Excerpt from The Functions of the Legitimate Exchanges The preparation of this volume was undertaken in re spouse to a general demand for a book which in reasonable space should describe the work and functions of the modern Produce Exchanges. Hitherto, the only written materials upon the subject have been buried in scores of books, maga zines and newspapers where they have either been over looked by the general reader, or, were inaccessible to him. The lack of a complete text-book upon the subject by a single author has rendered the composite method of authorship herein adopted necessary, if all phases of the question were to receive proper attention. The selection of the articles for this book has been a matter of no mean difficulty. The considerations of space, date of publication, authorship, s00pe, as well as many other factors have been carefully weighed in making the selection, with the result that many articles of equal merit with those chosen have been passed over for no other reason than that they were not available for one, or, more of the above rea sons. All that the Committee has hoped to accomplish has been the selection of a representative list of such articles. With what success its efforts have been attended, the reader must be the judge. 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.