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To: yard_man who wrote (29478)	7/1/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: Bipin Prasad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

tip, Thanks! Due to drought, grains might go much higher this fall, imo. later, InSook

To: yard_man who wrote (29478)	7/1/1998 3:47:00 PM
From: Mike M2	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Tippet, here are few goodies from the gold Monitor thread these guys are RAZOR SHARP #reply-4990340 -a quote reflecting the optimism in 1929 from Frederick Lewis Allen's " Only Yesterday" ; #reply-5009704 a link discussing the Great Depression #reply-5032719; Henry Kaufman's recent comments ; see post 13843 on gold Monitor for a lengthy article on Japan ( I fergot to get the reply #) ; Paul Samuelson's recent comments #reply-5038902 ; #reply-5034125 -a recent James Dines interview. I was going over some of my gloom and doom stuff and I think this quote sums up the current mania H. Parker Willis- an authority on the Federal Reserve since its origin said "... the breakdown of 1229 was as nearly the result of wilful mismanagement and violation of every principle of sound finance as such an occurrence ever has been. It was the outcome of vulgar grasping for gain at the cost of the community." " Who caused the Panic of 1929?" North American Review Feb. 1930 pp. 176,183 I found the quote in Robert Patterson's " The Great Boom and Panic" p.235 Mike