Show I Grain and Provisions Chicano Dec 3Tho wheat market was moro or less of a oneman affair today to-day being to a large extent dopandcnt upon the action of the blf bull interest The ioatllng long sold on nil iiharp nilllc only to buy back again on all breaks I Opening prlcoc worn steady on small local receipts May being unchiiiigcd to a uhade hlKlur at S 2 i to ftiS2Tic The big long bought openly at the atnrt but because tWo or three prominent commissIon houses were free aellcrn at the same times tho impression wan created that he was nclllug more than ho bought This belief led to a email decline May coini down to J 521e Shorts became active buyers at this llguro and the price milled During the Intter part of the session tho market do vcloped considerable strength on advices from Dallas claim Ing that wheat la dying all over Texas on account of drought May advanced to 82c but heavy rcall inc quickly cnuned a reaction The close however was firm with May c higher < tt C Corn was influenced by the latest strength In wheat but outside of that there was little in the way of news to affect af-fect prices Closing prices wnre firm May clnued at 4lc Fair buying of oats by cash and commission com-mission houacn together with the strength < In wheat canned a drum market The clone was firm May closed at 37lic Provisions ruled strong on a good demand de-mand from commission houuus and local shorts Foreigners were moderate buyers of lard May pork cloned SOc higher at S1233 May lard was up 15c at tiS2i2 while ribs wore 121Qluc higher RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Articles Open High Low Close Wheat No 2 December SOli St SO SOTfc May S2ii S3ii S2Vi S3V4 July Tiva 7S 77 > i 77ii Curn No 2 December 41Vi 4WS IM 41Vi May 4nn 4PA 43ji 11 July 43 43 8 43a 43i Oats No 2 December fal a st m l 33 May 37s M t 31 ivi f July 31 C4i 31 31U Mess Pork January 11ST 120 < n Ki 1192 May 1210 2250 1210 1235 Lard Jftiiuary CiA 613 GiO nlo May 0 72i GS3 G70 CS2JA Short Ribs January I 523 G27A fi23 IL t 25 May C4H liII CI3 GU 1 CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations were UM follows Flout steady and easy No3 oprlng wheat 79i KOAc No 2 red S2gsiic No 2 corn 41Hc No 2 yellow ISic No 2 oats Xiytftya t No 3 white i1317c No 2 rye fi2c Good fc2dlng barley AlSTSCc fair to cholco malting 43r53c No 1 flaxseed Ole No1 Northwestern SHOO Prime timothy seed 200 Mess pork pcrbarrel 1187ijri200 lurd per 100 pounds SCCWTCCiA short rlb sides loose SC12 < Ja37 short clear sides boxed 037fjO 0 Vhlsky bnsls of high wines 5127 RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Articles Reels Ship Flour barrels 49300 25500 Wheat bushels 215800 33000 Corn bushels 3RGOO 12SSOO Ont btlshclH 391400 7510 I Rye bushels S700 5700 Barley bushels 202100 13700 PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce exchange today the but ten market was quiet and easy creamery 10520c dairy 14K21c Cheese steady 10ft 1Oic Eggs steady to firm 2Gtf27ic |