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Show Bill DEAL IN WiEAT ENDED PattenShowsSatisfaction by Giving Each Clerk J a Check Chicago, May 29. The greatest sue- j I ces8ful wheat deal in Chicago's speculative spec-ulative annals, came to an unostenta- tious end tnaay. All day, until the i session ended at noon, there was but one quotation for May wheat Jl.ol. James A. Patten, high priest of the bull campaign, was not on the' trading trad-ing floor. At the opening, a representative of Bartlett, Patten & Co., offered to buy or sell May wheat at $1.34. This established the quotation, at which price Mr. Patten disposed of half a LjauULoc .'bushel s to. the fag end of the. rhort interest, those who haJ"hoped against hope for a turn to the end. AH the shorts had got under cover previously, and the figures stood there throughout the session. It testified testi-fied to the complete success with which Patten had conducted his campaign. cam-paign. It was not a manipulative campaign, and owed its success to the employment of unlimited dollars. Conditions Con-ditions were as Patten had forecasted, forecast-ed, and the 2nal piicft did not reflect a "squeeze," but rather the legitl mate price of actual wheat at tbls beacon. o Despite the Immobility of Mr. Patten's Pat-ten's countenance, hi3 satisfaction became be-came apparent an hour after the close, when a small army of clerks of the house, each wearing a broad surprised surpris-ed smile on his face, filed into the cashier's office to cash checks for ten I per cent of their annual salary, a I present from Mr. Patten. i |