Show i CHICAGO GRAIN REVIEW I Firmness at Liverpool Influenced the I Price of Wheat Here I I Chicago Jan 17 News scarce at the V opening In wheat The unexpected firmness firm-ness at Liverpool was the most prominent feature The course o that market attracted j at-tracted a great deal of attention and was i directly the cause of the opening advance opening I here Prices for iay ranged nom VKtC I to 90c against Saturdays final price of S0i c A little realizing by scalpers cabsed i a momentary drop to 905jec which i I L hetstete the low point of the day I Light but steady buying carried the price I steadily upward and by noon Slfcc was 9Hic j bid Liverpool showed from 14 to Id adVance j ad-vance at the opening here although I had I I starte at a slight decline and that advance I ad-vance was in May held to the close New j I York houses reported bids from Man i helm Germany and Antwerp for wheat I at 2 cents above what the were wllllns to pay a few days ago Argentine wheat I is usually shipped heavily to these countries coun-tries and i was interred that otters from the South American country were falling off That was given as the explanation I of the strength at Liverpool also The visible decreased 1025000 leaving the total at 37S3SOOJ against 1413000 bushels bush-els decrease and a total of 52459000 bushels bush-els at the simnar time last year The big i decrease lent additional i Tie the market The worlds shipment of wheat and flour last week were Officially report i I I ed at 7007000 bushels without any from j I India The previous week they were I 4S50000 bushels and n year ago 413200J i bushels The days domestic exports of wheat and flour from Atlantic ports I equaled 320000 bushels During the last hours trading a little realizing was done sufficient to cause a reaction to P0fi91c I the market closing steady at that pi Ice Corn was very dull May ranged from 2914e to iSTsc and closed a shade lower at 2STiS29c Oats were fairly active for a while but I became quite dull toward the close May j ranged from 23ic to 23c and closed a shade higher at 23jf23ic I Trading In provisions was of moderate volume and mostly at an advance Realizing Real-izing was quite fre later and a reaction took place I Tim landing futurpo range no r0lnw i WHEAT No 2 I Open I High I Low I Close Jan I I 91 May 9U389O5 9l14s9014fOO 9Ouii1 July 80jjSO 1 rJI S SO Y S CORN No 2 I OpeniHigh I I Low I Close Jan 2Ci 26 26I 2614 May 2 12914 21 282ST4S29 July 3014 but 3 8i22 OATS No 2 I Jpen High l I Low I Close I May I235423i I 23 21 Zl0123 July 22ltl 22141 2j22 I MESS FORK Per Bbl I OpenTHlghLw I I I Close Jan 1 920I 923 920 I 923 I May 93J 945 930 940 LARD Per 100 Lbs I opCTflg1Lo I I I IO Jan 1 46214 May 472Mt i 475 47 6y July 4S2I S 480 4S2VS I I SHORT RIBS Per 100 Lbs I Open I High i Low I Close Jan i May 457141 472141 46714 7 Cash quotations are as follows FlourQuiet WheatNo 2 spring SG5S7c No 3 spring 75S9c No 2 red ifS c CornNo S9cNo OatsNo2 2 10 3 white f o b 2Y c Rye No 2 44ic Barley No 2 r o b 2SS42c Flax SeedNo 1 Jl19iAfil235i Timothy Seed Prime I 27714 Mess Pork Per barrel 92 t930 LardPer 10 pounds 6462i411465 Short Ribs Sides loose L45475 Shoulders Dry sallied boxed 4Sc Sides Short clear boxed J4755 4f5 Whisky Distillers finished goods per gallon 119 Sugars Cut loaf unchanged I |