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Show Commodity War Boom KT ith food ranking equally in importance as a vital war material with the stuff of which planes, tanks and guns are made, little wonder won-der that America is witnessing a great boom in commodities. Com-modity Com-modity exchanges, principally those in New York and Chicago, are hectic spots these days. The following series of photos give you an idea of how business is done on the exchanges, where the lift of a trader s eyebrow may mean another penny more on your pound of drip-grind, or an extra dollar on the suit you're going to buy. Ail ;' L f - I hhbHHK sN . .VJXOif AV ttMBBSBJSSBBBSBSSBBBSBSjSSBSBJSJSJBJBSBSBJSBBJ FUTURISTIC . . . When it comes to wool, you can't pull any of it over the eyes of these brokers on the New York Wool exchange. They buy the sheep's overcoat sometimes even before it has grown it. 1 wm "" ii 1 " ' 1 'f f t !i J f "1 These men are cotton brokers on the New York Cotton exchange. They are seated at the trading ring during an intermission. SWEET COFFEE ...And here is part of the Coffee and Sugar exchange in New York. An employee em-ployee is posting trading prices. tt L - ck iol : fill. i '-r. rS3f . ROUND FIGURES . . . Tie bidding ring at the New York Cocoa exchange. It is very calm and dignified, with no fanfare or "fireworks." Hid rJJJtil immi Fr . . . View inside the Board of Trade building in Chicago. Trading in this particular market is confined to corn, winter wheat, oats, barley, rye and hay. Here is the big board in the Cocoa exchange, New York. i |