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Show uu TO TWO DOLLARS Highest Price Ever Paid in United States on a Normal Nor-mal Market. CHICAGO, April 4. Two-dollar wheat became an actuality today. The great bread-making cereal for delivery next month sold at that price at the opening of the board of trade today. It 1b the highest price ever paid here on a normal inarkeL In 1864 this price was exceeded by values expressed ex-pressed in terms of depreciated paper and in the eighties "Old. Hutch" manipulated man-ipulated the price in one of his fa- mous corners to $2.25. This price obtained ob-tained only for a moment. When shorts settled with "Old Hutch" the price immediately dropped to a normal level. Present prices are said to represent actual values. Tho advance has been gradual since tho war in Europe began. Short corps holped the advance along and this season's crop damage reports and the shutting off of tho Argentine supply have helped. A few minutes after the opening, May sold at $2.01. It then sold back to 1.99 1-2 and, in a moment, again at $2. |