Business & Finance: Grain Failure

Emanuel ("Manny") Rosenbaum has been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade since 1896. A loud, baldish Jew of 60, he likes to boast of the fact that his

Rosenbaum Grain Corp. has one of the largest storage capacities (18,000,000 bu.) of any grain house in the U. S. On busy days fast-talking Manny Rosenbaum. a cigaret hanging on his nether lip, keeps the grain pit lively with his orders. On dull days the pit brokers sometimes amuse themselves at his expense by parodying the German melody "O Tannenbaum" with loud choruses of...

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