Since 1914 Saturday has been a full holiday to members of the London Stock Exchange. Last week, however, the Committee for General Purposes held a long meeting, gravely considered "the situation of the country" and "the desirability of affording facilities for dealing," decided that on and after Sept. 19 business should be transacted on Saturdays.
London dispatches said that older members were pleased by this return to the former routine, that younger members could not see for the life of them why long weekends had to be broken up. Observers thought that the chief...
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