Seats

Five times last week purchasers of seats on the Sew York Stock Exchange broke records for seat-prices. The record had been $185,000 (TIME, Jan. 24). Early last week a seat brought $190,000. A few days later the price was $192,000; a few hours later $194,000; then $195,000; then $200,000. At top prices the 1,100 Stock Exchange seats are worth $220,000,000.