Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Chicago April 11 Likelihood of rain in Missouri and Kansas offset today the effect of oC numerous reports of damage to winter wheat by bJ green reen bugs and caused the local market to close eloge about steady Final quotations on May were unchanged from yesterday Corn was off c coats oats were ere up c Provisions were lIe lac to tu Ic lower tower The conflicting influences kept the wheat market In a nervous state Early in the session sentiment was quite bear bearish bearIsh bearIsh ish because of the weather bureau re report report report port which b predicted scattered rains throughout the southwest tonight including ing lug portions of Kansas and Missouri The market was further weakened by an c ce f on the amount of wheat which will be exported from Argentina this week the total shipments being heinl placed at nearly bushels bu hels more than those of last we w week k Local LO and outside longs sold free freely freely freely ly on these advances The market then rallied sharply on urgent demand by com corn commission commission mission houses which was prompted by bythe bythe bythe the large number of damage reports re received received received from the southwest The contin continued continued continued dry weather in Nebraska and amI other parts of the winter inter wheat belt attracted almost as ns much attention as 55 did tho th green gren gr n bug bUb reports ports rt I TAte Late ate In n the day the market again weakened with the dis distant distant tant t nt deliveries showing the greatest de declines declines clines The close I e was fairly steady teady May wheat opened unchanged unhan ed to ic c higher at to c sold fold off to 7 and then advanced to The close dose was vas as at 7 c Trading in the corn om pit it was w s dull and prices fluctuated within a narrow range rang At the start slight sll ht firmness ss was mani manifested manifested manifested owing to firm cables and a bulge in oats but later the market eased off on Cash houses were the tho prin principal principal principal cipal buyers The close was easy May corn com open t unchanged d to tf He lie c higher at atc 47 sc c to sold off to and closed at 4 The price of oC ORts oats today touched a new nev high record mark for the season May delivery dellver selling at a t c May oats opened unchanged at 43 advanced to and closed dosed at Previsions were re w weak ak on bY bv local and ou id lon longs s At the close cIse cIsella May lla pork was off lard was as c clower l lower and an ribs were ISe off oU The leading futures ranged as follows 2 I Open i j i High I I Low I Close May 18 I 77 g July 1 6 fj 79 Mi Sept 81 Sl 80 81 Sl D C I I I f CORN I Open I High I Low J Close May laJ 47 4 July 47 l 47 Sept I s fi 47 47 OATS I f Open Oven I High I t Tow Low I Close May 4 44 44 4 43 8 July 33 3 ro Sept 13 W MESS PORK Per I 1 Open I I Low I IMay Close Io e May laJ 1 I 1620 1620 16 1600 1602 July Jul 1 1615 1615 1605 1607 i LARD Per Ibs lbs I Open I t High I Low I Close May t 1 8 I 86 July 1 87 I 14 Sept S pt sant 89 i SHORT RIBS Per lbs Ibs I Open I High I Low I Close May Ma 1 89 July Jul 1 i I 88 SS I SiO I 80 Sept I 1 Cash quotations were wore as follows Flour Easy No 2 spring 10 3 74 82 S No ro 2 red 76 7 Corn No 2 46 No 2 yellow 47 Oats No 2 43 i 4 No 2 Z white 41 No 3 white 40 t Rye No 2 66 Barley Fair to choice malting 6 70 Flax Seed No 1 No 1 northwest northwestern ern era Timothy See Prime 42 Clover Contract grades 1525 Short Ribs Sides loose Mess Iless Pork Per barrel 1612 1625 L Per pounds Sides Short clear boxed 8 5 lOO Whisky Basis of high wines Articles Ship Flour barrels 4 Wheat bushels Corn bushels Oats bushels R Rye e bushels oo Barley bushels I 1 |