THE STAFF OF LIFE.
GAMBLE PROCEEDS.
PATTEN IN' NEED OF PROTECTION. JOSEPH'S,CORNER; ' i (DT TiBLeoBAPB—PBEBB ASEOCIATION-^COrTllianT.)! (R«c. April 18, 4:30 J p:m.) ■ .; New York, 'April 17. \ Mrl Patten/tho wheat speculator, "prophesies' that before riiaily months havo'elapsed i pcoplo in ■ Eur'opo will .bo struggling "for; ! bread in famine-stricken queues., , ' ; •Mr. ratten -has engaged 'a dbtectiVe to: i protect Win, ■' owing to public . indignation' ! against gambling in foodstuffs. i Mr. Wilson, Secretary for '■•Agriculture,; 'Washington, 'states : that Mr. l'attcri Vs i reckoning wheat supplios : too low. -Ho a'lcls i that only olio wheat cbrrier succeeded, "&nd' (that was-conducted by Joseph in Egypt. . Mr. J. J. Hill, millionaire and railSvay Icwnbr, prophesies thdt Wheat'.will not ro'turn 'to low prices for a''long time. .•; AN ENGLISH VIEW. ' : - (Rec. April 18, ,4.30 p.m.) ,■"': Londoh, April-17.' The "Economist" states that Mr. Patten's (corner -is''far 'less important to tho British I working -classes -than atiy of -tho big ■'past' ■manipulations of wheat. .-•'lt-is 'evident that' the liigh prices in Loiukm must bo attributed to other causos'than thoGhieago manipulation.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 485, 19 April 1909, Page 5
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170THE STAFF OF LIFE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 485, 19 April 1909, Page 5
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