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Show CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago. Nov. 2 Wheat quickly rallied today frcm a brief setback due to a reported increase of 10 to 20 per cent In the planted acreage of Oklahoma Tith Beedlng still in progress. prog-ress. Commission houses were good buyers on the break. An advance at Liverpool ascribed to the war de vclopments regarding Turkey gave confidence to the bulls. After opening open-ing l-43-8c off to a like upturn, the market receded sharply, but then recovered re-covered to Saturday night's level. Increased rural offers eased corn 1 at the outset, but prices later hard-j ened with wheat The opening, which was unchanged to T4c lower, was followed fol-lowed by a slight decline and then a small net gain. Oats held comparatively steady. Resting orders to buy acted as an Offset to hedging pressure. Provisions ruled slow but firm Prohibition of exports of foodstuffs by Denmark was taken as favorable to the bull side of the market here. Chicago Market Weakens. Chicago, Nov. 2. Quarantine rules had a weakening effect on the prices of all livestock today. The sharpest declines today were In quotations for cattle and sheep, but the value of hogs suffered too. Subsequently, however, prices tightened tight-ened ln a decided manner and hogs which had fallen 5 to 10c under Saturday's Sat-urday's average rose to a point 15 to 20 cents higher than early and 10c above Saturday. Indications are that the big yards at Kansas City, Omaha, St Paul, St Joseph and other places will be able to care for much of the business shut out from Chicago. There arc enough cattle, hogs and sheep at the local yards to keep the packers busy for a few days. What will happen after that cannot, It is cald, be accurately predicted. It was said that the quarantine may last a month Certainly it will continue until un-til the government inspectors have made a thorough examination of the live stock ou farms in the Infected states. There are 100 inspectors now working in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska Ne-braska and other states. The extent of the catastrophe to the trade may, it Is said, reach in the neighborhood of $36,000,000 a day. After the livestock now on hand at the yards is slaughtered, it is probable prob-able that a large number of men will be laid off. This will be in two days, It was predicted The disinfection of the yards, one of the measures ordered or-dered by Dr Bennett, will require a w eek or ten da J s. |