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Show CHICAGO MART CHICAGO, April 21. Prices crashed! heavily downward in tho grain market! Inday especially in the last fifteen ininutes of trading Corn fell as much is S?4 a bushel. Liquidation owing lo weakness in the New York stock market was the chieif apparent reason. Oats tumbled 5c in vlaue. Pork dropped $1.25 a barrel in some cases, but lard and ribs held relatively (steady. Final quotations were at nearly near-ly the bottom prices of tho day, with July corn typical at $1.6S to 1.56 as compared with $1.66 to 1.66 at yesterday's yes-terday's finish. Uneasiness over the financial' situation situ-ation had been evident from tho outset out-set in the grain market, but it was not until the session wns almost over that values gave way In earnest. Selling Sell-ing orders came in a flood and found the market without any adequate support. sup-port. Weakness in the New York stock market was responsible for acute weakness and heavy liquidation which suddenly developed near the close. The market closed semi-demoralized 1 to 8c net lower with Mav $1.66 to 1.68 and July $1.58 to 1.58. MONEY MARKET NEW' YORK. April 21. Mercantile paper unchanged. Exchange weak; sterling 60 day bills $3.S79i ; commercial 60 day bills on banks $3.S7v4 ; commercial 60 day bills C3.S7; demand $3.92; cables $3.92j. Francs: Demand 16.37; cables 16.35 Belgian francs: Demand 15.32; cables ca-bles 15.30. Lire: Demand 26.62; cables 22.60. Guilders: Demand .36 caJbles .37. Marks: Demand 1.6$;- cables 1.66. Government bonds weak; railroad bonds weak. Timo loans strong; unchanged. Call money steady; high 7 per cent low 7 per .cent; ruling rate 7 per cent closing bid 6 per cent; offered at 7 per cent; last loan 7 per cent; bank acceptances 6 per cent. CHICAGO. April 21. Cattle Receipts Re-ceipts 21,000; early slecr trade confined con-fined to low grades, selling steady; others dull and lower; she-stock steady; calves steady to 25c lower; with bulk al $15.25(15.75; practically practical-ly no trade in stockers. Hogs Receipts 17.000; light active; 25 to 35c higher, with bulk at $16.50 16.75 "top 16.75; heavies slow, with early trade 10 to 25c higher; bulk at, $14.S015.75; pigs $14.2515.25. , Sheep Receipts 9,000; market slowj early sales steady; good wooled lambs' $21.25; shorn lambs $18.50; wooled i ewes choice $15.35. KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 21 Hogs Receipts 5.500; lights steady; top j $15.35; mediums and heavies steady i to 25c lower; bulk light and mediums j $14.75-0)15.25; bulk heavies $14.00 14.50. j Cattle Receipts 5.400; beef steers i 25 to 40c lower; top $13.75; bulk $11.65! (y'12.40; yearlings 25c lower; top' $13.85!; bulk $11.2512.50; all other killing cattle barely steady; good to! choice veals $14.2515.50. Sheep Receipts 3,000 market active I and 35 to 50c higher; no choice wool! lambs offered; best $20.50; clipped j lambs $17.75; short decks 77 pound spring lambs $21.75. ! i LIBERTY BONDS.. NEW YORK, April 21. Final prices today were: 3's 93.301 first- 4's 87.00; second 4's S5.00; first 4U's 87.40; second 4'4s 85.00; third 44's 90.72; fourth -Pi's 85.10; Victorv 3 96.20; Victory 4ft 's 96.20. 1 |