Show GRAIN G AIN AND ND PROVISIONS NS Chicago Dec 28 May wheat opened tc Yc c higher at c and quick quickly I ly sold to under the unexpected help hep of ot cables eables which showed an ad m advance advance vance in the face of weakness this side yesterday For a time prices MId held steady on a 8 fair amount of Q local buy buying buyIng buying ing Reports showing that stocks were accumulating at primary points gave save rise to the natural expectation of a big bl I visible le report Monday this serving to weaken bull confidence somewhat Feelings of holders were further mo zuo molested molested by the decline in Liverpool spot markets which made the advance in futures at the market look like manip manipulation manipulation manipulation from this side At the sup support support support port which recently has beep been forth forthcoming forthcoming forthcoming coming for May lay by local operators failed to appear and as s there were numerous orders at that fig figure figure figure ure the market mark t broke sharply at 81 and closed weak 34 under yester yeater yesterday yesterday day at The corn market ruled firm early but broke later with wheat May closed weak c down at 80 c cOats Oats were purely a scalping market May closed c lower at Trade in provisions was light and fluctuations narrow The tone was steady although resulted in a slight decline May pork and lard Iud each closed Sc down and ribs 2 c de depressed depressed depressed pressed The leading lending futures ranged as follows Wheat No 2 I Open I High I J Low 1 J Close Clos Dec Dee MS I May My iU 81 m July SI S1 1 81 2 I Open i High I J Low 1 J Close Dec A itta Sl May 8 q 66 July 1 2 I Open Close Dee 44 44 44 44 14 Ia May j 45 H L I 4 JUl July 39 Mess Pork Per Barrel I Open J I High HI h I Low i 1 Close Cloae Jan 1675 1675 1575 1675 May lIay 1738 1730 Lard Per 1110 Pounds I 1 Open I High I Low I 1 Jan 10 l 1515 15 1002 f 1805 1005 May 1010 lOOS 1003 1007 Short Per Pounds I Open I 1 High I Low I Close Jan I I Ii I I May I 1 8 82 1800 Cash Cash quotations were as s follows Flour Steady Wheat Spring No 3 No 2 red NO 2 2 63 No 2 yellow 68 60 61 2 2 No 2 white 47 4 47 4 No 3 white 4 47 Rye No 2 2 85 63 If Barley Fair to choice malting Flax Seed No 1 I No 1 northwest northwestern ern em Timothy Prime seed Mess Pork Per barrel Lard Per MO pounds li O Short loose looH S 90 Shoulders Dry salted boxed Short Clear Sides Boxed S 00 Whisky Basis of high wines L Clover Contract grade grader I LRe Ree I Flour barrels Wheat bushels Corn bushels 0 Oats bushels 1000 Rye bushels G Barley bu bushels hels il A |