Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS 1 Chicago Ma May reports re re regarding garding the lie crop crOS situation in t the south southwest southwest west today developed a weak undertone in 10 the wheat market here Another bear ih h Influence WitS was the JapAnese naval vie tory t At the close clos July wheat was otT on onI I 1 Corn is up Oats and are practically unchanged Weakness prevailed in the wheat mar market market ket from start to finish At the th opening July was off fi to 34 at 00 to The initial declIne was due ue to A variety or of circumstances One of the factors actors that influenced trading early farly in the session on was the decisive defeat or of the Russian naval fleet the Inference being heing that peace 1 probably follow soon With Ith peace declared la grain markets In Amer 1 lea lose an element of strength t Ih that for more than a year has d to hold prices at It a high level A fur further titer ther source o of weakness was a sharp decline at Minneapolis following contin liberal receipts at 31 that point In ad addition weather conditions were more favorablE to the growing plant There WitS was tie great volume or of offerings hut IHIl selling by pit traders was persistent throughout the entire s session on tion iou by small longs In advance advant of th the holiday tomorrow was one of the lea fea features tures urea of the da day While hUe some crop dam damAge damage Age news was received messages from the southwest today told in general an entirely different story about the whole crop than was In circulation last week which were aId to haye given no ne promise a short hort time MR beck were to toda U da day reported as allowing great Improve meat ment One message from Kansas City declared that traders who were predIct ins ing half a crop ten days daS ago d now that there has heen an improvement in the crop of m per cent Kansas It was lared would raIse between 75 and t OO if predictions of oC seine MOtIle well posted grain men in that section were reali realized Late in the Sf sea seamon S mon lion the market became decidedly weak Tuly declining to The close clos was practically Itt at the Jow lowest t poInt of the fiR day July Tul fInished d at Considering the weakness of wheat the theorn corn orn mark market t wa strong trong The strength was lar largely el the result of a per from several t commission houses for the July option The buoyancy of today SE seemed emed to tn rate cate th that t the thi market had bad been largely ly lyo o oversold last week Business on UW the whole was of small July cloned at iSe a gaIn of oC 34 Ia lay closed ed 1 hi higher her at il 51 1141 I I weather caused a firm undertone In InI the ORts oats market July closed practically unchanged d at 30 I Provisions were a trifle easier as a rf re suit of a decline in the price of hogs At Atthe A t the close July prok WitS was off orf e lard lant watt was off It a shade and ribs were unchanged TJ The e Issuing futures ranged n as follows 5 I Open HI I I f C Close May 4 OS i July i I Sept 5 i tz OR 5 I Open I High bh I I Low ow 1 Close I S Sept Pt 40 an Nay til i 1 luly Illy f iI TI ti n 45 HI Sept S E EN EMay 14 N 5 f I Open n I i h I Low C Close May I e July f f Sept MESS birre berrel I Open I H h L Low T Close lAY 1233 I 1235 JUI i 1540 1 1245 A 1510 t 1 12 I pt 1502 il I i J I Oi 1 Low Jose Close tIa J f July luly r 1 I f 1 I ft l I I I SHORT I Open OpeR I HIgh I JW I Close la May f 10 July I j i 77 Sept pt I I I ash quotations were as follows S sprine 1 U S Xo No I I Xo No 1 red 1 I 2 51 t Xo No 2 yellow il 51 2 31 1 No o 2 white 32 I No o c 3 white 5 SO 1 0 feeding fair to choice boice malting 4 I Flax S 1 No I 1 northwest t era ern oM i Sies barrel pounds pound j Short tI O dear clear t tl 71 or of hi high h wines I grade 1 I I Ship Flour Ilour barrels l 1450 ite Wheat bushels I O Corn lorn bushels 54 1 i Oats bu bushels ls iti 7 I j Rye bushels BAr Barley e bushels jl S O 25 2104 I Ih h I |