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Show oo WHEAT HIGHEST SINCE CIVIL WAR Chicago, Jan. 3t. War prices for wheat tightened up today decidedl higher than at any time yet. May delivery sold at $1.52, a jump of .1 5-8c compared with last night. Wheat for spot cash was .still more expensive, reaching. $1.52 1 2 for the ordinary contract grades, 2 red and 2 hard Closing quotations were strong at within 1-Sc of the top figures of the day The highest previous level for .May wheat was on January 28 $1 50 7-8 During the Franco-Prussian war wheat went up to $1.61, but. except during a few artificial corners, there has been no other time when wheat was so high as today since the close or the American civil war. rwi |