Show GRAIN A Chicago bet E European crop advices caused n a firm tone in the wheat market today At the start was bearish the principal deI do pressing Influence being a big Increase in northwestern receipts In addition to cables furnished a further incentive to sellers price In foreign grain market failing to follow the th advance made here A large increase in stocks pt t Liverpool er shipments than i pre re from were causes of depressing tend The market here opened with Dec December down to io S at to 1126 and May lIay off tR i to A at to with pit traders unanimously favor ing In the selling de prices soon dropped about half a declining to B Ma May sordo sold o to Bu Buying houses rallied slightly and the trade temporarily settled Into a scalping affair with fluctuations small Later an another ans other report which origInated with a leading cas casl lJ grain hou house e en th the e continent stated that the Russian wheat crop thIs season seMon is to 42 million bushels as a against millions last year ear the strength or of the market was rn an a de f bull factor late In tb the da day As the mar ket started upward local traders who s sOld ld short be became ame ned audi and bought ba k lr wheat Under this bu buy In ing December a to and May to The crone crose was firm with Decem ber at May closed at Unfavorable weather conditions were main factors In causing a Irm tone In the corn market Offerings were light in de demand mand Country offeringS were December closed at a gain ot or 1 Oats were firm December closed 4 up a at 30 Provisions were strong on a good de mand and nd smaller offerings s Outsiders and shorts active buyers Selling was wag scattered At tho th close January pork was up 20 J lard rd was up 1517 and ribs wore up 2 I Open I High 4 i Low I Close Clos L Oct 1110 i 1 8 Dec 1113 ILli 11 iii 4 1 1 Z ZI 2 I Open I HIgh J Low i Close Oct 1 Dec I IM 1608 50 12 jj 14 r 2 2 I Open I H h I Low w I Close Oct 30 IJ Dec tl Mo May 33 3 24 iJ MESS bbl I 1 Open I High I Low I Close Oct 1160 I Dc 1105 nw 1150 Jan 1340 1320 1 3 lbS b bI I Open I High I Low I cli Oct f 1 ro lO 1 Dee j 17 j itO I Jan 74 I S Oh RI P O lbs J I Open I High I Low I Close Ci ii Oct f 72 7 Jan 1 6 I Cash were as follows No 2 No 10 spring No 2 rod 2 ij 52 No 2 yellow ellow 51 i 2 N No 2 white 33 No White RoNo 2 75 16 I Barley l ln 3 1 fair tc t choice malting Flax f No northwest 1 era 11 Mess Mesa barrel barrel Short loOt loose 7 JI Short Clear Lar SI SId o of high i 1 1 Rec shiP Flour barrels iou bush Js I Corn bushels M MOats I Oats 11 Rye bushels I 1 Barley q hel |