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Show to an advance of prices could be pros- 1 ccutcd under the anti-trust laws. PRICE OF BREAD .' IS TO BE RAISED j Chicago, April 19, Selling attribut- j ed to the "Patten crowd" and allies, although on a moderate scale today, sent th price of July wheat off on the board of trade, th close on that option being 2 1-8 cents under Saturday's final figures. At one time, July sold at $1.18 1-4. This tempted profit-taking and the consequent decline brought out atop-Iobs atop-Iobs orders under which th prico dropped to $1.15 7-8. - Six-cent bread seems assured in Chicago. One prominent baker .haa announced he will advance tha price one cent, to that figure, on May 1. and his example will be 'followed, if not preceded, by others. , l No meotlngs of bakers will be held here, as any concerted action looking |