Tillman

ACT I

SCENE I. Venice. A street.

Enter ANTONIO, SALARINO, and SALANIO

Indiana, Illinois & Iowa:
If quality is; quality is not;
Buy if you can hold on margin,
Market closed on the evening board,
Marked tare;
As fast as made,
Think we can sell.

More disposition to sell;
There are no shippers in the market,
Foreigners buying freely in this market,
Actual tare, packages to be stripped,
Holders are very firm,
Market firm at the advance,
Free on board in the spring.

Margin of ____ per cent. on all property bought or sold, to
be kept good. Shippers holding off, there being no margin
for shipment; Closeness in the money market has a depressing
effect on market.

Ship by the route you think best.
You ought to be able to sell.
Market firm, owing to light receipts.
We do not understand your despatch,
Buyers holding off for lower prices,
Very heavy trading in Ups,
Rail freights have advanced.
Packers not buying. Shilling higher.
Not strictly choice but good,
Cannot get a time freight contract,
To load during winter in vessels,
Lower cables a damper on the market,
To load during winter in vessels,
Good color, but not sweet,
Can you buy to arrive? Have not bought.
Think we can sell at about ___.
At what price can you sell afloat?
Buy in store; In store.
Expect to ship in a few days.

Blue Line: Weather is hot and forcing,
We are working on your offer,
Now in smoke; buy in my short.
Up to corresponding time last year:
There are no shippers in the market.

Last ten days in ____.

Red Line!

How have you remitted? Do the best you can,
Buy on the best terms: can sell afloat.
Firmer on large clearances seaboard,
We give you refusal. Can buy aboard cars,
Elevator men buying freely in this market:
Weather is warm for this time of the year.
Large sales at lower prices,
Answer by telegraph.
There are no shippers in the market,
The weather continues unfavorable.

Enter BASSANIO, LORENZO, and GRATIANO

Have sold at your limits,
Grain in store. Market dull:
We refer you to our letter of ___.

If you have not shipped hold for further instructions.

Your order by wire is filled.
Buy if you can draw half on time.
More disposition to sell.

Good color, but not sweet.

How much shall we buy? shall we buy? Your credit balance:
shall we buy?

Will honor your Draft on us.

Exeunt Salarino and Salanio

No session of the Board to-morrow,
We will guarantee: market inactive,
India Mess Beef in tierces, 304 lbs. net.

April and May.

Can sell in store;
Market closed on the call:
The best that could be done:
Sell if no material change.

If not sold await further orders;
West New Jersey and Sea Shore,
Now in smoke.

Seller paying tolls:
Think no danger grain in store,
Market active at the decline.
Cannot act without margin in hand.
Buy if you can hold on margin,
At what price can you sell?
Melted and run into the packages.
Can you buy? Sell buyer's option--
Inspect and weigh five packages--
There are no shippers in the market.
Rejected and badly damaged,
Incessant rains still prevail,
Not to be held for inspection.
Choice city cut and cure,
Have shipped by steam and rail,
Buy when cheap lots offer! May.
Dark color and not sweet.
Had sold before your letter reached us.
Nothing doing; receipts are very large,
If not sold await further orders,
Ship by the route you think best.
Market opens this afternoon:
It is not satisfactory,
Market opens this morning.
Very good article. Market very active:
Demand is chiefly on Eastern orders.

Sell if you cannot ship immediately:
Sell any of the samples,
Corresponding week last year.

Receipts are light, owing to bad condition of the roads the
country.

Can sell: Is suitable for seed.

___ in this section has been mostly secured in good
condition.

Exeunt GRATIANO and LORENZO

Is it satisfactory?

Strong efforts are being made to advance prices. Receipts
are light, owing to detention of trains: the Hogs now
arriving are not as heavy as those received in the season.

Same quality as the last.
Two to three pence higher,
Can you buy for immediate delivery?

Bill to our order New York via E. J. & E. Ry. South shipment
Rail and Lake care ____: Buy at ____, freights to be equal
to Chicago rates; shippers holding off, there being no
margin for shipment. Holders are firmer in their views and
are not disposed to freely even at the advance.

Delay could not be avoided;
Have done as you requested,
Within ten days,
Buy on the best terms,
Sell according to your judgment.

Dark color and not sweet,
Market is dull at the decline.
Vessels are more plenty,
Ship by the route you think best.
Next month: Packages in good order,
The best that could be done.
Have bought and are shipping,
The best offer is ___; buy if you can ship.
You ought to be able to sell.
Buy and ship by first opportunity,
Estimated cars wheat for to-morrow.
We bid you net track ____.
____ taken here for export.

Do not sell on order contained in our letter dated ___; Bill
to our order New York, notify us Chicago to be and weighed
at Chicago: Sellers at last quotations but buyers demand a
reduction: closes weak.

Market is a shade lower;
Closes steady and firm at quotations,
Diamond Line: market is cornered.
Light receipts making shorts nervous:
Buy part if you cannot get all.
Market quiet, prices nominal:
At no premium or discount over,
Weather is hot and forcing.
Good enquiry and few sellers.
Cannot replace at prices offered;
The market has been largely oversold,
Buy and ship for account of ___.
Buy on the best terms.
Good till the end of ___,
Heavy stock depresses the market,
The best that could be done!

The best that could be done;
Weather wet and cold.
Not as represented: unfit for Export;
Buy a medium sized cargo:
Actual tare, packages to be stripped,
Don't sell to arrive.
Good enquiry and few sellers,
Have done as you requested.
To come out of smoke in ____ days.

Exeunt

Can buy: This month. Buy in favorite houses.

Enter PORTIA and NERISSA

Buy at prices you name or a shade higher.

If you cannot buy at our limits, telegraph the best you do:
cannot ship by vessel that does not lighter through the
Welland Canal. A combination is formed to break the market:
we confirm what has been done.

Good enquiry and few sellers.

Your order by wire is filled.

Bill to our order New York via South Chicago Lake and for
export care ____. Please give positive instructions: Bears
talk lower prices but lack the nerve to follow conviction.
Buyers at last quotations, but holders demand an advance:
receipts are light, owing to bad condition of the roads the
country. Buy fresh receipts if you can so as to save extra
storage. Market rather worse! Dry weather and hot winds
causes advance; crops have been injured by the late rains.
Is there any prospect of selling?

Market is very strong; cannot ship before close of
navigation: holders are firmer in their views and are not
disposed to freely even at the advance. At what price can
you sell for future delivery?

Two to three pence higher; this is the nearest sized vessel
we could get; Not according to contract.

First twenty days in ____.

A combination is formed to break the market; bears have the
advantage and are hammering the market. At one time sales
were made as high as ____.

Weather is hot and forcing.

Do nothing in the matter until you get our letter: Weather
is warm and pleasant: Receipts are light, owing to bad
condition of the roads the country. Quite a fleet expected
with the next change of wind. Good color, but not sweet!

Can you buy and hold on margin?

Everything on the market has been taken. Market is a shade
lower: June! receipts are light, owing to bad condition of
the roads the country; market is very sensitive; market
active, and still advancing: shipment within ____ days:
cannot act without margin in hand. Unless you deposit ____
dollars to our credit and have wire us at once shall close
your trades.

What is the condition of grain in store?

Do nothing in the matter until you get our letter: name the
highest price you will pay, and if we can do will give you
the benefit. At what price can you buy for present delivery?
Not fully cured! The stock is mostly in second hands, and is
firmly held.

What is the rate of freight?

The Hogs now arriving are not as heavy as those received in
the season: The recent decline has caused an active demand
for shipment.

Can you buy and hold on margin?

Very few of the Hogs now arriving are heavy enough for Mess
Pork: name the highest price you will pay, and if we can do
will give you the benefit: have sold at ____ freight to be
equal to Chicago rates.

Name the highest price you will pay, and if we can do will
give you the benefit.

The greater part of the stock being in few hands, the
sellers find it very difficult to cover. Crowd bullish and
long, any bear news will start selling.

Holders not pressing their stock on the market: crops have
been injured by the late rains; name lowest price you will
sell at, and if we can get more give you the benefit
thereof.

Name lowest price you will sell at, and if we can get more
give you the benefit thereof. Holders are firmer in their
views and are not disposed to freely even at the advance.

Market declining; your margin nearly exhausted; shall we for
additional margin or sell your property?

As fast as possible; think we can sell.

Marked tare: ship by vessel that does not lighter through
the Welland Canal.

Weather is warm for this time of the year.

Enter a Serving-man

June! shall we buy?

If you do not hear from us to the contrary: holders are
firmer in their views and are not disposed to freely even at
the advance.

Holders are firmer in their views and are not disposed to
freely even at the advance: bears have the advantage and are
hammering the market. Summer cured. Draw as before. The
weather is favorable for the growing crops.

Exeunt

SCENE III. Venice. A public place.

Enter BASSANIO and SHYLOCK

White and sweet; April.

Expiring this month.

This month; April.

We telegraphed you, but have no reply.

First half December; April.

Can you sell? will you guarantee? shall we buy more?

Prospect of freights advancing soon.

No charters to-day.

April and May.

Can you get a time freight contract?

Old Dominion Line: the recent decline has caused an active
demand for shipment. Shipments are increasing: weather is
cold for this time of the year; Holders are firmer in their
views and are not disposed to freely even at the advance.
Buy part if you cannot get all: holders are firmer in their
views and are not disposed to freely even at the advance.
Free on board, not including commission. Poorer than last;
Weights at this end.

Buy at prices you name.

We will insure; percentage to be ascertained by washing. Can
you sell without loss?

Six pence to shilling higher.

Buy a small cargo; a combination is formed to break the
market. Name the highest price you will pay, and if we can
do will give you the benefit. What is the condition? What is
the condition?

Enter ANTONIO

Chicago and Alton.

[Aside] None offering in the market!
Weather is brilliant,
Better than sample.
Smoked dry and bright.
Think can sell more at same price.
Market closed on the call,
Sell to-day at the best price you can get.
Ship by steam and rail,
Bears seem to have lost courage,
Quote Ups and Downs on Wheat,
White and sweet. Market very tame,
If quality is!

At what price can you sell?

Can buy in store,
Ship by the cheapest route,
Not strictly choice but good.
Sell aboard cars. Can you buy?
Have chartered to arrive,
Well trimmed. August! this month.
Can you sell?

To ANTONIO

In fair condition; Will ship as soon as can procure cars.

Market closed on the evening board.
Buy at not exceeding ___,
Visible supply wheat increases,
Sell for my account. As fast as possible.
How much have you sold?

We expect to buy at your limits.

Group three Texas.

Have bought; this month; if you think best.
We accept your bid; Vandalia Line; we bid you;
Market closed on the evening board.
Heavy average.

No. 1 Alberta Red Winter Wheat.

Reduce price on all grades Wheat--
Ship to our order ____,
Ship by the route you think best,
Weather is stormy; cut in bad weather--

When can you ship? can you buy in store?

Subject to winter storage of four cents,
Nearly cured: market active.
Can buy and hold here on margin.
Actual tare, packages to be stripped.
Broomhall quotes weather in England,
Melted and run into the packages,
Buy when cheap lots offer.
There are no shippers in the market,
Will remit necessary funds,
Sell on opening of the market,
Heavy stock depresses the market,
None offering in the market.
Sell part if you cannot sell all.
There are no shippers in the market:
Dry weather causing firmer feeling.

Think we can sell at about ___;
A combination is formed to break the market,
Buy and ship for account of ___.
What is the rate of freight?
Is your order still open?

Cannot sell; If market breaks to ___: Buy in my short.

Market in a panic,
Not suitable for our purpose.
In good shipping order.
No life in the market,
Same quality as the last:
We refer you to our despatch of ___!

White and sweet; Send a good sized sample. Three pence
lower; within a week; immediately--

How much shall we buy?

Cannot negotiate time paper.
Do the best you can.
Free of storage and insurance:
Will remit in a few days,
None offering in the market.
Market is very strong,
Market opens this morning,
Buy all you can contract for the season.
Sell at prices you name:
October; choice city cut and cure.
Telegram should have read: City brands;
Weather is cold for this time of the year.
Have done as you requested.
Have not sold: closes very quiet.
What is the condition? April and May.
Shall we buy more? as fast as possible.
Can you buy aboard cars? May.
Sell on opening of the market,
With order in hand think could buy at ___;
To come out of smoke in ____ days;
No charters to-day; Kankakee Line.
No. 2 Flax Seed; market rather worse.
Can you buy in store?

If market rallies to ___,
No session of the Board to-morrow.
Market opens this morning.
City brands; buckwheat Midlings in Bulk.
Is there any prospect of selling?
Buy if no material change,
Ship by the route you think best.
Cattle Hay.

We expect to be able to fill your order soon!
In accordance with your instructions,
Percentage to be ascertained by washing,
Buy all you can contract for the season.
We are working on your offer:
Too scarce to offer.

This week.

Think we can sell. Beerbohm quotes weather in England;
unless you deposit ____ dollars to our credit and have wire
us at once shall close your trades.

Boston & Maine: Sell at not under quotations in letter.

Bulls seem to have lost courage: Market dull and declining.

Ohio Central; We will insure: The greater part of the stock
being in few hands, the sellers find it very difficult to
cover.

Market firm at the advance,
Free on board in the spring.
Have bought in store! Draw at ten days;
If not sold await further orders.
What margin do you require?
Firmer on large shipments from here.
Two to three pence higher,
As fast as possible. May,
Buy in favorite houses:
We will insure; winter cured;
Prefer not to act upon your judgment.

New York buying freely in this market.

Market firm at the advance;
Have drawn at thirty days,
Country cut and cure (equal city),
Free on board in the spring.
Weather is warm and pleasant.
We bid you.

Has been treated.

Exit Shylock

Free from willful mixture: Ann Arbor Line.

Market active, and still advancing.

June: within ten days; Telegraph shipments for to-day.

Exeunt

ACT II

SCENE I. Belmont. A room in PORTIA'S house.

Flourish of cornets. Enter the PRINCE OF MOROCCO and his train; PORTIA, NERISSA, and others attending

Liable to get out of condition,
There are no shippers in the market,
October, November and December.
Private cables quote Corn,
There are no shippers in the market,
We are working on your offer,
Free on board in the spring.
Sell subject to inspection.
No life in the market: closes weak.
We are working on your offer.
Have sold in store: Too late to change billing,
Expect to sell at your limits soon.

Market excited, and so unsettled accurate quotations be
given; Not less than twenty days in salt at time of
delivery: The greater part of the stock being in few hands,
the sellers find it very difficult to cover.

Lower cables a damper on the market:
There are no shippers in the market.
Last half June. Now in smoke.
Have bought and are shipping.
Two to three pence lower,
Norfolk and Western Despatch,
Frost reports scaring in shorts,
Buy all you can contract for the season,
No session of the Board to-morrow,
Within ten days. Buy and ship!
If cleaned might grade.
Ship by the route you think best.
Market firm at the advance:
Fair Flax Seed by Sample;
Not to be held for inspection,
Melted and run into the packages,
We are shipping.

Holders are firmer in their views and are not disposed to
freely even at the advance: weather more settled.

Now in smoke. Market firm, but unchanged.

First half September: samples mailed you are still unsold.

Good color and sweet! Private cables quote Corn.

Cornets, and exeunt

SCENE II. Venice. A street.

Enter LAUNCELOT

We consider all orders open until countermanded. Think more
orders can be obtained provided those you have executed
satisfactorily. Within five days; Lake freights have
advanced; free of storage and insurance; cannot buy; to load
during winter in vessels. Free of storage and insurance:
April! State Line; May! State Line; At one time sales were
made as high as ____. The Hogs now arriving are not as heavy
as those received in the season; bears have the advantage
and are hammering the market; sell according to your
judgment. Weights at this end. Buy as soon as possible.
Consider order open this week; Sell part if you cannot sell
all: Closeness in the money market has a depressing effect
on market; cannot buy for future lower than for present
delivery. Can ship less than a full cargo; name lowest price
you will sell at, and if we can get more give you the
benefit thereof. Three to four pence lower: We will insure;
do the best you can; We will insure.

Enter Old GOBBO, with a basket

Can you buy and lay down here at ____?

[Aside] Heavy stock depresses the market!
Holders are asking higher prices,
This month: Slightly mixed with ___.

Can you buy and lay down here at ____?

If not bought, telegraph the best price you can buy at; the
Hogs now arriving are not as heavy as those received in the
season.

Whatever you do will be satisfactory. May.
No life in the market,
Shall we sell more?

Can you buy in store?

Aside

Marked tare; No life in the market. Can you buy in store?

No. 1 Red or Rust Proof Oats: this year,
Buy at not exceeding ___.
Cannot sell to arrive.

We expect to be able to fill your order soon.

Four to six pence lower.

Is your order to sell still in force?

We do not understand your despatch.

Great Eastern Line. Two to three pence higher; the greater
part of the stock being in few hands, the sellers find it
very difficult to cover.

March and April! reply must reach us by 9 A. M. to-morrow.

Does your last order cancel previous orders? Can you buy in
store?

We bid you net your track:
Must draw for margin, payable on demand.
How shall we draw?

Can you buy in store?

April, May and June; Have not bought.

Buy immediately and ship when you can engage freight: ship
rather than store. Retain margin until you hear from us: we
give you refusal: draw at sight; packers not buying; buy
to-day at the best prices you can.

May, June and July: Have bought for account of ___.

Not less than ____ days in salt at time of delivery: Have
closed your trades; you may draw for ____ dollars.

Cannot buy aboard cars.

Cannot ship by rail in bulk: bears have the advantage and
are hammering the market.

Market is cornered: Buy and ship if you can lay down in in
____ at ___. Have shipped via ___! do the best you can! this
order is on the way by mail; do not execute it twice.

The seeding this spring is backward: Buy fresh receipts if
you can so as to save extra storage.

Market unchanged! How much shall we sell? Have bought in
store. Have you sold?

Next week: purchases subject to market difference on day of
arrival other than grade purchased. Closes very weak: within
a week! within a week: Packed in tierces; quote everything
as last quoted. Have sold to arrive: sell on present
excitement at best prices you can get: beerbohm quotes
cargoes on passage, Corn. Old Ear Corn! market closes this
noon: two pence higher; buy ____ order in force to-day only.

Enter BASSANIO, with LEONARDO and other followers

Nothing doing; Not less than twenty days in salt at time of
delivery. Sell for immediate delivery; quotations nominal,
no disposition to operate.

Exit a Servant

This year.

Buy if you can ship!

March! will you guarantee?

More disposition to buy--

Little inquiry, but prices steady; have sold for immediate
delivery--

Market inactive, buyers and sellers apart--

The Hogs now arriving are heavier than those received in the
season--

Buyers are giving a decided preference for future delivery--

The greater part of the stock being in few hands, the
sellers find it very difficult to cover--

Have sold at ____ freight to be equal to Chicago rates--

Everybody disposed to sell.
Hold for full directions by mail; May,
Buy at prices you name or a shade higher.

Cannot sell for cash. Can you buy?

Have bought.

Fine weather depresses the market.

Cannot sell; condition in transit:
Ship by the route you think best,
We are offered but cannot get refusal.
To load during winter in vessels.
Very poor article.

Closes very weak with sellers at quotations: sell at prices
you name or a shade lower.

Two pence lower. Ship rather than store. Percentage to be
ascertained by washing. The Hogs arriving are heavier than
usual: green Line.

Anchor Line. We cannot guarantee; Have done as you
requested. Holders are firmer in their views and are not
disposed to freely even at the advance. Two to three pence
lower: don't sell to arrive: last ten days in ____! have
drawn on demand with bill lading attached: name lowest price
you will sell at, and if we can get more give you the
benefit thereof; buy a small cargo. The difference between
steam and sail rates is ___. Winter cured; Sell to-day at
the best price you can get.

Exeunt Launcelot and Old Gobbo

Ship by the route you think best:
Have bought and are shipping,
Light frost last night.
Market active at the advance: shin Beef.

The best that could be done.

Enter GRATIANO

When can you ship?

Packed in the cake.

Exit

Ship by sail!

Rutland!

We are trying to buy.

Country brands.

August and September: The best that could be done.

White and sweet. Weather is brilliant; Think can sell more
at same price; Bears have the advantage and are hammering
the market; Can sell for future higher than for present
delivery. The greater part of the stock being in few hands,
the sellers find it very difficult to cover.

Firmer on large shipments from here:
Good color, but not sweet,
Telegraph frequently and keep us well posted,
We are working on your offer,
Short sellers are buying freely.
Market active, and still advancing.
Sell for immediate delivery,
Five barrels inspected.
Lower cables a damper on the market.

Telegraph state of your market.

Hard frost last night: Broomhall quotes weather on
Continent.

No receipts:
If not sold await further orders.
Your order by wire is filled.
Can buy to arrive. Last half June:
Keep on buying.

Same quality as the last: Buy if strictly prime.

Exeunt

SCENE III. The same. A room in SHYLOCK'S house.

Enter JESSICA and LAUNCELOT

Four to six pence higher:
Market is dull at the decline,
Have bought for immediate delivery.
At one time sales were made as low as ___:
Sell at cost or a small loss.
More buyers than sellers:
Memphis Route; buy in store;
Can buy freely: Cut in bad weather.
Cut in bad weather.

Erie! sell out my long. White, but not sweet! market
moderately active at the decline. Next week: hold for
shipment on opening of navigation: Erie.

Very good article.

Exit Launcelot

Buckwheat Midlings in Bulk.
Have shipped by steam and rail!
Cut from city slaughtered Hogs,
It is not satisfactory. October,
Northwest buying freely in this market,
Market active at the advance.

Exit

SCENE IV. The same. A street.

Enter GRATIANO, LORENZO, SALARINO, and SALANIO

____ weights and inspection,
Draw for what margin you require,
Buy in my short.

To arrive in good condition.

If not sold await further orders.

Sellers at last quotations but buyers demand a reduction.

We bid you net your track: three to four pence higher.

Enter LAUNCELOT, with a letter

Can you sell without loss?

First samples of the new crop exhibited here to-day.

Good demand: will remit in a few days;
No life in the market.
Cut in bad weather.

Now in smoke.

Buy and ship.

When can you ship?

First samples of the new crop exhibited here to-day.

Has been treated: well trimmed.
Shilling higher; sell immediately.
September,

Exit Launcelot

Will you remit or shall we draw? Buy at opening of the
market.

Bears seem to have lost courage.

12 to 14 lbs.

Quote cost free on board not including commission.

As good as last.

Exeunt SALARINO and SALANIO

What is the rate of freight?

Market closed on the call. Will ship as directed.
Not suitable for our purpose,
Can buy and hold here on margin,
Visible supply wheat increases.
Bears seem to have lost courage,
Sell if foreign advices lower:
Offer is under consideration,
Inspect five tierces,
Weather is unsettled.
Now in pickle; same quality as the last:
First half September.

Exeunt

SCENE V. The same. Before SHYLOCK'S house.

Enter SHYLOCK and LAUNCELOT

Sell to-day at the best price you can get,
The advance caused by local manipulation--
White Line-- Good slack hogsheads,
As fast as possible-- White Line--
Queen and Crescent Route--
May, June and July!

White Line!

Shall we sell? Packed in the cake.

This order is on the way by mail; do not execute it twice.

Enter Jessica

Can you buy? can you sell?

We bid you net your track:
White and sweet. Have you sold?
Do not buy to arrive; heavy average:
Buy part if you cannot get all.
We are shipping. American Line,
12 to 14 lbs. Fly tight hogsheads:
There are no shippers in the market,
Market closed last night.

Western Transit Co: we bid you net your track.

12 to 14 lbs.

Weather is cold for this time of the year; name lowest price
you will sell at, and if we can get more give you the
benefit thereof.

Shall we sell more? Buy if you can ship:
Buy in my short; cut in good weather.
Market is dull at the decline,
Can you scatter shipments,
Northwest buying freely in this market.
Leaders buying looks like higher prices,
Beerbohm quotes Mark Lane, Wheat:
Buy at opening of the market.
Sunset Route. Good color and sweet,
Please send bill of lading at once:
Buy a small cargo. Good color and sweet;
May and June.

Ship as before. Name the highest price you will pay, and if
we can do will give you the benefit.

Exit

What is the rate of freight?

Holders are very firm; Nothing doing.

We telegraphed you, but have no reply;
Will remit in a few days.
Poorer than last: market very tame;
There are no shippers in the market.
Telegram should have read.
Buy aboard cars. Sell seller's option;
Will remit immediately:
We bid you; very poor article:
Fast Freight Line;
Free on board in the spring.

Exit

Can sell; can buy for future lower than for present
delivery.

Exit

SCENE VI. The same.

Enter GRATIANO and SALARINO, masqued

This is the nearest sized vessel we could get.

As good as last.

If you have not shipped hold for further instructions.

Name lowest price you will sell at, and if we can get more
give you the benefit thereof!

Have sold: choice Clover Hay.
At what rate can you draw?
There is a great scarcity of ____.
Has not been treated.
What is the rate of freight? Sell in store,
Weights at that end.
Condition on arrival.
Telegraph receipts for to-day,
Free on board in the spring!
Market is dull at the decline,
Weather is warm and pleasant,
Free on board in the spring!

Bremen Line: poorer than last.

Enter LORENZO

Sell at prices you name or a shade lower;
Can buy at prices you name:
New York selling freely in this market,
Sell as soon as possible. March;
Have sold in store. May! shall we buy?

Enter JESSICA, above, in boy's clothes

Can you buy? Sell on present excitement at best prices you
can get.

Packed in the cake.

None offering in the market,
How much have you bought? Have not bought.
Can you sell without loss?

Heavy rains in this section of the country.

Packed in the cake; Erie & North Shore Line.
Buy part if you cannot get all,
Draw payable with New York Exchange:
Have sold at your limits.
The best that could be done;
This is the nearest sized vessel we could get.
Have refusal for to-day.

Demand for shipment very moderate.

What is the rate of freight?
This is the nearest sized vessel we could get.
At no premium or discount over;
Have sold in store.

White and sweet,
Market in seller's favor.
Buy in store;
Market closed on the call,
Closes steady and firm at quotations.

The stock is mostly in second hands, and is firmly held.

Exit above

Very moderate demand for Ups.

Smoked dry but a little dark;
The lowest we can quote is ___,
Buy at opening of the market,
____ cash wheat worked here,
Can sell elsewhere to better advantage,
Sell if no material change.

Enter JESSICA, below

Shall we buy more? September; May! Weather is warm for this
time of the year.

Exit with Jessica and Salarino

Enter ANTONIO

Shall we buy?

Sarnia Line!

Feed Wheat! shall we sell?
Now in smoke: holders are very firm.
Average weight: think we can buy;
Have Bank present Draft again:
The best that could be done.

May and June: Receipts are light, owing to detention of
trains.

Exeunt

SCENE VII. Belmont. A room in PORTIA'S house.

Flourish of cornets. Enter PORTIA, with the PRINCE OF MOROCCO, and their trains

Choice city cut and cure.
Think can sell more at same price.
Telegraph your stock.

Weather is cold for this time of the year,
We confirm what has been done; May.
There are no shippers in the market,
At one time sales were made as high as ____; May.
Everything offered is being taken,
Vessels are scarce and firmly held. May.
How shall we draw?

The weather continues unfavorable: We expect to buy at your
limits.

Sell according to your judgment! Next week;
Will send shipping instructions by mail.
What is the rate of freight?
Vessels are scarce and firmly held. May.
West Shore: can you buy? can you sell? can you sell?
Has been treated. Free on board.
Sell at best advantage:
Melted and run into the packages;
Sell when prices have advanced to ___.
What is the rate of freight?
At one time sales were made as high as ____. May.
As fast as possible! Last half March,
Weights at that end:
Do the best you can,
The best offer is ___; have not bought.
Has not been treated:
Not to be held for inspection.
We are trying to sell.
As fast as possible! Draw at one day:
Illinois weights and inspection,
Telegraph price, quality, and brand;
Buy when cheap lots offer.
What is the rate of freight?
The seeding this spring is backward.
We confirm what has been done. May.
Draw at one day; will ship as directed;
Buy if you can draw part on time,
Market very quiet, scarcely anything doing:
There are no shippers in the market.
Same quality as the last.
Six pence to shilling higher:
Buy at opening of the market.
Ship by the cheapest route.
Two to three pence higher,
Medium to fair article.
Free of storage and insurance.
At what rate can you insure? Prime condition.
Think we can buy: within ten days.
No grain vessel in port unengaged.
Market in seller's favor,
What is the rate of freight?
Have bought! Freights unchanged.
Basis in store there. By water in bulk.
Can ship before freights advance.
Have sold buyer's option;
Beef Tongues in pickle.
Open all day. No life in the market:
Market closed on the call!

Pere Marquette Line; Pacific Coast White Wheat Flour.

He unlocks the golden casket

We are trying to sell! shall we sell?
Cannot sell without sample.
This is a close price! Will leave here ___.

Reads

Sell at prices you name;
Canada Southern Railroad:
Buy a medium sized cargo.
Buy in my short:
Hold for lower freights.
Has not been treated,
Condition in store,
Your order by wire is filled:
Cannot sell; your draft is paid.
Clyde Line; can buy afloat:
Think can sell more at same price!
Sarnia Line. Rejected Mixed Wheat.
Do the best you can: this year.

Exit with his train. Flourish of cornets

Ashville Line. Draw on demand. Buy all you can contract for
the season.

Exeunt

SCENE VIII. Venice. A street.

Enter SALARINO and SALANIO

Buy part if you cannot get all:
Weather is hot and forcing;
Buy and ship as soon as possible.

The packing to the present time is about ___.

Have shipped by steam and rail: Up to this time very little
has been done, the ground too wet: The proportion of the new
crop in arrivals is ___.

Five barrels inspected,
September, October and November,
Very few shippers in the market:
Penny higher! City brands! Penny higher!
Fly tight hogsheads! No. 4 White Oats!
June! regular! smoked dry and bright!
Bears seem to have lost courage,
Subject to reply by cable!
Difficult to sell much at quotations,
Smoked dry and bright! June! Maine Central;
There are no shippers in the market. May.

General tendency upward, owing to confidence in prices.

Leaders buying looks like higher prices.

First half December.
Beerbohm quotes French markets,
No life in the market.
Can buy and hold here on margin.
Have sold for your account:
Straight Country Run Wheat;
India Beef in tierces, 336 lbs. net.

You ought to be able to sell; Do not buy to arrive.

Fine weather depresses the market.
Chicago and Alton:
Market too excited to make sales.
This year: Western Transit Co;
Market too excited to make sales.
Buy at opening of the market;
Complete cargo and ship at once,
We do not understand your despatch:
We extend time on your shipment ____ days.
Buy and ship for account of ___.
Kansas City Southern: May.
Two to three pence higher,
Telegraph price, quality, and brand,
Ship as soon as possible.
Merchants Union Line; packed in the cake.

Buy and hold for further orders. Closeness in the money
market has a depressing effect on market.

Have sold.

Exeunt

SCENE IX. Belmont. A room in PORTIA'S house.

Enter NERISSA with a Servitor

Be as quick as possible; have drawn at sight:
The lowest we can quote is ___,
More disposition to sell.

Flourish of cornets. Enter the PRINCE OF ARRAGON, PORTIA, and their trains

Holders are asking higher prices:
If you do not hear from us to the contrary,
Cannot sell for future delivery:
Sell if you can without loss; otherwise, ship,
Buy if you can ship immediately.

Free on board in the spring:
First twenty days in ____.
Ship rather than store; first half May.
Offer at prices named in letter.
No bid obtainable to arrive: May,
Buy if quality is choice,
The best that could be done.

Cables conflicting look as if manipulated from this side.

As fast as possible. Neptune Line.
No charters to-day! July; October; can sell.
Vessels are scarce and firmly held. May.
Can sell for future delivery.
What is the condition? May! next week:
We confirm what has been done. May.
Can draw as desired! must draw on demand.
The best that could be done,
No life in the market;
There are no shippers in the market,
Buy on the best terms,
Buy if you can hold on margin.
Sell more at same price,
Free on board, not including commission.
Stock in store Lard ____ tierces.
Had sold before your letter reached us;
Sell at not under quotations in letter:
At one time sales were made as high as ____: May.
Can sell at ___; buy a small cargo.
Free of storage and insurance.
What is the rate of freight? Free on board.
Can draw as desired.
Central States Despatch.
Complete cargo and ship at once.
Large purchases being made for shipment!
Ship by the route you think best!
Bears seem to have lost courage!
Lower cables would cause decline.
Good till the end of ___! closed much firmer.
Chicago weights and inspection.
Good demand! Sell out my long:
At one time sales were made as high as ____. May.
We will insure. Georgian Bay Ports,
International and Great Northern.

He opens the silver casket

Sell to-day at the best price you can get.

Shall we buy? nine pence to shilling higher,
Percentage of Moisture! We will insure.
Not much inquiry for ____!
No suitable vessels now offering!
At one time sales were made as high as ____. May.
Can you ship less than a full cargo?
Is it satisfactory? can you sell to arrive?

Holders not pressing their stock on the market.

Shall we sell?

Reads

No life in the market:
Sell according to your judgment,
This is a close price.
Do the best you can;
As fast as possible:
Three to four pence lower,
Six pence lower; 12 to 14 lbs.
Tolerably well trimmed,
Do the best you can:
Globe Line: have sold.
Sell more at same price.
Pickle tight tierces.
Think now good time to buy,
Cut in good weather.
September. Sell out my long,
Market is very strong.

Exeunt Arragon and train

____ cash wheat worked here.
Weather wet and cold! within ten days,
Have shipped by rail in bulk.

Harvesting is now progressing in this section.

Buy on the best terms.

Enter a Servant

Shall we buy?

Basis C. I. F. here: shall we buy more?

Weather is hot and forcing.
None offering in the market.
The seeding this spring is backward;
Fine weather depresses the market,
August, September and October,
Give us refusal. White, but not sweet.
Market is a shade lower:
Dark color and not sweet,
Quote cost free on board,
The lowest we can quote is ___.

Number 2 or better: First half January.
Think now good time to buy,
Shipments are increasing.
Commercial Express; free on board.
The best that could be done.

Market active at the decline!

Exeunt

ACT III

SCENE I. Venice. A street.

Enter SALANIO and SALARINO

At what rate can you draw?

New York advices have had a depressing effect on the market;
same quality as the last; the greater part of the stock
being in few hands, the sellers find it very difficult to
cover.

Holders are firmer in their views and are not disposed to
freely even at the advance. Receipts are light, owing to bad
condition of the roads the country-- Market advancing owing
to local speculation--

Poorer than last.

May! is it satisfactory? Buy when cheap lots offer.

Good till the end of ___.

The Hogs now arriving are heavier than those received in the
season.

Enter SHYLOCK

Now in smoke! at what rate can you draw?

Buy immediately and ship when you can engage freight.

This year: At one time sales were made as high as ____.

Public (or ticker) quotes weather in England; weather is
cold for this time of the year.

Ship as before.

Everything on the market has been taken.

Packages in good order!

Buy to arrive! is it satisfactory?

Weather wet and cold.

The difference between steam and sail rates is ___; buy in
when you can without loss including all charges. Can you
sell for future higher than for present delivery?

Market active at the advance: weather is warm for this time
of the year; weather is cold for this time of the year;
weights at this end: the best that could be done; weights at
this end: buy and hold for further orders; weights at this
end.

Buy ____ order in force until countermanded: what is the
condition?

As fast as made: pay Draft if not right will adjust
difference. Market active, but holders sell freely; the Hogs
now arriving are not as heavy as those received in the
season; can you buy freely? Allan Line. Have you remitted?
what is the difference between steam and sail rates? market
advancing; your margin nearly exhausted; shall we for
additional margin or cover your sales? Can you wait for a
remittance? can you buy and hold on margin? can you wait for
a remittance? will you remit or shall we draw? Sell to-day
at the best price you can get. Can you ship by rail in bulk?
June. At what price can you buy for present delivery? Shin
Beef. Name the highest price you will pay, and if we can do
will give you the benefit.

Enter a Servant

Decline in Eastern markets has reduced prices here.

We are trying to sell.

Enter TUBAL

Lower cables a damper on the market: do nothing in the
matter until you get our letter.

Exeunt SALANIO, SALARINO, and Servant

Now in smoke! can you sell? can you buy to arrive?

We are offered but cannot get refusal.

Ship rather than store! all sales subject to delay in
transfer! We refer you to our letter of ___; Cannot sell at
over ___: last ten days in ____; cannot replace at prices
offered. Market moderately active at the decline! will
require fresh buying to sustain prices! Can you buy? Wabash:
there are no shippers in the market: three to four pence
lower! weather is warm for this time of the year; it is
satisfactory: good investment buying; ought to do better;
receipts are increasing; white, but not sweet.

Weather wet and cold: Cannot ship as before--

Shall we buy? shall we buy?

Holders are asking higher prices.

Think we can buy. Is it satisfactory?

Everything on the market has been taken.

Within ten days: good color and sweet! March! can you buy?
can you buy?

Your margin exhausted; have closed all your trades.

The best offer is ___: Can sell freely.
Old Corn: must draw at sight!
No receipts!

Holders are firmer in their views and are not disposed to
freely even at the advance.

Can buy afloat: Well trimmed; Well trimmed: Draw at sight.

Buy in when profit can be had over all charges.

October! Two to three pence lower: city brands.
August; Market firm at the advance:
A combination is formed to break the market.

Buy if no material change.

Market very tame. Too scarce to offer; ship as before. Fine
weather depresses the market; bears have the advantage and
are hammering the market. Closes steady and firm at
quotations; very good article; group one Texas.

Exeunt

SCENE II. Belmont. A room in PORTIA'S house.

Enter BASSANIO, PORTIA, GRATIANO, NERISSA, and Attendants

April and May: June and July.
Free on board; shippers holding off,
Iron bound cooperage: very poor article.
The seeding this spring is backward,
Two pence lower; we bid you net your track,
Country cut and cure (equal city).
We do not understand your despatch--
Buyers waiting for the bottom--
____ taken here for export.
Market very firm. Full bound tierces.
Good color, but not sweet;
We will insure: as fast as possible;
Buy if you can hold on margin,
Ship as before. Nearly cured,
Free of storage and insurance;
Had sold before your letter reached us,
June and July; cut from frozen Hogs,
Red Dog Flour. Fast Freight Line.
Has been turned and improving!
Have sold for your account. Have not sold,
Not to be held for inspection.
Sell out my long; cut in good weather,
We expect to buy at your limits,
Buy buyer's option.

Lower cables a damper on the market.

Do the best you can! we confirm what has been done.

Have bought at your limits,
Short sellers are buying freely:
There is a great scarcity of ____.
Have shipped by steam and rail.

Buy all you can contract for the season.

Reduce price on all grades Wheat.

Weather wet and cold.

June and July.
Liable to get out of condition:
Ship by the cheapest route.
Draw on us for difference!
Buy at opening of the market.

Alsyke Seed! Packed in the cake:
If you do not hear from us to the contrary.
Sell at cost or a small loss.
Buy if quality is choice;
Think can sell more at same price,
Grain in store: prime condition.
Market firmer; prices a shade higher.
Every decline of ___. Head Line;
What is the condition? This month.
Ship by the route you think best.
Two pence lower: if quality is.
Market dull and irregular.
Market closed on the evening board,
Do not buy to arrive. Now in smoke,
We telegraphed you, but have no reply,
No life in the market.
The best that could be done.
This month: Canadian Pacific.
Market firm at the advance,
Estimated cars corn for to-morrow.
Sell any of the samples. Summer cured!
Buy to arrive: Not much inquiry for ____.
Weather is cold for this time of the year.

Music, whilst BASSANIO comments on the caskets to himself

May.
Weather is fine,
What is the rate of freight?
How much have you sold?
Rape Seed.
Packed in tierces,
Within a week; Vandalia Line.
Sample Grade White Oats.
Can sell in store.
Sell in store-- Cannot sell.

Cannot sell.

Shipments of Lard to-day ____ tierces:
Three to six pence higher.
The weather continues unfavorable,
Buy if quality is choice,
What is the rate of freight? Can sell,
White, but not sweet.
Have deposited proceeds with ___,
Can you sell to arrive?
There are no shippers in the market.
Demand is chiefly on Eastern orders:
Private cables quote weather in England.
Receipts of Lard to-day ____ tierces.
The weather is favorable for the growing crops;
Bears seem to have lost courage;
Opened firm but closed weak.
November and December! Free on board,
Crops have been injured by the late rains;
Choice White Corn Meal in Bulk,
Can ship less than a full cargo:
Have shipped by rail in bulk.
Think no danger of heating,
Quote Ups and Downs on Corn.
To arrive cool and sweet,
Free on board in the spring.
Ship rather than store.
The best offer is ___; do the best you can.
Think we can buy; in store,
The seeding this spring is backward.
Central Vermont. Telegram should have read,
Have sold for account of ___;
Free of storage and insurance.
April, May and June: one to two pence lower,
Ship rather than store,
Vessels are more plenty;
Weather showery; buy on the best terms!

[Aside] Dry weather causing firmer feeling,
Country cut and cure (fair),
Good enquiry and few sellers! October,
Demand moderate; January and February,
We are trying to buy; slack tierces.
Sell out my long: market opens,
Not fully cured.

Shall we insure here?

Opening the leaden casket

Market is cornered! What is the condition? Have you sold? Is
there danger of grain in store going out of condition? There
are no shippers in the market: market active, but holders
sell freely. Holders are firmer in their views and are not
disposed to freely even at the advance; soft Red Wheat-- How
much have you bought? shipments of Oats for last six days
____ bush. Name the highest price you will pay, and if we
can do will give you the benefit. Beerbohm quotes floating
cargoes, Corn.

Reads

Market closed on the call,
Market firm at the advance!
Freights per 100 lbs. to ___,
White and sweet,
If market rallies to ___.
Buy and hold for further orders,
Have bought at your limits.
Weather wet and cold.
Have sold. Fair Malting Barley;
Market active at the decline.
Free of storage and insurance,
Think we can sell at about ___,
Dark color and not sweet,
Frost reports scaring in shorts.
Not to be held for inspection;
To arrive cool and sweet;
We confirm what has been done,
We confirm what has been done.

Free on board in the spring,
This year: buy for my account.
Buy at not over quotations in letter,
Closed much firmer; we bid you.
Tolerably well trimmed;
Think can sell more at same price;
Have sold for your account,
Little inquiry, but prices steady,
Sell afloat; Not fully cured.
To load during winter in vessels,
Incessant rains still prevail;
Buy part if you cannot get all.
Buy in my short; better than last,
Market is dull at the decline;
Market is dull at the decline.
Cannot sell at your limits,
Can buy and hold here on margin.
Sell at prices you name.
In good condition: cut in bad weather.
Must draw for margin, payable on demand,
Cannot sell: packers not buying,
Chicago selling freely in this market.
Sell out my long: Weights at this end;
Ship when you can engage freight at ___,
We are working on your offer.
Reported damage to crops by ___.

Canada Southern Railroad,
Buy if you can hold on margin;
Subject to our confirmation by wire,
Prospects of an early crop.
Packed in the cake.
Quote everything as last quoted;
Quote everything as last quoted,
Please send bill of lading at once,
Have remitted by express. Weather is fine.
Firmer on large shipments from here:
Do the best you can!

If foreign advices lower,
Telegraph frequently and keep us well posted,
April and May: good color and sweet!

More disposition to sell,
Do the best you can;
Firmer on large shipments from here:
We refer you to our letter of ___.
Buy and ship if you can lay down here at ___,
Buy at opening of the market.

Buy part if you cannot get all.

Can you ship to ____ for export.
Buy if you can draw at ____ days:
Fine weather depresses the market;
Not to be held for inspection.
No life in the market.
Four to six pence higher,
Buy at opening of the market;
Have Bank present Draft again,
Stop selling until further orders.
Will ship as soon as can procure cars,
At no premium or discount over.
Have executed your order.
Shipped yesterday.

Is it satisfactory?

Weather is warm and pleasant.

Can you sell at a profit?

Sell out my long.

Bank wire us and we will honor your draft.

Sell to-day at the best price you can get.

Shall we sell more?

May; buy all you can contract for the season.
Shall we insure here? When can you ship? May,
Can you sell aboard cars?

Enter LORENZO, JESSICA, and SALERIO, a Messenger from Venice

Three to four pence higher;
Ship by the route you think best.
Have bought for your account. Buy to arrive,
Choice city cut and cure,
Sell out my long.

Sell out my long: Stock is entirely exhausted.

Dark Rye Flour. Sell out my long,
Bulls seem to have lost courage;
The seeding this spring is backward,
We are tracing all shipments,
Sell out my long.

Buy in my short;
Have not bought. Sarnia Line.
Immediately.

Gives Bassanio a letter

___ in this section has been mostly secured in good
condition.

Not strictly choice but good;
Not fully cured: basis in store there.
Will ship as directed.

Market opens on 'Change; ship as before.
Your credit balance: what is the rate of freight?
At what rate can you insure?
Cannot sell at your limits;
Free on board in the spring.

Buy all you can contract for the season.

There are no shippers in the market,
Dark color and not sweet:
Time guaranteed; None offering in the market.
Liable to get out of condition.
In fair condition. White and sweet!
Will leave here ___: First half April,
Telegraph when you do anything.
The best offer is ___.

Next month,
Market closed on the evening board.
Three pence lower! Cattle Hay,
Opened firm but closed weak,
Market is dull at the decline.
Market opens this afternoon;
Do the best you can: last half February,
Cannot sell at prices you name.
Have bought aboard cars. We bid you.
Buy at opening of the market.
Weather is hot and forcing; globe Line,
Have engaged freight,
Market opens this morning,
As fast as made. Receipts are very large;
The market has been largely oversold,
Free on board in the spring,
Is suitable for seed. What is the condition?
Shall we insure here? Have you bought?
Beerbohm quotes weather in England,
Can you buy in store?
Market is dull at the decline.
How much shall we buy?

Not fully cured.
Telegram should have read.
Three to six pence higher,
Holiday, no market. We bid you.
We refer you to our despatch of ___,
Queen and Crescent Route:
Have drawn at sight,
Quote cost free on board,
Market very active: city brands,
Market firm at the advance.
Advance price all grades Wheat;
Buy if you can draw half on time.
Free of storage and insurance.

Ship by sail in preference to steam.
Bulls seem to have lost courage,
Continued cold weather advancing market.
Can get a time freight contract.
White and sweet: sell out my long,
Have we authority to ___,
Will forward papers to-day.

Is your order to buy still in force?

Holders are firmer in their views and are not disposed to
freely even at the advance.

Shall we insure here?

No. 3 White Clipped Oats.

Shall we buy?
Have bought and are shipping;
Houston and Texas Central,
Buy at opening of the market.
Can get a through freight contract.
Too late to change billing,
One to two pence lower;
Foreigners selling freely in this market.
Within five days. Buy a small cargo.
Two to three pence higher:
Free on board in the spring.
Market active, and still advancing.
Will remit in a few days. Closes weak!
Prefer not to act upon your judgment:
Six to nine pence higher:
Bank wire us and we will honor your draft.
Buy to-day at the best prices you can.

[Reads] The Hogs now arriving are not as heavy as those
received in the season; name the highest price you will pay,
and if we can do will give you the benefit. Not suitable for
your purpose: if you do not hear from us to the contrary.

The best that could be done!

Think now good time to buy,
We will guarantee: city Mills Rye Flour,
Buy and ship for account of ___,
Consider order open this week.

Exeunt

SCENE III. Venice. A street.

Enter SHYLOCK, SALARINO, ANTONIO, and Gaoler

Market firm: sell at best offer;
Ship by the route you think best:
Market firm.

Very good article.

Sell out my long; sell out my long:
The best that could be done.
Cannot ship before freights advance;
Choice Yellow Corn Meal in Sacks:
The best that could be done. Penny lower,
Have bought for account of ___.
To load during winter in vessels.

Ship by the cheapest route.

Sell out my long; Ship rather than store:
Sell out my long; weather more settled.
Sell at cost or a small loss,
Complete cargo and ship at once.
Condition in store. To-morrow;
Keep on selling: Sell out my long.

Exit

Buy in when profit can be had over all charges.

Now in smoke:
If not sold await further orders.
Sell out my long; keep on selling:
Free from willful mixture.
Market active at the advance;
Three pence higher.

Whatever you do will be satisfactory.

We are working on your offer:
More buyers than sellers.
Within five days,
Will ship as soon as possible;
Sell at a clear profit of ___.
Send full explanations. Summer cured:
Telegram should have read,
Have sold for account of ___.
To arrive in good condition.
Sell afloat. Very good article.
There are no shippers in the market!

Exeunt

SCENE IV. Belmont. A room in PORTIA'S house.

Enter PORTIA, NERISSA, LORENZO, JESSICA, and BALTHASAR

Have bought at your limits,
Complete cargo and ship at once.
If quality is; market is strong.
Telegraph state of your market.
Buy if you can hold on margin,
Have done as you requested,
Not suitable for your purpose,
Lower cables a damper on the market.
Quarter bound tierces.

Weather is hot and forcing,
No shipments: prime condition.
Up to corresponding time last year,
The lowest we can quote is ___,
There is a great scarcity of ____.
Shipment Lake and Rail;
Ship rather than store,
Beerbohm quotes Liverpool, Corn,
Must draw on demand. In store,
No life in the market.
Referring to our letter of ___.
Four to six pence higher!
The new crop now arriving freely;
Three pence lower: car Sweepings.
Have bought at your limits.
Every advance of ___.
Sell seller's option: free on board,
Have sold subject to inspection.
To arrive in good condition,
Cut in bad weather,
Rio Grande and Western:
There is a great scarcity of ____;
Weather is fine. We bid you.
Not to be held for inspection;
To arrive cool and sweet.
Now in smoke.

Can ship by steam same rate as by sail; Will remit in a few
days.

Have drawn on demand,
Sell at prices you name.
In good shipping order.
Think can sell more at same price.

Have bought for your account!

Buy if you can draw part on time.

Whatever you do will be satisfactory: if you think best.

Exeunt JESSICA and LORENZO

New packages,
Quarter bound tierces,
No life in the market. Market is a shade lower,
Good till the end of ___.
Shipped to-day: cannot buy under ___.
Good enquiry and few sellers;
New York weights and inspection,
Visible supply wheat increases.
Do the best you can.
Have sold to arrive. Within ten days,
Better than last: Sell on the best terms.

Draw at sight with all documents attached.

Exit

Group one Texas; With order in hand think could buy at ___:
melted and run into the packages.

Shall we sell?

Last half April; buy in my short,
Market active at the decline.
Within a week. In good shipping order,
The best that could be done,
Sell on the best terms,
Fine weather depresses the market,
Too late to change billing.
Market active, and still advancing.
Stock in store Lard ____ tierces.
Retain margin until you hear from us,
Not suitable for our purpose,
Chicago buying freely in this market;
In good condition; can sell freely,
Draw for what margin you require;
Two to three pence lower,
Buy when prices have declined to ___.
Average weight. Have remitted by mail.
Mill run Winter Wheat Bran in Sacks,
Ship by all rail.

Shall we buy more?

Telegraph quotations,
No. 1 Alberta Red Winter Wheat!
Think can sell more at same price.
Ship by the quickest route.
As fast as made; weather more settled,
Reply must reach us by 12 M. to-day.

Exeunt

SCENE V. The same. A garden.

Enter LAUNCELOT and JESSICA

February; if you do not hear from us to the contrary: three
pence lower. Not less than twenty days in salt at time of
delivery: if you do not hear from us to the contrary. The
best that could be done; bank has no advice of payment
Draft.

At what price can you buy?

If you cannot buy at our limits, telegraph the best you do.

Draft with bill of lading when loaded: the best that could
be done.

Buy at prices you name or a shade higher: if you cannot buy
at our limits, telegraph the best you do: sell Downs on ____
Oats.

Have remitted by mail; weather is brilliant.

Fully equal to sample: we are trying to buy; delay could not
be avoided. The packing season is expected to be short: the
Hogs now arriving are heavier than those received in the
season.

Enter LORENZO

Bulls seem to have lost courage: beerbohm quotes.

The weather is unfavorable for the growing crops.

Can you scatter shipments: Good color and sweet. Reply must
reach us by opening next business day: unless you remit
additional margin immediately we must your property.

The packers expect to stop cutting for the season ___: the
best that could be done.

Ship by the route you think best:
Can ship less than a full cargo.
We are trying to sell.

Quote everything as last quoted! Name lowest price you will
sell at, and if we can get more give you the benefit
thereof. Buy in store; ____ taken here for export.

This year; buy a small cargo.

Good color, but not sweet! one to two pence higher.

This month; packed in the cake.

Will you guarantee?

Cut in good weather; Cannot buy.

We are selling slowly! What is the condition of grain in
store? Dry weather and hot winds causes advance: 12 to 14
lbs; bears have the advantage and are hammering the market.

Free on board in the spring; market is a shade lower;
decline in Eastern markets has reduced prices here.

Exit

Indications of an early harvest!
One to two pence higher.
Packages in good order; May and June.
Demand for local trade moderate,
Can ship less than a full cargo.
September. How have you remitted?
Send a good sized sample,
How shall we draw?

Last half April. ____ per cent. off for salt or (pickle);
Crops have been injured by the severe drought; Ship to our
order New York, notify us Chicago to be and weighed Chicago,
shipment Rail and Lake export.

Can ship by steam same rate as by sail.

Buy for account of of ___.

We will insure: first half October.

Samples mailed you are still unsold.

Not to be held for inspection;
Very few vessels now offering.
Last half August.

Buy to-day at the best prices you can.

Exeunt

ACT IV

SCENE I. Venice. A court of justice.

Enter the DUKE, the Magnificoes, ANTONIO, BASSANIO, GRATIANO, SALERIO, and others

Shall we insure here?

We bid you net your track.

Seaboard Air Line: holders are firmer in their views and are
not disposed to freely even at the advance.

Have bought at ____ freight to be equal to Chicago rates;
the greater part of the stock being in few hands, the
sellers find it very difficult to cover.

Good till the end of ___.

Have drawn at one day: sell out my long.

Enter SHYLOCK

Scarcely any demand for local trade.
Ship by the route you think best,
Weather is cold for this time of the year.
Do the best you can; have not bought.
Bulls seem to have lost courage.
Ship by steam and rail;
Fine weather depresses the market,
Weather is cold for this time of the year,
Buy at opening of the market,
Cut from city slaughtered Hogs,
Free on board in the spring;
Cannot sell except at a loss,
To come out of smoke in ____ days,
At no premium or discount on.
Six pence to shilling higher.
Can buy and hold here on margin,
Houston and Texas Central.
No life in the market.
Sell at not under ___.

Bears seem to have lost courage;
Have bought aboard cars.
Closes steady and firm at quotations:
Market active at the decline.
Have bought at your limits.
Bulls seem to have lost courage.
Bill of lading not yet received.
White and sweet: Sell at not under ___:
Buy in my short: can you sell?
Have deposited proceeds with ___.
We expect to buy at your limits.
Shall we buy? Have you sold?
Holders are now asking ____;
Same quality as the last;
There are no shippers in the market,
Cannot buy to arrive: in fair condition,
Must draw for margin, payable on demand.
Cut in good weather. Good color and sweet:
There are no shippers in the market,
We cannot guarantee;
Will remit necessary funds;
This is a close price; free on board.
Buy if no material change.
In good shipping order;
Sell part if you cannot sell all,
Percentage to be ascertained by washing.
Market is a shade lower.
Atlantic Coast Line. Have you sold?

This order is on the way by mail; do not execute it twice.

If not bought await further orders.

Can you sell without loss?

At what price can you sell?

Prospects of a late crop.

What is the rate of freight?

If you think best:
Market closed on the call.
Buy and ship as soon as possible;
Buy at not over quotations in letter.
Buy all you can contract for the season;
Not to be held for inspection.
Weather is hot and forcing,
Will require fresh buying to sustain prices;
Can sell in store,
Answer by telegraph-- Cut in good weather--
This year: Norfolk and Western,
More buyers than sellers,
Buy if you can draw part on time.
Have bought and are shipping.

Two to three pence higher.

Shipments are increasing.
Receipts are very large,
Iron bound cooperage; Sell out my long.

Can you wait for a remittance?

What is the rate of freight?
Buy part if you cannot get all,
We do not understand your despatch,
No. 1 Canadian Black Oats,
Have not bought: quality is to be,
Is there any prospect of buying?
What is the condition? well trimmed.
We refer you to our letter of ___.
Can you sell without loss? We will insure.
Have sold aboard cars: Western Transit Co:
The number of Hogs packed amount to ___,
Have bought; White and sweet.
Cannot buy except for cash!
There is a great scarcity of ____.
Last half August: January; shall we buy?

Buy if foreign advices higher,
Prospects of a late crop,
Have sold for your account,
No charters to-day.

Buy at prices you name or a shade higher.
Buyers waiting for the bottom,
New Ear Corn.

Nine pence lower; sell out my long.

Good Feeder Corn! White and sweet!
The best that could be done,
Cars of Wheat posted for to-morrow.

Hard Winter Wheat Flour,
Market very heavy: we are trying to buy.
Great Northern; have sold.
You ought to be able to sell,
Cannot sell at prices you name.

Enter NERISSA, dressed like a lawyer's clerk

Can you buy aboard cars?

Sell out my long. Sell at prices you name.

Presenting a letter

What is the rate of freight?

Ship by the route you think best.

Not suitable for your purpose,
The best offer is ___; if can get cars,
Lower cables a damper on the market.
Last half May. Can you buy in store?

Buy to-day at the best prices you can.

____ weights and inspection!
Ship before any more extra storage accrues.
Can ship by steam same rate as by sail.
Condition in store,
Have sold following samples.
Do the best you can: Stock is small.
Scarcely any demand for local trade,
Everything offered is being taken,
First ten days in ____,
Have sold in store; buy to arrive.
Ship by steam and rail.

Sell to-day at the best price you can get,
The best that could be done:
Sell part if you cannot sell all.
No receipts. Demand very moderate.

Tolerably well trimmed.
Have sold for your account.
Shall we buy?

Up to this time very little has been done, the ground too
wet.

White Club Wheat. Suitable for our purpose.
Consider order open this week.
Sell at not under quotations in letter.

[Reads] Stop selling until you receive our letter dated ___:
name the highest price you will pay, and if we can do will
give you the benefit; ship immediately. Receipts continue
large, but do not exceed the demand and rule firm: September
and October: market closes this noon; name the highest price
you will pay, and if we can do will give you the benefit.
___ in this section has been mostly secured in good
condition; foreigners buying freely in this market. Bulls
talk higher prices but too timid to follow up conviction.

Holders are asking higher prices: Can get a time freight
contract.

Enter PORTIA, dressed like a doctor of laws

Give us refusal. Can you sell afloat?

Buy in my short.

Buy if you can draw part on time: nickel Plate.
Free on board in the spring.
What is the rate of freight?

Market closed on the call. What is the rate of freight?

Buy and hold for further orders.

Is your order still open?

Stock is large.

We are trying to sell;
Market is dull at the decline.
Cannot buy at your limits.
Is there danger of heating?

12 to 14 lbs.

At what price can you sell afloat?

May.

Buy on the best terms.

At what price can you buy? sell afloat.

The best offer is ___,
Firmer on large shipments from here.
Inter State Despatch: within five days;
Complete cargo and ship at once:
No life in the market: city brands.
Free on board in the spring;
Cars of Corn posted for to-morrow,
To arrive cool and sweet,
Very moderate demand for Downs;
Prospects above an average crop;
Free on board in the spring,
Basis in store there;
Buy at not over quotations in letter.
Very good article. To-morrow,
Offer is under consideration,
Ship by the route you think best.
Sell seller's option: must pay for property;
Advance price on all grades Corn.
Two pence higher. Have sold in store.
Good till the end of ___;
Weather is cold for this time of the year.
Melted and run into the packages.

Packed in hogsheads! Estimated cars wheat for to-morrow.

Is it satisfactory?

There are no shippers in the market;
Slack tierces: don't sell to arrive,
If not bought await further orders,
International and Great Northern:
Cannot sell at prices you name.
If market breaks to ___. We bid you,
We expect to buy at your limits:
Smoked dry but a little dark,
Market closed on the call.

In store; weather is spring-like.
Can draw as desired:
Not to be held for inspection,
Sell any of the samples.
Will remit in a few days: cannot buy.

Have not bought! head Line! Buy if you can draw part on
time!

Market closed on the call.

Have chartered to arrive.

Short sellers are buying freely.

Cannot act without margin in hand:
Shall we buy more?
Very poor article.

White and sweet;
Answer by night despatch.
You ought to be able to sell.
Rejected Red Winter Wheat. Summer cured:
Packed in the cake; time guaranteed.

Not according to contract.
Shipments are very large;
Cannot buy at your limits.
Have not sold: No charters to-day,
Beerbohm quotes weather in England,
Packed in boxes: buy if you can ship.
There are no shippers in the market.
In store: Must draw on demand.

Holders not pressing their stock on the market.

Within ten days: Reply must reach us by 11 A. M. to-day.

Globe Line! Do the best you can!

Country cut and cure (fair).
Same quality as the last,
The best that could be done.

Market very tame: If cleaned might grade! Expect to sell at
your limits soon!

Telegraph when you buy.

This year:
State Line: shall we buy more?
Treated Wheat: Holders are very firm.

In store. Is there danger of heating?

Packed in half hogsheads.

Have not insured; consider you have insured in your open
policy.

Is it satisfactory?

It is not satisfactory: when can you ship? We bid you Miss.
River basis.

Cannot buy; Has not been treated.

How much have you bought?

Blue Line: January and February.
Buy if you can ship: cannot sell!
Free on board in the spring;
Can buy and hold here on margin.
Winter cured: basis in store here.
The lowest we can quote is ___,
Draft with bill of lading when loaded.
45 lbs. or over; good shipping demand.
Choice city cut and cure.
Three to four pence higher:
Sell at prices you name;
Market closed on the evening board;
Dry weather causing firmer feeling.
Weather is hot and forcing.
Bears seem to have lost courage,
Prefer not to act upon your judgment;
Choice city cut and cure,
Have Bank present Draft again.

Have chartered to arrive.
Will ship as soon as possible;
Buy if foreign advices higher,
You ought to be able to sell:
Hold for full directions by mail.
Sell for immediate delivery.

Do utmost to get acceptance but if unworkable make lowest
offer.

Beerbohm quotes Flour:
Bulls seem to have lost courage.
Bears seem to have lost courage.

We bid you net your track; Think we can sell at about ___.

Sell on the best terms. Have bought;
Sell any of the samples.
Can buy and hold here on margin!

Aside

White Line: Ship by the quickest route.

At one time sales were made as high as ____: Same quality as
the last.

Fast Freight Line!

St. Louis buying freely in this market: Same quality as the
last.

May and June! In store! Marked tare!

Sarnia Line; weather is spring-like. Ship by sail in
preference to steam; Short sellers are buying freely: Ship
by the route you think best; Holders are firmer in their
views and are not disposed to freely even at the advance.

Light average! Marked tare: Marked tare!

How shall we draw?

No. 1 Pacific Coast White Wheat:
Firmer on large clearances seaboard.
Stop selling until further orders.

Marked tare! Marked tare: May and June!

Market is very strong; have bought and are shipping.

Packed in the cake.

May!
The best that could be done; March! in store:
Sell on opening of the market.

June! April, May and June!

Holders pressing their stock on the market. More disposition
to sell but not to force sales: the greater part of the
stock being in few hands, the sellers find it very difficult
to cover.

Second hand packages! Buy if you can ship.

What is the condition? market firm.

Advance price all grades Wheat.

Cut in bad weather; No receipts.

Market closed on the evening board: Vessels are scarce and
firmly held.

April, May and June! ____ taken here for shipment.

Shall we buy more?

Do nothing in the matter until you get our letter.

Buy when prices have declined to ___! Sell at not under ___.

Nearly cured:
The best that could be done.
Packed in the cake,
If cleaned might grade.
Cannot draw as directed.
Telegraph fully and often,
Heavy rains in this section of the country.
Packed in half hogsheads; Ohio Central.
Lower cables a damper on the market;
None offering in the market.
If not sold await further orders.
Think we can buy at about ___;
Market opens this morning,
Not strictly choice but good.
Market active at the decline.
Within five days; have bought in store.
Market firm, but unchanged.
There are no shippers in the market.

Bears seem to have lost courage:
Buyers waiting for the bottom,
Has not been treated;
There are no shippers in the market.

Ship by sail in preference to steam,
Bears seem to have lost courage:
Broomhall quotes weather in Argentina;
Melted and run into the packages,
Shipments are increasing.

Telegraph state of your market.

May, June and July; cannot buy: Telegraph when you are
offered any bargains; buy and ship if you can lay down here
at ___.

What margin do you require?

City brands; white, but not sweet.

Samples mailed you are still unsold.
Buy if you can draw half on time,
Immediately; we will insure.
None offering in the market,
No life in the market.
Three pence higher:
Quote us present market track Chicago,
Percentage of Moisture;
The best that could be done,
Sell at cost or a small loss,
Buy if foreign advices higher.

Receipts continue large, but do not exceed the demand and
rule firm.

Will you guarantee? can you buy?

Immediately.

Buy if you can draw part on time.

Firmer on large shipments from here;
Cannot sell: buy on the best terms,
We will insure.

Weather wet and cold.

International and Great Northern:
The best that could be done,
You ought to be able to sell.

Exit SHYLOCK

Buy at prices you name or a shade higher.

Will honor your Draft on us:
Fly tight hogsheads,
Not as represented.

Buy to-day at the best prices you can.
Union Pacific Railroad,
Samples mailed you are still unsold.

Exeunt Duke and his train

No 2 Northwestern Flax Seed.
Have done as you requested.
Market inactive; winter cured,
Three to four pence higher,
We refer you to our despatch of ___.

Market active and excited, and prices higher.

Market is dull at the decline;
Buy at prices you name.
Buy for account of of ___:
Demand very moderate.
Buy if you can hold on margin:
Market too excited to make sales.

We are offered but cannot get refusal:
Please send bill of lading at once,
Now in smoke: draw at thirty days,
Open to-day and to-morrow.

Vessels are scarce and firmly held.

To ANTONIO

Beerbohm quotes weather in England;

To BASSANIO

Whatever you do will be satisfactory:
Do the best you can; Holiday, no market;
Buy if you can hold on margin.

Think no danger grain in store! Cannot sell at prices you
name.

Will send shipping instructions by mail; Buy when prices
have declined to ___.

There are no shippers in the market.
The cutting is principally into ___,
Demand is purely speculative:
Draw for what margin you require.

Little trading in buyer's option; difficult to buy; sell at
prices you name or a shade lower.

Will send shipping instructions by mail;
Very few shippers in the market.
Not suitable for our purpose.

Think can sell more at same price.
Buy if you can hold on margin,
Buy when prices have declined to ___,
Good color, but not sweet,
Condition in store. Will leave here ___!

Exeunt Portia and Nerissa

Market steadier, with firm feeling:
Wheeling and Lake Erie.
Buy at prices you name.

Rio Grande and Western;
Bears have the advantage and are hammering the market,
Burlington Route: May! marked tare.

Exit Gratiano

Holders are asking higher prices;
Indications of an early harvest.
Central Vermont: prime condition.

Exeunt

SCENE II. The same. A street.

Enter PORTIA and NERISSA

Quite a fleet expected with the next change of wind: sell at
prices you name or a shade lower: Ship by sail in preference
to steam.

Enter GRATIANO

Unless you deposit ____ dollars to our credit and have wire
us at once shall close your trades.

Cannot buy:
We bid you net your track:
Have sold at your limits: in store,
Expect to sell at your limits soon.

Texas Midland.

Buy and ship by first opportunity.

Aside to PORTIA

Not less than twenty days in salt at time of delivery.

[Aside to NERISSA] Holiday, no market.
White and sweet.
Buy when prices have declined to ___;
Broomhall quotes Antwerp Wheat.

Aloud

May! marked tare: Stock is very large.

Keep on selling; how much have you sold?

Exeunt

ACT V

SCENE I. Belmont. Avenue to PORTIA'S house.

Enter LORENZO and JESSICA

Shipments are light: bill to our order New York via West
Chicago E. J. & E. Ry. and South Chicago Lake and Rail for
export care ____.

Holders are firmer in their views and are not disposed to
freely even at the advance.

The greater part of the stock being in few hands, the
sellers find it very difficult to cover.

If not bought, telegraph the best price you can buy at.

Name lowest price you will sell at, and if we can get more
give you the benefit thereof.

Name lowest price you will sell at, and if we can get more
give you the benefit thereof.

Anchor Line.
Smoked dry but a little dark,
Weather is hot and forcing.

Liable to get out of condition; ____ taken here for
shipment.

Enter STEPHANO

What is the rate of freight?

April.

April! shall we buy? how much have you sold?

As fast as made; can buy for future lower than for present
delivery; the stock is mostly in second hands, and is firmly
held.

When can you ship?

Can buy and hold here on margin. Can you buy buyer's option?

Retain margin until you hear from us.
Buyers waiting for the bottom,
Telegram should have read.
Weather is cold for this time of the year.

Enter LAUNCELOT

Have sold! March! have sold!

Can you sell?

July! can you sell at a profit? Quarter bound tierces!

Have sold in store: June.

July! can you buy? can you buy?

June.

Weather is cold for this time of the year: weather is hot
and forcing.

Exit

Free on board in the spring.
As fast as made: how shall we draw?
United Steamship Co,
Ship by the route you think best;
Referring to our contract of ___.

Exit Stephano

Northwest selling freely in this market!
Buyers waiting for the bottom.
Free on board: good till the end of ___.
Buy on the best terms.
State Line. Think no danger of heating.
Not strictly choice but good:
There are no shippers in the market.
Buy if no material change,
Sell according to your judgment;
Buy and ship immediately;
Buy and ship for account of ___.
Market closes this afternoon board.

Enter Musicians

November! badly mixed with ___!
We expect to buy at your limits,
Can draw as desired.

Music

We confirm what has been done.

Demand is purely speculative:
Toledo, St. Louis and Western,
Have on hand unsold ___,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington,
Ship by the route you think best;
Ship by the cheapest route,
Can you scatter shipments,
Can ship less than a full cargo,
Think we can buy at about ___.
Buy when cheap lots offer: weather more settled.
Fine weather depresses the market;
Cannot ship less than a full cargo,
Buy at prices you name or a shade higher.
The best that could be done,
No improvement in condition of market to-day,
Frost reports scaring in shorts;
The seeding this spring is backward.
Condition in store:
Cannot ship as before. Market dull.

Enter PORTIA and NERISSA

The seeding this spring is backward.
You ought to be able to sell!
Send a good sized sample.

There are no shippers in the market.

Ship by the route you think best: Name the highest price you
will pay, and if we can do will give you the benefit. March!
March!

Buy in favorite houses.

Cannot sell without sample: The Hogs arriving are heavier
than usual.

The best that could be done.

There are no shippers in the market,
Weather is hot and forcing.
The cutting is principally into ___,
The best that could be done.
No life in the market.
Have shipped by steam and rail.
Illinois weights and inspection!
December! have sold seller's option.
Delay could not be avoided.

Music ceases

Buy when prices have declined to ___.

Holders pressing their stock on the market.

Buy if you can draw part on time.

We are trying to sell,
Had sold before your letter reached us.
Have you remitted?

Market firm at the advance;
Cut from dressed Hogs,
Nothing doing.

Shin Beef;
More buyers than sellers.
Please send bill of lading at once;
New Ear Corn; We bid you.

A tucket sounds

Your draft is paid; Memphis Route: We are selling slowly;
nearly cured.

Think we can buy at about ___;
In good shipping order: April and May,
Free on board in the spring.

Enter BASSANIO, ANTONIO, GRATIANO, and their followers

Sell to-day at the best price you can get.

Market firmer, but not quotably higher;
Cannot act without margin in hand,
Have no Oats to offer:
Buy at about ___! Quote cost free on board.

Within five days. Have sold to arrive.
Ship rather than store,
Hoosac Tunnel Line.

You ought to be able to sell. Weather is hot and forcing.

Tolerably well trimmed.

Shipments are very large:
First twenty days in ____,
There are no shippers in the market.

[To NERISSA] Cars of Corn posted for to-morrow;
Market active at the decline:
Shipment Lake and Rail for export,
Late frosts said to have done much injury.

Market steady! what is the condition?

May.Holders are firmer in their views and are not disposed to
freely even at the advance.

What is the rate of freight?
Four to six pence higher,
If not sold await further orders.
Bank wire us and we will honor your draft:
Prefer not to act upon your judgment,
Crops have been injured by the late rains.
Market a shade firmer! sell out my long,
New York selling freely in this market.

Sell on the best terms.

Buy if you can hold on margin.

Ship by the cheapest route,
Smoked dry but a little dark,
Poorer than last; this week,
Can buy at prices you name:
Hold for lower freights.

Liable to get out of condition,
Expect to sell at your limits soon:
Prefer not to act upon your judgment.
We are working on your offer.
October, November and December.
Receipts are light; can sell in store;
Have sold for immediate delivery.
Weather is cold for this time of the year.
Have sold in store. No. 4 White Oats,
Dry weather and hot winds causes advance:
The best that could be done.

[Aside] Buy in when profit can be had over all charges.

Up to this time very little has been done, the ground too
wet; cannot ship by vessel that does not lighter through the
Welland Canal; Do nothing in the matter until you get our
letter.

How much have you sold? Have done as you requested.

Have sold for account of ___,
Good enquiry; sell out my long.
Have bought in store; Now in smoke.

Referring to your letter of ___.
Buy and ship as soon as possible.
Unfit for shipping.

Free on board in the spring.

Next month,
If you do not hear from us to the contrary,
If you do not hear from us to the contrary.
Had sold before your letter reached us.
Think no danger of heating,
Percentage to be ascertained by sweeping,
We do not understand your despatch.

If not sold await further orders,
Weather is hot and forcing,
Free on board in the spring,
You ought to be able to sell.
The weather continues unfavorable,
Lake freights have declined.
Indications of an early harvest.
Can you buy and hold on margin?
Market active at the decline:
Free on board in the spring.

Documents go forward by mail,
Smoked dry but a little dark,
Ship rather than store.
Fly tight tierces; have shipped by ___.
Opened firm but closed weak;
Market is dull at the decline.
Summer cured. Can you buy freely?
Market opens this afternoon;
Bulls seem to have lost courage;
Delay could not be avoided.
Closed much firmer. Prime condition;
Market closed last night,
We bid you net track Chicago local rate freight.
Bears seem to have lost courage.

Sell at cost or a small loss:
Fine weather depresses the market,
Will telegraph you if want more margin,
Full bound tierces;
Illinois weights and inspection,
Do not buy to arrive:
Can ship less than a full cargo:
Buy at prices you name; slack tierces:
If you think best,
Not to be held for inspection,
Cars of Wheat posted for to-morrow.

This week; to force sales would have to accept lower prices.

We bid you; cannot negotiate time paper; Expect to sell at
your limits soon.

Inspect five barrels.

Have not sold; we are remitting margins.

Market opens this morning;
Sell on opening of the market,
Expect to ship in a few days,
Shin Beef--

Dark color, but sweet!
Market is very sensitive;
Inman Line: telegraph when you sell,
Quote Ups and Downs on Wheat.

Market heavy:
Market dull and irregular.
Whatever you do will be satisfactory.

Consider order open this week;
We confirm what has been done,
Can buy to arrive: Do the best you can,
Buy on the best terms.
Will honor your Draft on us.

If you think best. Everything on the market has been taken.

Very good article; expect to ship this week.

Buy at prices you name or a shade higher!

Market firm: market in a panic; Ship by sail in preference
to steam.

Answer by telegraph;
Crops have been injured by the late rains,
Illinois weights and inspection.

Good till the end of ___.
Insured here in our open policy:
What is the rate of freight?

Cannot buy freely. As fast as made:
Pere Marquette; have sold at your limits;
Smoked dry but a little dark:
There are no shippers in the market,
Weather showery: November.
Sell at cost or a small loss.
White, but not sweet; Have not sold.
Winter cured. Cannot buy freely;
There are no shippers in the market.
Shin Beef: buy on the best terms;
Telegraph state of your market.
Buy according to your judgment:
Cannot offer at same price.
Packed in tierces.

Can buy.

Will you remit or shall we draw?

Can you ship less than a full cargo?

Supply exceeds the demand and prices have declined.

Sell part if you cannot sell all: We advance limits ___.

Little of the new crop arriving;
There are no shippers in the market.
Free on board.

New Ear Corn! Prices named good till tomorrow.

Cannot sell without sample.
To arrive cool and sweet,
Five tierces inspected,
Free on board, not including commission.

Free on board in the spring.

Market opens this morning,
Market is very sensitive.
Weather wet and cold. Free on board;
Large sales at lower prices,
The new crop now arriving freely.

Next week: it is satisfactory.
Market is a shade lower,
Weather is cold for this time of the year,
Up to corresponding time last year:
The best that could be done,
Whatever you do will be satisfactory.
Very few vessels now offering.
Stocks in ____ decreasing.

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