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Show SEEK INDICTMENTS AGAINST GRAINMEN By International News Bervioe. CHICAOO, June I. Indictments sgainat big grain speculators on the Chicago board of trade will be asked of the new federal grand jury next week, ft wss reported tonight, following follow-ing the Indictment of sixteen big batter bat-ter and egg men. - 8. Edwsrd Davie, president of the Chicago Butter and Egg noard. and representatives of nine of the biggest butter snd esg firms In the Middle West, faoe possibly a penitentiary term as a result of today's Indictments. Tha government alleges that to stimulate a "brisk demand." dealers In many Instances In-stances sold butter and eggs to eaea other without actually transferring tha goods and then sold tha sams lot again. . By creating artificial prices on the Chicago market tha Indicted men caused higher prices for eggs and butter but-ter throughout a large part of the country, where dealers fixed their prloes by Chicago quotations, the srvernment allegee. ! |