Show WAS ULL Trading in Cereals in Chicago at a Standstill WHEAT HOWEVER STEADY Thcro Was a Quick Drop at One Time of OneHalf Cent in September Op tiono But This Was Almost Regained Re-gained on a Pair Commission House Demand That Developed on tho Break Outside Orders Were Very Light The Close in Small Grain Was Weak Chicago Sept 2 Trading In grains today to-day was of a dull though somewhat ncr vouo nature Wheat ruled steady all day with tIme exception of a quick drop of 6c In September options on free offer lags by longs This loss however was almost all regained on a fair commission house demand that developed In the break September started i ac to i fJ Jic up at 71VWj7Uic and Hold down to 7liAc December rarly mndc u gain of Uc polling nt C71 c Outside orders were very light and business at times way almost at a standstill This brought such a narrow nar-row market that when fair quantities of September were offered that option broke to 70c and December to C74c Heavy seaboard sea-board clearances helped In the rally that took September to a slightly weak close srifT > ic lower at 70lc and December unchanged un-changed at G7c Despite tho fact that In corn thero was nothing delivered on September contract the opening was much lower Warmer weather and Improcd prospects for the crops were the Influences Cables were steady howevorzind after a nervous break early September wan In fair demand and priced rallied September eloped firmer Uo up at C7 > Jc December was Influenced by th > weather and closed easy > lc down at 12c Thiiio was an easy feeling In oats at tile start on the Improved weather but a good demand In the quiet trading advanced ad-vanced prices for not profits September cloood 4c up at 3i4c and 31c for December Decem-ber Provisions vero llrm at the opening on an advance In the hog market Trade was light but prices with tho exception of September pork and October and January ribs closeI higher January pork closed Vio up October lard S10c higher and October rIbs 5c downRANGE down-RANGE OF LEADING FUTURES Open High Low Close L A vnoat September 71l 71 70 70A December G7 G7u 0714 C7H May Corn September 65t E < i 65 = 51 57a Doccmbcr 42 > X 42 42 1 i2Z May l Oats Sept fold 26 26X 25U Ki Sept new 33 34 331 3114 Dec now 30 Sivj 3011 31 Mnv 3 31 31 Mean Pork September 1700 17CO 1GSO IfiSO October 1715 1717V 1702 17021 January 116 1430 llSO 11K5 Lard September 1060 1053 1050 1060 October 9T2 ½ 975 967 D72Vi January SSO S326 S 27j S27V Short Ribs September 10 TO 1020 1023 1023 October 055 9374 9S7 ½ 9S71Z January 777V 7R ½ 777ii 7SO CASH QUOTATIONS Cash ouotatlons were as follows Flour stoady No 2 spring wheat 73c No 3 ftS tfTt > 91ic No 2 red 70i71cc No 2 corn PS AC No 2 oats 20c No 3 white 32 ½ f 3ulic No 2 ry 50c fair to choice mnlt Inp barley BufcKc No 1 flaxsccd 3133 No 1 NorthwcBtorn 5112 prime timothy reed SLIS mess pork per barrel JlOEWp 1CS5 lard per 100 pounds 71015fi 1060 short rib sides loose SIOISSIOSO dry salted shoulders boxed S < vtc short clear shies boxed i5T10T4c Whisky basla of high wines 5101 clover contract erode JS75 S RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Rcpta Ship Flour barrels 31WO 1G 0X1 Wheat bushels 471 OCO 690CO Corn bushels 152000 C9CCO Oats bushels 114IOCO 501000 Ryo buohelB SlCKW 920C1 Barley bushels 91000 4OW PRODUCE EXCHANGE On the produce exchange today the butler but-ler market was firm creams 159il9c dairy 13t171 Cheese steady 10101c Eggs steady fresh 17lic Coast Grain San Francisco Sept December wheat 5113VI spot quId 5112 yl 13i Corn Large yellow steady Jl40iili2V Barley December SSc May JlCO4 cash flc Visible Grain Supply Now York Sept 2The Atatble supply of grain Saturday August COth as compiled com-piled by the Now York Produce exchange Is as follows Wheat 2096i > COO bushels increase 277CCO bushels Corn 3077CCO bushels decrease Z4CKO bushels Outs 2033000 bushels Increase 5510CO bushels Rye CWOOO bushels Increase 251000 bushels Barley 103COO bushels Increase CSOOO bushels Weekly Crop Report Washington Sept 2v The weekly crop report says The temperature chances In the northern districts east of tho Blls BOurl valley during the week ending September Sep-tember 1st were moro favorable for maturing ma-turing crops than In the previous week but as In tile two weeks Immediately preceding pre-ceding excessively high temperatures prevailed pre-vailed In the central and west gulf States Including Oklahoma and Indian Territory Kxcculve mine have continued In tho lower Missouri and lIed River of the North valley to the serious detriment to Bruin in shock and otack and with temperatures tem-peratures slightly below normal In tho Missouri valley the maturity of crops has not advanced rapidly Continued absence of rains has Intensified Inten-sified tile drought In tho west gulf districts dis-tricts from southern New England to the Carolinas Generally abundant rains have relieved drought conditions In tho east gulf districts Frost with Ico In exposed places occurred oc-curred In tbo northern flock mountain region on the morning of August 2lh Generally favorable conditions prevailed onthe Pacific coast although rather cool In the northern districts during tile forepart fore-part of the week Harvesting Is nearly finished on tho north Pacific coast whore threshing Is progressing under favorable conditions with about average yields Some improvement Im-provement In the outlook for apples la Indicated in portions of the central valleys val-leys and lake region hut In tho Middle Atlantic States tho prospects are for a crop considerably below the average Butter and Eggs New York Sept 2 Butter Receipts 13100 packages steady creamery 17 < g9c Juno creamery Imitation ll nCo factory 134115 ½ c Eggs Receipts 10500 packages firm State and Pennsylvania 21i522c Western candled 20JJ21c Western uncandlcd 17j 20c New York Sugar Market Now York Sept 2SugarRaw steady fair refining 2c centrifugal OCteaU T Wc molasses sugar 2c refined steady No C 1120 No 7 110 No S WOO No 9 J305 No 10 J33Q No 11 3ST No 12 KXtO No 12 ttSO No U JCSO confectioners confec-tioners A WIG mouul A 100 cutjoaf JolTi crushed 515 powdered 5L75 granulated gran-ulated 5IC5 cubes flSfl St Louis Wool Market St Louis Seat 2soolFirm unchanged un-changed |