Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1909 — MEXICO IS PURCHASING CORN [ARTICLE]

MEXICO IS PURCHASING CORN

Government Pays $1.56 Mexican Per Bushels For 100,000 Bushels. Mexico City, Nov. 12.—TheJtfexlcan government has closed a contract with the Armour Grain company of Chicago for the purchase and delivery of 100, 000 bushels of corn at $1.56 Mexican currency per busnel. The corn will be sent to districts of Mexico where there is a shortage of that grain and where the poor are unable to obtain a supply for their needs.