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Show " I GRAIN EXPORTERS ARE BUYING HEAVILY '"HICACeO. May 4. "I understand something like one million bushels of wheal have been purchased In Minneapolis Minne-apolis and St Paul for early shipment to Chlcug.i i .'I .Milwaukee." Vice President Presi-dent A C Johnson of the Chicago, & Northwestern railway said lodny. "I do not know how much of the wheat Is for export or Its eastern destinations. It means a mnterlal decrease In this business for the railroads." One Milwaukee firm Is said to have bought 300,000 bushels In Iowa and another an-other concern 200.000 bushels in the same state. Independent Sealers say much of the purchase Is for export. |