Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1916 — HAPPENINGS IN THE IG CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN THE IG CITIES

Buying SIOO,OOO Worth of Herring in Whispers NEW YORK. —The Now York herring exchange hasn't any fixed home. One week it may meet on pier 50, North river, and the next week it may forefather under a* shed at the foot of West Twenty-fourth .street It all depends

upon the herring. Wherever the shipment Is landed, there ts the exchange. The exchange always follows the herring. The herring exchange makes the quotations for herring in the same way that the stock exchange fixes the quotations for railroad shares and indusR&IK The herring exchange and a barrel of herring are opened at- the same time, and Immediately following this

double opening, the exchange members roll up one sleeve, thrust a hand into the open barrel, bring fort it a herring and closing the teeth on the dorsal fin pull it off. then they bite into the fleshy part of the back, and with much smacking of lips gauge Its flavor. When a member has tried the flavor of the fish and noted its size anti plumpness he makes a whispered hid very close to the ear of the importers agent, and the Importers’ agent makes a whispered reply very close to the ear of the member and a quotation is established. At a recent session 8,000 packages of Scotch herring were on the pier—roughly about SIOO,OOO worth. This importation was of what are known in the trade as mntjes, or soft-cured herring. One package of each lot was opened and sampled.