Retail prices of milk, 202 Retail prices of pork chops, 200 Retail prices of potatoes, 203 Retail prices of rib roasts, 199 Retail prices of round steak, 199 Retail prices of sirloin steak, 199 Sheep prices, average of native lambs, at Chicago, 155 Sheep prices, average of native sheep, at Chicago, 156 Sheep prices, average of western lambs, at Chicago, 157 Sheep prices, average of western sheep, at Chicago, 158 Sheep prices, average of yearlings, at Chicago, 154 Sheep receipts, monthly, at Chicago, 175 Sheep receipts, monthly, at six markets, 174 Sheep, shipments of stockers and feeders from Omaha, 187–188 Sheep weights at Chicago, 183 Short-rib sides, prices at Chicago, 159 Shorts, prices at Kansas City, 209 Wages on city and farm, 210 Wheat exports, 192 Wheat prices at Chicago, 123–124 Wheat prices in Argentina, 190 Wool prices in Illinois, 197 Wool prices in Iowa, 195 ----- Footnote 1: It is suggested that those who are especially interested in a study of speculative markets read “Braces’ Organized Speculation,” or “Emery’s Speculation on the Stock and Produce Exchanges of the United States.” Footnote 2: The following defense of the functions of the Board of Trade was compiled by Mr. John R. Mauff, the secretary: “The Chicago Board of Trade has exclusive characteristics, indispensable to the welfare of the producer and consumer. It offers the producer a constant and infallible fluctuating market, determined and regulated by the inexorable law of supply and demand. It creates, thru the trading of its large membership, representing the various branches of agricultural and industrial activity, continuous quotations that are collected and distributed generally and without cost to the public. There is thus presented the opportunity for the producer to determine at any time the exact value of his products. A further advantage is that he can dispose of these products at any time by making a future delivery ‘hedging’ contract to suit his inclination, regardless of bad roads or transportation problems. Another benefit is the large and daily open competitive market in which to display his wares before a multitude of buyers simultaneously, obviating the otherwise impossible task of communicating with this diversity of demands by personal effort. Protected at all times by a set of rules and regulations holding its members to a strict accountability for their proper conduct as commission merchants; mandatory for suspension or expulsion for any violation of the ethics of trade. Having at their disposal a variety of ability only to be found in a large membership, insuring in this way proper handling and attention because a strenuous effort is always masterful and resourceful where competition is rife. Dissemination of statistics relating to agriculture; the benefits of terminal elevators equipped with modern apparatus for the proper care