THE WHEAT GAMBLE.
PIIICES FALLIXU. PATTEX VACATES THE FIKLI). | - .Sow York, April 23. A further slump hits occurred in Chicago. .May and July wheat broke 4'/i pov cents below the previous closing prices. Tlie "Hears" pressed for an advantage, emphasising that the weak foreign markets were evidence that there was a world-wide shortage. A rapid loss in sales ensiled. Four houses sold an aggregate of seven million bushels. J'atten has left Chicago. .Many ruined brokers are denouncing his as a coward. CORN Ml APPARENTLY SMASHED. Ottawa, April 23. Canadian statistics show seven million bushels of wheat to lie in the elevators at Fort William and live million bushels to be iu the farmers' hands. Both cjuantities (as the balance of the 11108 crops) upset Patten's calculations. The corner is apparently smithed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 76, 26 April 1909, Page 2
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131THE WHEAT GAMBLE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 76, 26 April 1909, Page 2
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