Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1919 — CHICAGO BOARD GOES WILD WHEN COR JUMPS. [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO BOARD GOES WILD WHEN COR JUMPS.

Chicago, Aug. 6.—Scenes of wild excitement prevailed again today at the Board of Trade, where corn prices jumped 10 cents si bushel, after having suffered an equal drop yesterday. Rushes to sell yesterday were almost surpassed in the wild scramble to purchase today. Even in the hectic days of the war 10-cent fluctuations in grain in a single day were rare. AH transactions here turned on the news from Washington that the " government, contrary to the outlook yesterday, would not adopt sacrifice selling of wheat as a means of attacking the high cost of living. This decision, although unexpected and notwithstanding the rebound in corn prices which resulted, did not elicit much unfavorable comment.