Show j jj CROWD UESSO New Tactics Introduced in the Corn Pit I > BOOM IN SEPTEMBER GRAIN Prominent Bull Crowd Starts the Ball Boiling and the Small Pry Began to TrailIn Trade in Grain Dragged Much of the Day and Only Once Showed Any Snap Oats Showed Independent Strength for a Time Provisions Were Weaker Packers Manipulating Market Chicago April 3Trado In wheat dragged much of the time and only once showed any snap Foreign markets were slightly up but disappointed the bulls In the unresponsive character Much of the early crop news was bearish and showed Its I effect on opening prices May started lie to c lower at 71vic to 71c and worked up to 72c on tho bull news but there was no force to the market Offerings Offer-ings I were liberal outside markets dragged badly and then camu the report of a statistical sta-tistical concern that allowing about threequarters of last years production for Kansas and Ohio the six principal winterwheat States would raIse IKS much wheat UK last year In un already weak wheat market this had a slumping effect and May slid down to a weak close Tfcc lower l at llvic There were new tactics In the corn pit today that sot the crowd guessing again Prices started out at small declines Suddenly Sud-denly prominent bull crowd that has been active In July options began to sell olt that delivery and bought 2050WObush els of September This rushed the latter future up and the crowd began to lull In Tho nearer deliveries suffered and showed no tendency to recovery When the offerIngs offer-Ings I of September proved In excess of of the demand that delivery cased off again and wheat exerted a weakening Influence In-fluence Aside from the Incident In September Sep-tember the corn market was Hlack with a tendency toward the selling side May closed weak fiTiC lower at Kl flDD cOats c-Oats showed Independent strength for a tlmo today May closed steady and unchanged un-changed nt l2c Provisions were weaker and the decline looked l very much like a continued manipulation at the hands of the packers Muy pork closed 27 > io lower lard 20c d own and May ribs Ite off RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 May 7lf 7214 711X 714 July 72ft 7ra 714 72 September 72 g 73 TlTi 72 Corn No 2 May GO oih 5D 5O July C1H Glli WHi COli September K a COV6 E0i 6D36 Oats No C May 42 43X 42K 42 July 34T 31 34U SIU September 20 > i 20 r20U 29ji Mess pork per barrel May 1G70 1C70 1C45 1G43 July 1GSO 1US7 1GDO 1GGO Lard per ICO pounds May 070 977s OGO 000 July S2L 9 S7 > j 070 970 September 990 093 975i5 970 Short ribs per 100 pounds Nay SSTVa S 97A SS7 S87y July 005 910 SS7tt 900 September 917 4 0 17 OOJii 907 CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations woro as follows Flour s teady No 3 spring wheat 71i74e No r eal 76ZI7Sc Io 2 oats 42lji3 ½ c No 2 whIte No 3 white i R4ii5c No 2ryo 57CSc Fair to choice malting barley S167c No 1 flaxsccd flUS NoL I No-L Northwestern 5174 Mess pork per barrel 1G lOfiflG50 Lard per 10 pounds J95709f0 Short ribs sides loose JSSO fSW dry salted nhoulders boxed 7fl 7 Lc short clear sides boxed 9oO i950 whisky basis of high wines SlCO Clo i vcr contract grade S7Q9US10 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Rccpts Shlpmtn Flour barrels 32000 22000 Wheat bushels 47C 30 21000 Corn Inishcls 990 51COO Oats bushels S3000 1300 Rye bushels 1000 1000 Barley bushels 2700 0000 PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was firm creams 205271 dairies 20ft25c Cheese steady 12Jj > 13c Eggs steady fresh 11 Vic Coast Grain San Francisco April 3Whoa TVcalc May 10774 December JlOSSi upot quiet V 110 Corn Largo yellow steady 137 > < rl15 Barley Steady May 91tc cash 97c December 7Sc |