The Archive · 1933

Wheat and Flour

Daring the week of report wheat markets have shown a. downward tendency with very little business

prices in Chicago and Winnipeg have passing allover the worl. "Acteal declined by more than 10 per cent the Winnipeg market being parti: cularly weak on August 14

Due to the fact that trading in Chicago was "pegged" up to August 15, marketing has been concentrated "in Winnipeg where a tremendous selling pressure had to be absorbed. To prevent detriment al consequences, the directors of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange decided similarly' to "peg" wheat prices on the basis of about 70 cents Canadian currency per bushel for del October. This new measure gives

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