| Show GRAIN ALT AI PROVISIONS Corn C orn Was the Feature On the Chicago Board B ard of Trade Chicago March 12 Corn took the lead of ed the speculative markets market at th the fl ing of th the session as S it did Saturday and a at nd held it through a sensational da day in int t erest r t in the coarse cereal has cut soi oven Dean Deano J o 8 generaL Heral in years as it was today ire tt were maae that tile tao marKet would f I t w e cern rn and aad go mid WItti a short time Une t the cue s on the chances c of unfavorable conditions during tha he t season greater r part of the s the pit was w as a struggLIng mass ef of frantIc men one none n nw more than the snorts who w ere re i ed to cover with neavy l were ere matte made anu teeS m in that hat t wild scramble fer the ch ettea winch much the he t statistics showed was raiser scarce carce s in many atty opened t c over Saturday at te Jn L government g report which seemed to be bethe behe the he t main mo me m in the upward course of the market Showed buckets in li t farmers hands hanas than there was nas a year ago a go Uhe quantity on ocean passage dc do c end and is now to t o SiM bushels me Inc visible increased over o ver a on hut but the supply is now nov 21 fi fc it bushels compared wAth ith b a year ago Worlds shipments w ere re small entail and Liverpool was up UI ua The array of information furnished the tho M for the Initial gain and the awakening a of shorts and Others ine price p rice unta 11 did not vary much from f rom figures Then it ft began to s hoot up Nothing could stop K a ap p and as the anxious shorts bid s her and higher men in other pits quit their work to U look on if not to participate pate p ate The demand warned seemed limitless al at although though hough t the advance carried the cash ar article ide t out of line with exports big May touched t on the bulge and closed lc 1 c over Saturday at The nero corn market arket m began to move upward from kom 23 c cabout bout about a four months ago Saturday the close c lu n was s at for May ilay The wheat market wan wao dominated by th the corn strength The statistics were bearish earish b There was a large Increase in worlds shipments and on passage and receipts r were heavy Cables were steady making about the only Independent sup port p ort the market had throughout the tea zes slon s when It was drowned out of the commercial e orchestra by noise in the theorn corn orn c pit The cash demand was wab checked by b y the advance and altogether the trade i iwas was not Dot important beine merely a feeble I r fl etton of the corn market May opened o unchanged at CB geHe touched 06 and recovered to with earn rn closing i over Saturday at The Tho trade in oats was not important but IHU the market wa wet helped by the corn cern May closed c higher at tc were strong and th the trade broad The business showed a liberal increase and there was some important covering Pork attracted spec ial lal attention as the contract stock does not Ot exceed barrels with delivery day on May options only fIfty days away May pork closed 2 improved May lard up and May ribs lOc better The leading Issuing futures ranged as heat No I II i 1 I Open I Him 1 I fx ow w Slat I i Corn No 2 j I I Open I High I Low Close Mr I IMay May 4 J Hy Seit 35 1 I High I Low l i ci ua July IS 2 ose P Barrett I Open High I Low Close Clean May A I 1140 1110 I MSO 00 I July t y 1109 1100 I 1110 I 1100 j 9 Pounds I OEM I High I Low Lew Close May t 1 I 1 1 July 4 Lb I 1 J Short r MO Pounds Open t S High I Low j Close M uly nr I 6 7 1 GOi 1 I July I j J Cash were as follows 3 spring 62 z red 2 No 2 white 2 XZ UV No 3 white Mye No 2 Barley No 2 U Flax Seed No 11 1 CO Timothy Seed Prime Mess Pork Par bid bbl Lard Pei l d lbs Short Ribs Sides loose 15 Shoulders Dry salted b x d Short Sides boxed JO finished goods per gallon w I Ship Flour barrels Wheat bushels Coin bushels Oats bushels Ry Barley |
