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In commodities trading; would the threat of physical delivery settlement help curb inflation?

Sparky the Greek asked: If a speculator possibly had to take delivery of corn, soybeans, or crude oil would that slow down the rampant speculators and thus curb inflation on our prices of food and gas?
As it is now, most commodities settle to an index, I believe mostly due to the oversight the delivery process [...]

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