History Of The Board Of Trade Of The City Of Chicago Volume Iii

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...1855 Albert F. Dickinson shipped to the eastern market the first carload of wheat ever sent forth from Chicago, and also that he became one of the pioneer members of the Board of Trade, on which he purchased his seat for the sum of five dollars. He met with heavy losses at the time of the great Chicago fire of 1871 and retired from active business in the following year. He died May 7, 1889, at which time the Board of Trade passed appreciative resolutions of respect and admiration for him as a citizen and business man. He and his wife were birthright members of the Society of Friends and were charter members of its first organization in Chicago. Albert Dickinson acquired his rudimentary education in the schools of his native State and was a lad of about fourteen years at the time of the family removal to Chicago.. Here he continued his studies in the public schools until 1859, when he was graduated in the high school, as a member of the first class to be accorded this distinction in the; schools of Chicago. Thereafter he continued to be associated with his father's business operations until he responded to the call of higher duty and went forth as a soldier in the Civil War. Scarcely had died away the sound of the thundering of rebel guns against the ramparts of old Fort Sumter when, in April, 1861, Mr. Dickinson, then nineteen years of age, enlisted in Company B of Taylor's Battery of Chicago Light Artillery, which was soon afterward mustered in as the First Regiment of Illinois Light Artillery. It was given to Mr. Dickinson to live up to the full tension of the great conflict between the North and the South, to take part in many sanguinary engagements, and to make a record that shall ever reflect honor upon his name and memory. His...

Excerpt from History of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Vol. 3 of 3: Illustrated Frank C. Abbey. - The vigorous and progressive little city of Monmouth, Warren county, Illinois, claims Mr. Abbey as one of its business men and as one of the influential exponents of the com mission trade in grain, provisions, cotton and stocks in central Illi nois, his membership in the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago dating from April 15, 1914. His initial experience in connection with the practical aflairs of life was gained through the assistance which he early began to give in the work of his father's farm in Illinois, and he thus continued his active association with the funda mental industry oi agriculture until 1910, his educational advan tages in the meanwhile having been those of the public schools. In that year he became active manager of the grain business of H. E. Whitler, and after retaining this position three years he became a representative of the well known Chicago grain firm of Lamson Brothers Company. With this concern he remained until April, 1916, when he established his present independent commission busi ness at Monmouth, a city which has been his home since 1914. Mr. Abbey is a Republican in politics, is a loyal and progressive citizen, even as he is a wide-awake business man, and he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Tribe of Ben Hur. He has been retained as a correspondent for not only Lamson Brothers Company, of Chicago, but also for Ware Leland, another promi nent Chicago commission concern, but he has severed his alliances in these connections. Mr. Abbey was born and reared in Illinois, the date of his nativity having been November 13, 1874. He is a son of Henry M. And Margaret (clark) Abbey, his father having been a native of the state of New York and having become one of the successful farmers and honored and influential citizens of his county. His death occurred in July, 1912. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from History of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Vol. 1 of 3 The early struggles and slow growth of the Board after its organization in 1848, have been well described by Elias Colbert and others; but most of the material used in preparing this history of the thirteen years preceding the Civil War was obtained from the newspapers of the period, the only original source now available. Even in its youth, the Board of Trade had the courage of its convictions, and was ready to express its opinion upon public questions. All walks of life, all social grades and nearly all nation alities are represented in its membership. It is not composed of saints exclusively, nor of sinners. Every candidate for member ship must undergo the examination of a committee, and satisfy them not only of his financial responsibility, but of his good business reputation. As a result of care in guarding its portals, and strict enforcement of its stringent rules of business conduct, there is on the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago as high a standard of commercial honor as obtains anywhere on earth. Its history, so far as domestic legislation is concerned, is largely a record of per sistent action by the majority, to compel a turbulent minority to observe open-handed, fair-dealing methods of business in their relations with the public, as well as among fellow members of the Association. The epoch-making requirements for the grading, weighing, storage and shipment of grain in bulk, which were adopted early in the Board's history, and contributed so largely to its supremacy in this department of commerce, were prompted by this motive, and the same is true of the long fight to compel rail way companies to discontinue the practice of granting unfair freight rates to certain favored shippers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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