Show president after the bucket shops wash washington ington prest president dent roosevelt has directed herbert knox smith of the bureau of corporations to investigate the methods of stock trading with a view to furnishing the basis of df possible future legislation regulating puch practices the difficulty Is recognized of attempting federal regulation for the transfer of stocks which will operate to curtail purely gambling contracts and at the same time work no hindrance to legitimate transfers and it Is announced to be for the purpose of proceeding on sound principles that the investigation Is being made president roosevelt has hall declared himself to be decidedly la a favor of eliminating stock gambling |