"CONFIRMATION OF TRANSACTIONS FOR FUTURE DELIVERY, ETC.
It shall be the duty of each member or firm making a transaction for future delivery of grain or flax-seed in five thousand or one thousand bushel lots, lard and pork in two hundred and fifty or fifty package lots, and D. S. short ribs and D. S. extra short clears in lots of fifty thousand or twenty-five thousand pounds, under the Rules of the Association, to confirm such transaction by sending to the clearing house a memorandum of the same by 6 o'clock P. M. of the day on which it is made; such memorandum shall be in writing, and shall state on its face the date of the transaction, the quantity and kind of property covered by the same, the month of delivery, the price, and the name of the party to whom sold or of whom bought, and shall be signed by the party or firm making the same. All transactions of the same date made with any member or firm may be included in one memorandum, and all such memoranda shall be sent to the clearing house by the member or firm making the same, in unsealed envelopes addressed to the member or firm with whom such transactions were made. It shall be the duty of the clearing house manager to assort and have ready for delivery by 8 o'clock A. M. of the following day, and to deliver, on application, all envelopes containing such memoranda as are left with him in compliance with this section.
There is a fine imposed upon any member failing to comply with the above provisions.
"FAILURE TO DELIVER OR RECEIVE ON CONTRACT
In case any property contracted for future delivery is not delivered at maturity of contract, the purchaser may, if he shall so elect, consider the contract forfeited; or he may purchase the property on the market for the account of the seller, by 1:15 o'clock P. M. of the next business day, notifying him at once of such purchase; or he may require a settlement with the seller at the average market price on the day of maturity of contract, and any damages or loss due to the purchaser, by reason of such purchase or declared settlement, shall be due and payable by the seller immediately.
A SECTION IN THE GENERAL OFFICES OF THE SIMMONS HARDWARE COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MO. ]
In case any property contracted for future delivery is not received and paid for when properly tendered, it shall be the duty of the seller, in order to establish any claim on the purchaser, to sell it on the market at any time during the next twenty-four hours, at his discretion, after such default shall have been made, notifying the purchaser within one hour of such sale; and any loss resulting to the seller shall be paid by the party in default.