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Show MAXIMUM PRICES BY BOARD OF TRADE CHICAGO, Feb. 22. Maximum prices on oats and provisions were set by the Chicago board of trade yester day in an effort to stop speculation in those products. A resolution adopted by tho board of directors in special session provides "that on and after February 23 members mem-bers of this association, in making contracts for the purchase and for the sale, by grade alone, of oats to be delivered de-livered in store during the months of February, March, April and May, 1918, shall not, in entering Into such con- tracts, exceed the price of 93 cents per bushel." Regarding provisions, the resolution reads "that on and after February 23 contracts for the purchase or sale of mess pork to be delivered in store during dur-ing the months of May and July shall not exceed the price of $50.55 a barrel. bar-rel. Contracts for tho sale of lard to be "delivered in store during May and July shall not exceed the price of $26.97 for May and $27.25 for July. That contracts for short ribs to be delivered de-livered in store in May and July shall not exceed the price of $26.20 per 100 pounds for May and $26.55 per 100 pounds for July. Prices for mess pork, lard and short ribs beyond July shall not exceed $50.55 per barrel for pork, $27.27 per 100 pounds for lard and $26.55 per 100 pounds for short ribs. Contracts for mess pork, lard and j S i short ribs for delivery prior to July ( shall not exceed $50.55 p6r barrel for I mess pork, $26.97 per 100 pounds I ; for lard and $26.20 per 100 pounds for j I short ribs." H The action regarding oats rescinds H the rule adopted yesterday limiting I the advances in any one day to 2 cents. The maximum prices weer im m posed as a result of speculation which U have carried the present prices to the I highest levels over known. Tho high.. , I est price quoted on oats before the I I present rise was 90c in 1S67. H ! I Do not wrap up any article that la to S ' bo put away In whlto paper, as the i i chlorido of llmo In It will destroy the I Hj j color of the material. Instead, use brown IS H j or bluo paper. 1 1 |