Show I I i I GRAIN AND AMP PROVISIONS Chicago Jan wheat market I opened easy In sympathy with a moderate moderate ate decline In the price of wheat at Liverpool but sentiment soon changed to bullishness because of the continued small movement hi the northwest The market was also affected by lower tern tem over the winter wheat belt fears being expressed for the safety of the fall fuU sown crop As the session ad advanced however reports from the south southwest southwest west IndIcated that tha little damage had been done b by the cold wave and these advices brought some sales by pit trad traders ers em Throughout the day the principal de demand demand mand came from shorts Trading was quiet the last hour and prIces showed a tendency to weaken The market closed steady stead May r opened a shade to lower at to 75 advanced to 76 and closed at 75 a shade higher for the day The corn market was firm nil day bE bEcause because cause of good demand by commissIon houses and cash Interests Offerings were light and came largely from pit traders j at 3 Up to tc where a net higher Trading In fn the was Quiet but the tone of the wa fIrm MaY opened unchanged to Sc c lower at t 35 k to 36 sold up to 36 and closed at the highest point a pain of for the day Despite a So decline Iti h the price or of hogs the provisions market was firm aU all aUda allday da day There was fairly good demand by commission houses for Ma May pork and there was some demand by fOt fo lard and rIbs At the close May pork porle was up ISo at 1640 lard was up lOco lOc at and rIbs higher at The loading leading futures ranged as follows |