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and it's a little different from modern--
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we have a standard paper size now, which is 8.5" X 11",
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but he didn't want to use all that.
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Remember, paper was more expensive then and
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he didn't need to get a lot, so he changed the shape of it.
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So, the paper, instead of being that wide, was like that wide
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because all he had to put was symbols for stocks--
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abbreviations for their names--
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and then the price at which it traded.
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He wanted to get a lot of these in rapid succession out,
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so he didn't need a wide width.
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It's all very logical.