only in larger volume but also in larger proportion is the speculative money of the West going east," lamented Glenn Griswold in the Chicago Journal of Commerce last week. That explains the relative value of a seat on the Chicago Stock Exchange to seats elsewhere, according to his table:
EXCHANGE VALUE
New York 180,00 San Francisco**45,000 New York Curb 29,000 Cincinnati 11,000 Philadelphia 10,500 Boston 9,000 New Orleans 6,500 St. Louis 4,500 Detroit 4,125 Chicago $3,000 Cleveland 3,000 Baltimore 1,850 Pittsburgh 1,600 Louisville 1,200 Washington 800 The cause: "The Chicago Stock...
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