risky, speculating on the future price of commodities could bring enormous profits on a very small amount of invested capital. Cutten built a small fortune speculating on the price of several products, but most notably by capitalizing on the rising prices during the boom in demand for Midwest wheat. By 1906, his investments had made him a very wealthy young man, and he left his employer to set up his own investment operation with a seat on the Chicago Board of Trade. In the next few years, he made and lost a fortune betting on the price of cotton but accepted losses as a normal part of the business of speculating, and continued to successfully invest. Arthur Cutten frequently referred to himself as a "dirt farmer", and in 1912 he bought a farm property adjacent to property owned by Joy Morton, founder of the Morton Salt Company, not far from Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois, in what is now the Hidden Lake Forest Preserve. Cutten called his home "Sunny Acres Farm" and there built a large mansion with extensive gardens that included two , 51⁄2-ton statues representing agriculture and industry; these once stood on the second-floor ledge above the main entrance to the old Chicago Board of Trade Building by W.W. Boyington, which had been torn down in 1929 to make way for the new CBOT building designed by Holabird & Root. Philanthropy in Guelph Arthur Cutten never forgot his roots in rural Ontario and donated funds for the construction of a number of community charities and local projects. During the early part of his career he donated to the Woodlawn Cemetery and the YMCA. In 1925–26 he donated a carillon, organ, choir loft, and stained glass to St. George's Anglican Church. His most memorable gift is the Cutten Fields golf course. Construction began at the height of his financial success around 1929, and the course opened in 1931. The golf course property was eventually purchased by the University of Guelph, and the golf club remains in operation in 2015. Speculation charges and death During the boom years of the 1920s, Cutten rose to national prominence as one of the United States' most important commodities and stock speculators. He acquired a home in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and made himself an important player on Wall Street, where his success eclipsed even that of the renowned stock speculator Jesse Livermore, with