Year High Average Low
1896 30⅝ 25¹/₁₆ 19½
1897 32⅝ 27³/₁₆ 21¾
1898 38 32 26
1899 38⅛ 34¹/₁₆ 30
1900 49½ 40 30½
1901 67½ 51¾ 36
1902 88 65⅞ 43¾
1903 53 47 41
1904 58⅛ 50⁷/₁₆ 42¾
1905 64½ 53¼ 42
1906 54¾ 46¾ 39
The average price of wheat in the first year (1896) was 73 ¹¹/₁₆ in
standard format, in the two following years very high prices were
established, and the average may be considered abnormal, as the years
1897 and 1898 cover the rise and fall of Joseph Leiter.
[Illustration: FLUCTUATIONS OF WHEAT PRICES FOR TEN YEARS.
(The rims of the circles touch the high and low prices of wheat each
year for 10 years.)