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Show mm m mi Wheat Prices Jump Despite Conditions Chicago, Aug. G. Notablo broadening broad-ening out of speoulntlvo business today to-day on change accompanied tho whirl ing ot Groat Britain Into a genoral European war. Despite tho enforcement enforce-ment of 10 per cent margins, tho public pub-lic at largo would not ho restrained from taking a liberal hand at trad ing, In which rapid price changes cov 1 ercd n rango of more than 4 cents a I bushol and which resulted In nn cx I tremo net advance of 3 1-1 cents for wheat. Export conditions were in greater confusion than at any tlmo stneo tho war began. Notwithstanding that a majority of dcalors looked for a solu tlou being reached through action of the treasury department at Washington Washing-ton in lieu of seemingly futllo efforts In Louden, the prospect ot success was bulliclently doubtful to keep lenders lend-ers if not tho public in a consena-1 tlvo mood. One of tho most .serious features of tho wheat trade was tho fact that 20,000,000 bushels of wheat Intended for export wcie held up In virtual blockade at Galveston ami New Orleans. Or-leans. With tho big gulf choked, southwestern train loads wero being headed for Chicago, and unless relief should bo afforded are threatening to swamp temporarily tho market hero. Restless buying which at times today to-day made the wheat market Jump llko a cork In wnter, was In a measure explained ex-plained this cvenlug. The reason was said to bo a report that England would convoy a great grain fleet f om Montreal about August 7. |