Excerpt from The American Elevator and Grain Trade, Vol. 21: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Elevator and Grain Interests; May 15, 1903 The attempt at Springfield to legalize trading in privileges failed on May 2, when the enacting clause of the bill was stricken out. Mr. Arrand, who fathered the bill to repeal the present legal inhibition of such trading, said that the Chicago Board of Trade finds that at this particular time it must have legislation of this character in order that it may successfully compete with institutions of a like character in adjoining states, and for that reason a large volume of busi ness goes into those states that properly belongs to Illinois. The removal of present restraints would, he contended, greatly increase the volume of busi ness of the Board of Trade, and increase the clerical force to the extent of men. 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.