Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS NS Chicago Jan 18 Advices from Argen Argentina tina Uno claiming additional rains and a re resulting resulting suiting delayed movement o 0 the wheat crop resulted In a firm market here to today today today day At the close wheat for May delivery was up f cents cants Corn showed a gain og o ft H Oats rits were practically unchanged unchanged ed oct Provisions were 25 2 5 cents higher The market for wheat was firm from the start and the volume of trading was large luge Several of f the larger commission houses hou os bought freely in the first hour and ana although local traders sold liberally prices made mado a moderate advance Foreign advices continued to be or of a bullish char character character acter aster excessive rains being reported In Argentina while in India the wheat crop was said sald to be suffering from lack of or moisture Toward the middle of the day the market reacted somewhat on selling Induced by reports of a slack alack demand for tor flour In tho he northwest and at Kansas City The easier feeling however was quickly dispelled by active buying of shorts who were stirred to action by small primary receipts and heavy clear clearances cle clearances r rance ances ance at tho the seaboard The market closed irm After opening unchanged to 18 1 cent cant higher at the May Mayo option o sold between and 88 and closed at 88 8 h Unsettled weather In the central west caused considerable strength in the corn corll market Pit traders were free sellers but all offerings were eagerly taken in the thelast thelast thelast last hour The good demand by export exporters ers which has continued for several day days was another bullish factor The market closed strong with prices at highest point of ot the day May opened unchanged at 46 sold to 46 45 arid and then advanced to 4 where it closed Sentiment In the oats pit wc Wit bearish but bitt because of ot the tho firmness of wheat and corn the market held steady for the greater port of the day May opened un unchanged changed to toS 1 lower at 3 sold be between between between tween 31 and 32 and closed at Provisions were wera a trifle easier early in inthe inthe the session cause Because of profit taking by longs which was Induce by a 10 cents decline in the price of live hogs Pit trad traders traders ers ors however were inclined be because because cause cuse of heavy shipments of meat and lard bought freely and their operations resulted in a firmer feeling At the close May pork was up 5 cents lard was war up cents cants and ribs were 2 5 cents higher The leading futures ranged as follows WHEAT No 2 5 S j I Open I High J I Low 1 I Close May 88 July 18 9 34 1 53 CORN No 2 5 I Open I High I Low I Close Jan 1 42 41 42 May 46 Ii 46 5 46 July 45 46 45 45 OATS No 2 I Open j I High gh I Low j I Close Jan May 32 32 32 Ii lii 81 31 I 30 32 July 30 30 39 30 30 MESS PORK Per bbl I Open I j High I Low I Close Jan 1370 1375 1370 1375 May 1415 1430 1420 1412 1412 LARD Per lb S I Open nl I High rISh I Low I Close Jan Jail May July JuT 7 75 7 SHORT RIBS Per lbs Ibs I Open I High HI h I Low I Close Jan I May j 7 Cash quotations were as follows Flour Steady winter patents 38 straights spring patents 4 straights bakers Wheat fot 2 spring No 3 84 84 84 14 No 2 red 88 Corn NOi 2 43 42 No 2 yellow 43 Oats No 2 30 0 No 3 a white 32 No 3 white 3 83 Uye I o 2 66 GIh Barley Good d feeding 38 fair to choice malting maltin Plax Flax Seed No 1 1 No 1 northwest northwestern ern era Timothy Seed 5 Mess Maes Pork Per bbl Lard Per lbs Ibs Short Ribs Goose 7 O f Short Clear Cle ClearS rS S es boxed I Whisky Basis of f high wines 1 i Clover Contract grade I Rec I Ship Flour barrels Wheat bushels i Corn bushels Oats bushels Rye bushels 1000 12 Barley bushels J tOO |