Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1910 — MOB MENACES PATTEN [ARTICLE]

MOB MENACES PATTEN

Chicago Wheat King Has Unp'easantTimein England. James A. Patten, king of the Chicago wheat pit, and heavy operator in American cotton, was driven from the Manchester, England cotton exchange and was compelled to seek refuge in a business liouse to save himself from the wrath of British brokers. Hoots and cat calls followed tn ~ exit of the American speculator, who had been in the cotton pit during the forenoon and tlic danger of still further violence was averted only when be sought refuge in a nearby shop. Manchester is the principal cotton market of England. and most Of the big cotton < iulh mills are located here. Public feidirg against Patten lias been ven high since the recent corner in which he was credited with having increased the price of the raw materia! to a figure beyond what it had been since the Civil war. This feeling, shared by workmen of the mills and brokers in the pit, was responsible for the demonstration. Mr, Patten was indignant over the attack on hint and said that he could conceive of no reason for the humiliation to which he had been subjected.