Show I GHAUT AND PROVISIONS I Slump I Wheat Caused By Heavy Deliveries Chicago Feb IS Wheat started fairly steady jut when trading commenced the northwest had not been heard from in regard to the movement of wheat In that quarter A few minutes after the opening open-ing the receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth i Du-luth were reported at ISO carloads compared com-pared with 4 the corresponding day a year ago and sueh an excess in the present pres-ent rato of deliveries created bearIshness I Immediately May which had opened a shade higher at 723072 > dropped quickly to 7172 j Reports received from the country regarding I re-garding the condition of winter wheat wore in the main favornbie AH the session 1 ses-sion progressed there Wat a protracted struggle on the part of short sellers to li f hShf keep f May wheat below 72 It was forced down on three or four occasions to 7 I and once to 71a46i7I but always bobbed up again when the selling pressure was i relaxed An Immense amount of wheat was wanted at72 cents and May finally closed at 727214 Heavy receipts and the large accumulation I accumula-tion of stocks in store with u slack shipping ship-ping demand weakened corn Long liquidation liqui-dation freely and prices declined sharply May closed with a loss of He Prospects of a large increase in the visible supply had a bearish Influence in oat There was general liquidation by Ions May lost tbc packing concerns Under free selllng by owing to the extreme weakness in corn provisions declined to the lowest point this I year Pork lost 22i ant lard and ribs iK12 I Th leading futures ranged as follows WheatNo 2 J Opei I High J Low I Close May 7JC7272 7KS7rl72i72 July71 71 l 70H 170y Core No2 XoO O mLIHIgliT I Low J Close May iSSfe36 OS 1 1 SK 3 July 3C XV 3Tn g l 37 137 iS6 I j 73 ½ OatNo I Open High I LowrClose 1 May 27 S J27 3 i 127 j 27 July 23 t7i 2a i3 yes y-es Pork = Per bblT J Open I High I Low f Close i May I 9SY I 9SO i 970 I 970 LardPer 10 Ibs I Open I High I Low I Close May 21 555 r 542 Th j 543 aY I otu 555 j aiu I Sept k 575 i 577 i 567 j 5C7 Short Ribs Per 100 Ibs i I OpnnIgh ILoC f May 1 4 J i 4921 I UiY I 4S5 I I July 01 507 4y7Vj 4U7 i I Sept I r 57S i 515 510 510 Cash quotations were as follows I Flour Quiet and steady winter patents 3M > i3M straight 340tAO clears 3rtfi 340 imr specials 420 patents 340jJ > 7 straight 300fc32C bakers 230S2W I I I AVh at Spring No 2 C6670 No 3 sprinff i G4U7C 0 2 red 72672 I CornNo 2 ot lOath I l-Oath No 2 27Vi < j27 l Xo 2 white SO n 209k No 3 white 29Vi9S9 Rye No 2 S o Ii WJi I Barley No 2 41IB Flax Seed No 1 11G northwest Ill Timothy Prime seed 240 I Meas Pork Per barrel 9G5fi970 Lard Per 100 pounds 5I 532 lMrlPpr Shoji Ribs Sides loose 4J i4SO Shoulders Dry salted boxed 425 4S7 4 4S7ShArt Clear Sides Boxed 500fr I Whisky Distillers finished goods per gallon 126 I Sugar Cut loaf 570 granulated 520 Clover Contract grade 360 a decline of 15 cents Articles Kcc I shiP Flour Ixirrels 13000 10000 Wheat bushels 430001 40CO Corn bushels 573000 ISJOfX Oats bushels ISS OIO 190C00 Rye bushels i3J I < J 1000 Barley bushels I 460C > 17000 Pacific Coast Grain Markets 18WheatQuiet San Francisco Feb IK nleatQullti May 117V Barley quiet May 122V new 101T4 Cash wheat 113l13 Portland Feb lhctXomlnal anti unchanged ValIa Walia rSc cents valley cents bluestem 60i61 cents I Tacoma Feb is AVheat Club 5 cents blucstem Gift cents I |