SPECULATION IN GRAIN
_.*. CHICAGO .MAN PROHIBITED FROM TKAI)IX<; WASHINGTON, February 14. A special Cabinet committee, composed of Mr H. A. Wallace (Secretary of Agriculture), Mr D. C. Roper (Secretary of Commerce), and Mr H. S.»Cummings (Attorney-General) I'jund Arthur Cutten, one of the !::rgc '.'.pcnilaturs on Ihe Chicago Board of Trade, guilty of violation of several provisions of the Grain Future Act. He was prohibited from trading on any exchange in the nation for two years. The committee declared that he had frequently failed to report holdings in excess of 500.000 bushels, as is required by the law, and operating through eight firms, disguised his dealings to manipulate prices.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21400, 16 February 1935, Page 13
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