“Lot of damned sentiment,” cried Jadwin, refusing to be convinced. “Two-thirds of that wheat won’t grade, and Europe will take nearly all of it. What we ought to do is to send our men into the Pit and buy another million, buy more than these fools can offer. Buy ’em to a standstill .”

“That takes a big pile of money then,” said the broker. “More than we can lay our hands on this morning. The best we can do is to take all the Bears are offering, and support the market. The moment they offer us wheat and we don’t buy it, that moment⁠—as you know, yourself⁠—they’ll throw wheat at you by the train load, and the price will break, and we with it.”

“Think we’ll get rid of much wheat today?” demanded Jadwin.