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Show HIGH RECORD (HARK ESTABLISHED IN WHEAT PIT 1 MAY DELIVERY SELLS AT S1.17 3-4 PER BUSHEL. This Is Within Four Cents of Best Mark Reached During Memorable Gates Campaign In 1905. Chicago, Feb. 28. New high record marks for the season were established establish-ed today In the wheat pit, when the May delivery sold at $1.17 3-4 per bushel and the July at $1.05 1-4. This priced for the May delivery Is within four cents of the best mark reached during the memorable Gates campaign in 1905. when the price touched 121 1-2. The high prices prevailing for the future delivery' are due to a large extent ex-tent to the constantly advancing "ten-dency "ten-dency in the price of the cash grain, which is being eagerly sought by millers mil-lers at all of the leading grain centers In this country. Congestion in the May delivery brought about by manipulation manip-ulation by povcral leading operators i on tho board here, however, Is partly i responsible for tho advance. |