Show HE DIDNT UNDERSTAND A Kansas Grangers Disheartening Experience Expe-rience with Cipher Dispatches To prevent mistakes in transmitting the grain and commission men have a well established es-tablished cipher in which words that are not liable to bo mistaken by the telegraph operator opera-tor are used in place of the quotation figures Some of the Kansas City firms use the cipher in corresponding with their out of town customers and others do not as the general run of customers are not familiar with the cipher A Kansas man was in Kansas City last year and made a largo purchase of wheat with a leading commission houso on a 4 percent per-cent margin He requested the firm to telegraph tele-graph him the quotations next day and a clerk of the firm was instructed to present him with a cipher key but neglected to do so The Kansas man now tells the story of his I speculation with great gusto The next morning ho received a telegram Opened disgust He was somewhat surprised and failed to make any sense out of tho message A littlo later ho received another message Disgusted He did not know what it meant but it was signed So he telegraphed back to the commission com-mission firm So am L A little later camo a telegram Disgusting By this time he was getting mad and sent back another message I should say it was disgusting What do you meant Before he had fairly got his answer on the wires there came another message Disheartened So was tho Kansas man so he waited and did not answer But when another message came in Dishonest ho sent back word I wont dispute it and I think you are crazy also Sell all my wheat at once A littlo later he received a message Sold just in time Now disgorge n To say that tho Kansas man was mad would bo putting it mildly Ho took tho train that night for Kansas City to see what it meant and when he found oat he treated all around Disgust translated is 99J cents disgusted 9Jb cents disgusting 103 cents dishearten ed 100 > cents dishonest 100X cents and disgorge Ot3 Kansas City Star |