As a followup to Story of a Speculator by Cutten, I'll present In the Wheat Pit by James Patten who was King of the wheat pit prior to Cutten assuming that role. Both men presented their stories as serials in the Saturday Evening Post in collaboration with Boyden Sparkes although Patten's story preceeded Cutten's by five years as it was published in 1927. In the Wheat Pit is great and really uncovered some knowledge that I never knew about the CBOT but most of all showed that the CBOT has always remained the same drama with different actors playing the parts.
Squeezing two pages into one cut the text size so magnify it if you have a tough time reading it. Or login to Scribd and download/print it, whatever just don't ask to get a copy emailed. I'm still busy so blogging will remain infrequent.
In the Wheat Pit by James Patten
Squeezing two pages into one cut the text size so magnify it if you have a tough time reading it. Or login to Scribd and download/print it, whatever just don't ask to get a copy emailed. I'm still busy so blogging will remain infrequent.
In the Wheat Pit by James Patten
