Manipulation Of Market Made Difficult.
Press Association —Copyright. Washington. June 16. Pre rV ' n nt Roosevelt to-day signed ( the so-called Commodity Exchange Act, i'des:gncd to extend Government regulation to the commodity markets, particularly grains, as now. enforced on the security exchanges. A commission will be appointed to administer the Act, which provides for the fixing of trading limitations to curb excessive speculation, while various sorts of fictitious transactions commonly employed to manipulate market prices are prohibited. All broilers and commission merchants dealing in commodity futures must register with the commission and supply periodic reports of their activities.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 160, 18 June 1936, Page 6
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