On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.

• DirectorD.W. Griffith
• Release13 December 1909
• GenreDrama
• Duration0h 14m
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  6.145
  107 reviews
• Productions

  American Mutoscope & Biograph