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Show BUTTER IS HIGH IN j NEW YORK CITY New York, May 31 Although today's to-day's market reports show that butter receipts In May were larger than usual, the prices of the best grades are higher than they have been before be-fore at this time since the Civil war. Wholesale dealers in New York de. claro that western speculators have been buying up supplies, and that this has kept prices up. The best grades are now selling at 28 to 29 cents a pound wholesale. A year ago they were 24 td 2G 1-2 cents! j |