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Show TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE MAKES WHEAT WEAKER Tendency fo Paralyze Business Cause, of Heavy Selling and Lower Prices. CHICAGO, Aug. 10. Lack or telegraphic tele-graphic facilities due to the telegraphers' telegraph-ers' strike feruled to paralyze business on tho Board of Trade and caused weakness in the grain and provision pits. At the cloHe wheat for September Septem-ber delivery was down l'c. Provisions Provis-ions wore TVic lo 22Vc lo"wer. The wheat market was weak all day on genoral selling by pit traders and local longs. The selling was due mainly main-ly to the uncertainty growing out of the strike of the telographor.s and to a fear -that the situation might become be-come still moro acute by a spread of tho trouble. A decline in the price of wheat on tho Minneapolis curb also induced considerable selling. Favorable weather for the crop was largclj- responsible re-sponsible for tho weakness in tho northwestern north-western market. Trade was quiet all day. being restricted by the incompleteness incom-pleteness of tho usual statistics. The market closed weak. September opened Si- to 11 Ve lower at S7a to SSc, sold off to S6j&c and closed at 87ys(5S7J,i' m Sentiment in the com pit was bearish the entire session because of tho strike. Prices, however, showed only a moderate mod-erate loss because of fairly "good support sup-port br a leading bull. The close was weak. September opened to Js(Sc lower at 54T-f(a55c, sold off to 5lr&a and closed at o-iv'J.fSoiio. The Government report and the strike brought out considerable profit-taking sales in oats and caused a sharp slump in prices. The Government report showed much larger stocks than had been generally expected. There was some buying on the official forecast for showery weather. The market closed weak at almost tho lowest point September Sep-tember opened unchanged to Vjfi lower at -15 to 'Jo'ic sold off to -Uc and closed at t-UL'-H;sc Local receipts wore SO cars. Provisions were weak owing to tho weakness of the grain markets. There was very little trading. At the closo September pork wao ofT 22 ".'.c at .?1G.12V2. Lard was off 7' c. at"$9.10, and ribs were 10c lower af $S.72'A RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTL'RKS. Wheat Open. High. Low. CIoec. S52 85 J Sept .SS .SS .865 .871 Dee 022 .023 .HI ')2- Ma.v 013 .OS .07i "otS Corn-Sept Corn-Sept 55 .55 .546 ,54 I'W 52 .f2i .5? .52 May 533 .53:1 -53ft .5oi I Oats I Sent 45 .15$ ..jx ,4-ig PCC- 4i ,4S;t .428 .42 May 45 .15', .tig ,44V ! Mess Pork, per hbl. Sepj 10.30 lb:J0 16.05 16.12 Lard, per 100 Ihs. Sept. 0.10 0.12 9.10 0.10 Oct 0.25 0.25 0.17c 9.1 "J Short Hib:i, ner 100 lbs. Sept S.S0 S.80 S.72J S.725 Oct S.S5 S.S5 S.S2J S.S2?. CASH QUOTATIONS. ' I Cash quotations were as follows Flour, I steady; winter patents. 54.10(5)4 10. j straights, $3.701.26; spring patents. $4.70 iV5.10; stralphts. Sl.lOM.fiO; bakers', f.2.50 06.50; No. 2 sprint? wheat. 0697c; No. ;:, SSi(f7iS0-: No. 2 red, 8;"iJfS8ic; No. 2 corn. 54(ff'5oc; No. 2 vellow, ."Die; No 2 oats. 52$D53c. No. 2 while. 53J;c; No. " white. 4S(051ic; No. 2 rye, 7275c; good feeding bailer, 55(Tffi0e; fair to choice malting, 65tfJ)70c: prime timothy seed, $4.i)0: short ribs. ?l.1es (loose). $8 50fi S.75: mess pork, per barrel, $16.05S16.in; lard, per 100 lbs.. $0.00; short clear sides (boxed), $S.75(?z 0.00; whiskey, basis of high wlner. Sl.C'i. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Articles Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 23.100 21.200 Wheat, bushels 226.400 .10.S0O Corn, bushels 207.GOO 205.000 Oats, bushels lS4,0On 272.100 Rye. bushels 2.000 Barlej, bushels $,S00 1,300 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On the produce exchange today the hut-ter hut-ter market was steudv. Creameries. 7017 21lc: dairies, 20g2.':e; esgs. steady at mark, cises Included. 13i?M5ic; firsts 17c: nrime firsts, ISc; cheese, stcidy, 1213c. |