Futures traders frequently manipulated prices: from the end of the Civil War until 1879, ..... (control of enough of the available supply of a commodity to manipulate its price) allegedly occurred with varying success in wheat (1878/9), corn (1868), oats (1874), rye (1868) and pork (1868). (*) caches (*) corners (*) stockpiles (*) warehouses
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