Show COMAKET OA Frost Talk was Principal Bullish Incentive SELLING ON HARD SPOTS Speculators Believe that Drastic Effect Ef-fect of Last Years Big Crop Short ago will Have Disappeared Other Traders Pigatro on Big Shortage Nov Out Especially in December Options Said to Bo Fifteen Million Bushois Oats Ruled Steady Good Activity in the Provision Pit Chlcaco Sept 27Rain In the Northwest North-west with much cooler weather predicted was tho cauno of a higher oponlmr In wheat Cables also were construed bull ihly The fact that the receipts North vest were much Increased over last week nd o year ago was offset by the oxpecta lon that In conncfiuenco of the rains the print movement once more would iso l > intailed Cables advanced a little ns the csslon moved on and the export business was good both Duluth and New York reporting twenty loads token and Buf alo 100000 bushels Tho fact Chat the outsider was not In the market worked acalnst good pains Much of the Lime he pit was almoal deserted Price lluc uatlons wero extremely narrow nnd lit tie business was done After the first hour Interest died out September wheat closed oasy Vie off at 7jc December old from C9c to COiC dipped to CSTfcc and closed steady Ifcc1 up at GOc There was but one broad market today and that was In corn Frost talk was tho principal bullish Incentive Many spec ilators believe that with the i < nd of this month the drastic effect of last years big crop shortacc will have disappeared That was ono of the rbh sons for selling on hard spots Many other traders however how-ever have been flouring on the big short ago now out especially In December options op-tions said to be jfiMOOCO bushels It Is cnown that cribs along the country railroads rail-roads are almost empty and hue been or nearly it year Where tluro wore 12 150000 hiifthcls In lh visible supply a year airo there arc but LOOOOD bushels now Chicago has practically thfc only corn supply and it amounts to about lCOC XtO bushels Farmcrnjarc Inclined to hold much of their best corn Much of the receipts for some time lo come are ox ccled to bo soft December closed firm J Ic up at KJT6ftlc September cloned firm > c higher at 5Sc Oats ruled steady and nhowcd no Important Im-portant changes In prices December Illictuatcd only Uc end closed flteidv > tc up at 31c There was good activity In time provision pit Hogs were lower having fallen off 30 cents In two days This Induced sonic outside liquidation but a good support wun under the market until late In the day There was a raid In October pork and prices In that product foil off Part of this action In Ihonshl to have been for the purpose of bringing nearby and distant options nearer together At this close January pork was 5 cents higher while October closed 5 0 cents off October lord closed fi i cents down and January lard 2u < 7i cents higher October ribs were SO cents lower and January ribs 2A cents higher RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Article Open 1Ilsh Low Cloao Wheat September A 73 72i 72s December 61t 69t 6S 63 May 7O3 70t 70a 70J1 Corn No 2 September uS6 r Sl f RSTa December ni 4 11 1 JS1 II May 11 11 iO5 11J Oats No 2 September old Wi 25U 2Gl 26t now b 33H 23 83 December now 3Hi SIM SIU 31 May 3l3 31 s Stfi 3l1a Mess Pork September 1C40 16IO J615 16 IS October IGGTA 1C70 1023 1025 January llOTVi 1312 A 1137 150S Lard September 10S1 1090 1075 107T October 072 002i 072 ½ HD7W January SGO SC2V6 SSO 855 May Slo S20 812 ½ 812 Short Ribs September lOMA 105 10S7V lOSTVa October 10 22 > A 3025 10 03 1005 January 7S5 707 ½ 7S3 7CO CASH QUOTATIONS Cash quotations were as follows Flour easier No 2 spring wheat 73J71c No 3 t2XT71c No 2 red 7211fi 7Cc No 2 corn GStfoSc No 2 yellow CflMi59sjc No 2 oats 23Ti20e No 3 while ii20ViC No 2 rye 50Mc Fair to choice malting barley iS iSSc No 1 flaxsced JI35 No 1 Northwestern North-western 513 Prime timothy seed 15i 42o Mass pork per barrel JlUlSfilG CO Lard per 100 pomuls 510621V lOtw Short ribs sides loose 1067 ½ ci 10S2i dry salted shoulders boxed in0 > 5f > 2o short clear sides boxed lOSTltyll ½ Whls ki > basis of high nines 5132 Clover con met grade iStOfjCO RECEIPTS A7 < D SHIPMENTS Articles Reels Shlpta Flour barrels 35000 2lO < XO Wheat biishclo aS IOCO 31000 Corn bushels oiiOOO 2V MO Oats bushels SSlCO 2Srtf0 Rye bushels 27000 3000 < Barley bushels BSCOO 15C00 PRODUCE MARKET On the produce exchange today the butter but-ter market was steady creams 10f722c dairies IS jCCc Choose firm 10 Qlll1ic Eggs firm fresh 2Qc Coast Grain San Francisco Sept 17 Wheat firm December 1171 May 120i spot quiet at Jl i16f116i Corn Lurgo yellow steady at 31i2i1ji > 115 Barley Firm December fllOA May 5115 |