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Show CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago. Sept. 14. Wheat collapsed ln price today on account of the seem Ingly better chance that the war might come to a sudden end Selling Sell-ing became so general as nearly to demoralize the market, and carried quotations down 4 1-2 cents before a reaction set in. The market steadied Rt 1 to 1 l-2c above the bottom fig urcs reached. Corn sympathized with the depression depres-sion of wheat. The start, which varied va-ried from 1-8 to C-4c off. wa3 followed by other losses. Liquidating sales by holders of oats proved fully as heavy as in other grain. Talk of continued export demand de-mand appeared to have little effa I Recent heavy sellers of provisions gave support today to the market The result was a decided upturn after af-ter a moderate dip at the start. Kxiort wheat snles were on the decline de-cline but the total was a disappointment disappoint-ment and the market turned weaker than before, the descent being 8 l-2c In some cases, compared with Saturday Satur-day night Closing quotations were v, ild. ". 3 4 to 8 l-4c net lower. Slowness of cash demand fur corn I resulted in a continued decline. The i lose was nervous. 2 1-2 to 2 7-Sc under Saturday nlcht. Wheat No. 2 red. $1.03rf?l.O8 1-2; So 2 hard. $1.0301.07 1-2. No. 2 i rthem. $1.11. Corn No 2 yellow. 77 l-2fi78 l-4c; 'o. 3 yellow. 775j77 3-4c Oats No 3 white. 46 l-4(& 47 3-4c; standard. 47f4S l-2c. Rye No. 2. 90 92c; barley. 63fi T4c; timothy. $4 00O6.00; clover, nom Inal; pork, $18.00, lard. $9 12; ribs. m.87 11-87. oo |