Show WHEAT EAT CORNERED CORNERED IN RECORD DEAL j i Bartlett Bar and Patten Crowd Holds BushI Bush Bush- els cis of Cereal I I I HOLDING FOR AN ADVANCE Big Plungers Plungers- Believe Conditions Conditions Condi Conch Warrant Strong i I Increase e 5 Chicago Dee Dec Moie lole than bushels of wheat said wheat said to be tho the largest amount ever cr by an any any- anyone ono one man or 11 combination of men in Chicago Chi Chi- cago Is cage Is now In the he hc hands of ot William WilliamH H. H Bartlett Harriett James A A. Patten George v W. W Patton Patten and Frank u. u Frazier and n the market la Is In to a 0 state of or high excitement OX- OX anticipating the d df dC a deal without precedent It Is bigger thun than the Joo Joe Loiter Loite I deal when hilt thal young plunger lost Just Juat after aeter the e worlds world's fair fair- It Is bigger than tho the John AV Yo Gates corner cornea In which millions were lost Joet by ly tho the four tour years yearn ago no ItIs It ItIs Itis Is bl bigger er b by nt fit least leant five hc million than anything Old SOld Hutch ever er attempted In the tho lon long ago o. And nd yet ct Jl it j IB is not a corner It Is merely a colossal deal lea S rho The Patten bull rinG Is not noton on endeavoring to buy all tho the grain In Inthe Inthe the tim market and antI create an artificial condition as BB Old Oid Hutch did when ho he forced wheat up to 52 Its purpose purpose- Is Is merely to take toke advantage ud of ot what It believes to be a t world wide condition condi condl tin tion and to have havo a n large largo amount of or Wheat to sell soIl when tho the price soars December wheat opened at 10 and closed at nt 1 1051 today May closed Monday Ion ay nl night ht at 1 opened today tollay at 1052 and und closed at 10 10 1 Tho big big- speculation Is principally InJa in May Ja wheat wheaL Of the or more bu bushels hold by tho the Patten combine not more than five lve million Is Ib December wheat and thoy they are aro dl us i- i posing of ot that while the they are arB constantly con con- buying tho the other They have been een doing doing- this for moro than a month All the reports on grain for the last few months h IlaO havo t o convinced thoo theBO bold speculators that tho the present high prices of ot wheat aro are a n mere moro bagatelle to what the they thC will bo ho In It a month or two or throe three |