Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1917 — GRAIN DEALERS MET HERE [ARTICLE]

GRAIN DEALERS MET HERE

Unsettled Market Is Cause of Considerable Trouble. About twenty-five of the grain dealers of northwestern Indiana held a meeting at Che Makeever hotel in this city Wednesday evening, the principal purpose being to discuss the unusual situation today occasioned by the extremely unsettled condition of the grain market. Oats of good quality were reported from one section while a near neighbor reported the quality as bad, which was also true of wheat. The grain men seemed to be of one accord that they were buying on too small a margin in such troubled times, and thought it best to change their policy in this resipect. However, there is considerable variance in the price of grain in neighboring towns. One day this week the price of corn at Kentland was $1.50, while on the same day the Rensselaer dealers quoted $1.60. Because of the fact that the government has taken over control of the grain market the Rensselaer elevators and many others are not making any quotations on wheat.