wheat pit

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There, in the most hectic trading in the wheat pit in over five years, the price of spot wheat jumped to $2.50, highest since 1920.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the left is the big wheat pit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Too discouraged to tear their hair, Chicago wheat pit traders estimated quietly last week that North America will close 1931 with a surplus of one billion bushels�beyond all comparison the all-time record.

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Tense and nervous, speculators crowded the Chicago wheat pit one morning last week, waiting for the opening gong.

From Time Magazine Archive

Board of Trade, La Salle and Jackson Sts.; visitors may obtain admission to gallery overlooking the famous wheat pit.

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