Show MAyWEAi WAS wi Everything Early In the Grain Pit Was Bearish BUYING WAS FAIRLY GOOD Corn Had Some Depressing News to Start With as Did Wheat but Southwestern Cash Markets Overcame Over-came the Bearish Influence Oats Was Dull Provisions Were Active for a Short Time but Lapsed Into General Dullness With the General Wait for the Government Hcport Chicago April Evorjthlngr early In wheat was bearish Cables were lower clearances small the weather warmer and the wish slluatlon poor Added to these was the opinion of many that the Government report of the April crop condition con-dition would be bearish also Rccclpls while sllll small were not so conspicuously conspicu-ously Usht ns yesterday Under these Influences May opened c1jtc lower at 72c to 71c and gradually worked down to 71c The crowd showed little Inclination Incli-nation to do anything one way or the other There was some fairly early buyIng buy-Ing but it had only a temporary of feet Later there were some bad reports on crops and a better business reported from the seaboard Corn strength which developed late aided In steadying the market May rallied to 72o but closed weak Wjc lower at 71fcc Corn had the same sort of depressing news to start with as did wheat but the Southwestern cash markets overcame the bearish Influences May closed firm 4o tin at 59f69c Oats were dull and weak May closed lc lower at 41V4c Provisions were active for a short tlmo but lapsed Into dullness wllh the general gen-eral wall for lie Government report The close was strong May pork lOc up lard 57 ½ c higher and ribs 57c up RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 May 72 724 71 ½ 7 7 July 72AI 72 72 72 ½ September 72 ½ 72 71 71Vi Corn No 2 May 5S C91fi SH 5914 July 504 60 oSi f9 September 5Sfe 59 6514 59 Oats Xo 2 MOV 42i 42 41 41 July 33l fi4 33vi S3 September 2STfl 29 2551 29 Mess pork per barrel May 1G55 1GCO 1G32 1GGO July 1G73 1675 1C G7 1677 Lard per 100 pounds May 9G7 970 9G5 9G7 July 072 9S0 972 977 September 9S2 9 SO 952 985 Short ribs per itt pounds May S91 S97 S92 897 July 907 910 905 910 September 915 920 915 917 CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotatIons were as follows FlourSteady No 3 springwheat 3W7I 71Mc No 2 red 77i79c No 3 cotn TicSc No 2 yellow 57c No 2 oats t 2Vic No 2 while 4W43C No 3 while 43i4474Ic No 2 rye 6GC fair to choice mailing barley Gl 3G7c < No 1 Northwest orn 176 prime timothy seed 550 mess pork per barrel S1C55B1GEO lard per 100 pounds J9627j0G5 short ribs sides loose 55S5US95 dry sailed shoUlders boxed 755itc short clear sides boxed 59 00 940 whiskey basis of hIgh wines S1SO clover contract grade 700 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS 1 j Rccpts Shlpmto Flour barrels 3Sj00 25003 Wheat bushels 3SOOO 12SOOO Corn bushels 39000 53vCK Oats bunhols 1COOCO COOCOO Rye bushels 3000 5000 Barley bushels 4000 3000 PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was easy Creams 2So29l4c dairies 27T27c Cheese firm at ll13c Eggs steady at 1c Coast Grain San Francisco April 10WheatNo sales Corn Largo yellow quiet 1371t11S Barley No sales New York Sugar Market New York April 10 Sugar Raw weak fair refining jc centrifugal QGtet 3c molasses sugar 2ic rollncd quiet crushed Jo30 powdered 490 granulated granulat-ed 51SO Butter and Eggs Elgin III April 10 Butter Receipts 1100 packages steady Stale dairy Sli30c < State creamery 2tf31c Juno creamery imitation 24f2S c Eggs Receipts 10500 packages strong or Slato and Pennsylvania l6fl6Lc Western uncandlcd at mark 151Gc Government Crop Report Washington April 10Tho report of th statistician of tho Department of Agrl culture will show limo average condition of wInter wheat on April 1st to have bee i 737 as against 917 on April 1 3901 S2i at the corresponding late In 1900 and S24 the mean of tho April averages of tin last ten years The averages of the prln clpal States are as follows Pcnnsylva nla S2 Ohio 77 Michigan 83 Indiana SI Illinois 20 Tennessee CO Texas 72 Kansas 73 Missouri 91 Nebraska am California each 93 and Oklahoma C7 Tim average condition of winter rye on April lat was SI I against 911 on Aprl l 1 1901 SlS at the corresponding dale In 1COO and SSl the mean of the April ave rages of the last ten years The average In the principal Stales arc as follows New York 92 Pennsylvania S3 Ohio S2 Michigan 91 Indiana SO Illinois 94 i an i Kansas S7 |