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Show GREELEY 8UPPORTS CHARGE HE MADE Washington, March 4 To support his charge that tho Chicago board of trado ls dominated by nn alleged trust of warehouse men, Samuel II. Grcolj' told tho house rules commltcc, that a $-1000 Jackpot fund has been raised among its members last year to get legislation at Springfield to legalize dealing In puts and calls. Greely named two members of the board who had ndmltted ho declared having participated In collecting tho fund. Ho declared his belief that the board had, been forced to throw open Its doors to this $5 and $10 bet game, i and to seek Its legalization because tho wnrehouso men so controlled nnd manipulated the future and cash markets mar-kets by their possession of stored grain that legitimate dealing was Inhibited In-hibited and floor traders driven to put nnd call operations "to make a living." |