Gunnison Gazette | 1912-04-12 | Page 2 | Operators Defend Patten

OPERATORS DEFEND PATTEN. Say He Did Not Corner Wheat, But Performed Beneficent Action. ' Washington. When James A. Patten Pat-ten operated in May wheat in 1909 he did not conduct a corner in wheat, several prominent grain operators told the house committee on agriculture agricul-ture on Monday. instead or cornering wneau auu holding out for enormous profits, Mr, Patten performed a "beneficent action," ac-tion," according to John C. F. Merrill, Mer-rill, president of the Council of Grain Exchanges, who acted as spokesman for the Chicago board of trade and other wheat and corn exchanges.