Show WHEAT BARELY STEADY Market Received Support From Armour Interests FOREIGN NEWS WAS BULLISH Reaction Followsd and tha Close Was Strong Scarcity iu Offerings JMndo Trade in Corn Light Oats Strong Provisions Pro-visions More Active Chicago April IS Opening prices In wheat were baroly steady due to a moderate mod-erate selling movement by local traders on the favorable weather conditions and to the Indifferent cables May was down J4 < 5iC to VifiMsc at 77W < Sp7751ic and July wan unchanged to SVic higher at 77ftff 72o to 726C The market received Homo support from lie Armour Interests early In the session with foreign news bullish together with strong outiildo markets shorts began to cover freely while commission com-mission houses also bought liberally Under Un-der these conditions prices gradually advanced ad-vanced May selling up to 78c and July to 72vic Later In the day thero was a slight reaction in hiqtuklatlon hut the closing pr1ce were strong May being c higher at 7tWiid and July up 3iio at Owing c to a scarcity In offerings the trading In corn was lather light but under un-der thin influence of the strength In wheat arid oats a firm feeling prevailed with a Good demand especially In the July option op-tion Closing prices were firm with May K < fic higher at llc after selling between be-tween 4Jc and 4PC July was up c at ifl44jc Oats displayed exceptional strength again the smallness of contract supplies light iccclpts and talk of reduced area for seeding combining to make shorts uneasy un-easy and otherwise sllrnulatu the bullish bcntlmcut May cloned at an advance of lic at uUc July was ftc higher at 31ue In a general way Ito provision market was more active than It has been for some time and a strong undertone was manifested An urgent demand for ribs wns the feature In the trading although shells coveted quite freely In pork The strength in grain was u bull factor The close was strong with July pork 20Tl22 < jc higher July lard up T ½ lOc and ribs lOc Higher RANGE OF Tin3 LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 May 77ii 7S 774 7V1i July 72w 72H 71 72 l September i IW GSl CS Corn No 2 May 4I A Uli 44 11 July 11 HIv 545 Hn4 September Ils I It I I 4i MOats M-Oats No 2 May tt 3V > i Sll i = AV4 July iO 3111 lOz 3Uf September 2St 2b 2Ss 2S Mess Pork Maj 1801 1820 ISOr IS 10 July 1715 17G2f 1745 17i24 September 1710 1722i 17 10 1720 Lard Mar ooo itno oS7i 000 r > July 07i7 9S2 i 97S 9S2 September D722 USO 972H OiO Short Ribs May nS7 July OC7i 9 > 771 ½ 9 ffi > 2 977 > September 9G21 970 9C22 070 CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations were as follows Flour dull and steady winter patents UXftJdO straights M 10U3r0 spring patents 5J30fi 370 straights 300 < i22o No 2 spring wheat 7SS0c No l 7C7Ie No 2 ictI 7GI7Tc No 2 corn tic NO 2 yellow Ic No 2 oats 83c No 3 white 3I72tPc No 2 rye Itjb0c good feedIng barley 3G3tic fair lo choice malting iSifiiSc No 1 flax seed JlOS No 1 Northwestern 111 prime timothy seed 370 mess pork pur baird SlStJOJilS10 lord per 100 pounds 5t ft15ziII7A > short ribs sldos loose 9S0 Dtil dry talted shoulders boxed S37 < fi8r0 short clear sides boxed 3l0J2iip > 1023 whisky basIs of high wines Sliio clover contract grade lloftl200 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Recpts Shmls Flour barrels llSOO 11JOO Wheat bushels 2SSOO HICCX Corn bushels 73COO 37860 Oats bushels lii700 iJS700 Rye bushels 11300 Barley bushels 3OCO 1JO < PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce exchange today the but ter markot was ucak creameries ISfiiOc dairies 10J22c eggs steady lllJitfirie checbf steady 12 tigi31sc Coast Grain San Francisco April iStVlueatSttouig May 133 bIJ December 12535 snit dull WK > ffl3S Barley Strong May Il7 i December lIe cash 5113 Butter and Eggs New York April 18 Buttci Receipts < iCO packages uuusitt led Stato dairy 17 72ic creamery 2 > c Juno creamcrv 1Sit 21jc Eggs Receipts 13000 packages firm Slate and Pennsylvania I5e Western candled luc Ncyw York Sugnr jffarket New York April 38StuguirRaw firm fair rellnlng UjMCc centrifugal 1 56test 8ac1 mOhuimtldat4 sugar 2 15i6m fleibned firm No 6 8440 No 7 SIii No 8 10 No 9 t 2b No 10 5I20 No ii 115 No 12 110 No 13 405 No 14 400 coutfec tIoner A l65 nuold A 363 cutloaf 10 powdered 102 granulated JSO cUletl l03 |