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Show GOLD WEATHER CAUSE OF STRENGTH IB WHEAT Much of Friday's Losses Recovered Recov-ered as Reports Canio in From Northwest. CHICAGO, Sept. 14. Cold weather in tho Canadian Northwest caused strength today 'n the local wheat market. Do-cembor Do-cembor closed at a not gain of hff$c. Corn was down ic. Oats wcro off Jc, and provisions wcro 1020c lower. Wheat today recovered much of yesterday's yes-terday's loss on buying, brought about by the low temperatures prevailing over the wlleat fields in western Canada. Tho weather bureau forecasted frost tonight for that section of tlio country, and this tended to stimulate tho buying of wheat horc. Reports from New York, which clalmod that an active export business was being transacted nt seaboard were additional strengthening Influences, Tho sharp break in corn caused considerable profit-taking at times, but prices held firm the greater part of tho day. Tho markoL closed firm. Doccmber opened 83c higher nt OSOSRc. sold off to 973c, and then advanced to 9Sic. Tho close was at.9S3c. Tho corn market was extremely weak during the entire session because of liberal lib-eral realizing sales, which was based on tho favorable weather. Tlie close was woak. December opened unchanged to lc lower at SS'Q'SS'ic. sold off to 56c and closed nt 571c Local receipts wore 400 cars, with 1S9 of contract grado. Trading in oats was qulot and the market mar-ket w.'is Inclined to bo weak, owing to tho slump In corn. Tho market closed easy. Deccmbor opened unchanged at 52c. sold between 518c and 52fcf8'52c, and closed at 52c. Local Lo-cal receipts wcro 259 dars. Provisions were dull and weak, the bearish feeling being duo to the break In cons prioes. At the closo, January pork was off 20 cents at 515.45; lard was down lO I2ic at $S.02iS?;8.65. Ribs were 10c down at 58.00. Estlmatod receipts for Monday wheat. 231 cars; corn, 7SC; oats, 389; hogs, 35.000 head. CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations wore as follows: Flour, firm. Winter patent, $4.204.50; straights. $3.904 25: spring patent, 55. 00 5.10; straights, 54. 204.80; bakeAs. $2.65 33.S5. No. 2 spring wheat, $1.0251.04: No. 3. 93r$1.024: No. 2 red. 93194c; No. 2 com, 61162c: No. 2 yellow, G43 65c; No. 2 oats. 523c; No. 2 white, 53c; No. S white. 47fj53c; No. 2 rye. 9090c; barley, good feeding. IStQiSQc; fair to choice malting. S5iff92c; llax seed. No. 1 Northwestern. $1,261; prlrno timothy seed. $4.75; clover, contract grades, new. 516.25: short ribs, sides (loose), $S.50 8.60; mosB pork, per barrel, $15.35 15.40; lard, per 100 pounds. 5S.921; short clear sides (boxed). $S.621S.S7; whiskey, basis ba-sis of high wines, $1.32. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Receipts. Shipmonts. Flour, barrels 23.600 75,600 Wheat, bushels 175,000 340,400 Corn, bushels 399.600 446,200 Oats, bushels 322,000 32S.P00 Rye. bushels 141.000 2.000 Barley, busbols 40.700 12.900 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On the produce exchango today the butter market was steady; creameries, 2327c; dairies, 201tf?26c. Eggs, steady at mark, cases Included, 144ffi)17ic; flrsU', 10c; prime firsts, 201c. Cheosc, firm, 128133c RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Opon. High. Low. Closo. SepL 931 94 931 OJi Doo 988 99 073 981 May 1044 104Z 303S 104 Corn. SopL 591 61 591 59J Dec. .. .... 68 684 56t 671 May ...... 598 598 574 58 Oats. Sept 625 53 52 523 Dec" 52i 52i 51i- 52 May 531 531 523 53 Mess pork, per barrel. Oct io.45 15.45 15.45 15. 15 Jan 15.50 15.55 15.45 15.45 Lard, pec 100 pounds. Oct. . ..... 9.021 9.05 9.00 9.00 Jan 8.724 8.721 S.G21 8.60 Short ribs, per 10 pounds. Oct 8.60 S.G0 8.50 3.50 Jan. . S.074 8.074 7-074 7.971 Now York Flour and Grain. NEW TORIC. Sept. 14. Flour Receipts, Re-ceipts, 15,000; exports. 8500. Quiet and unneltlcd. Minneapolis patent, $5.00B 5.50; winter straights. $4.104. 10; Mlnne- j sota bakers, 53.75 4.25; winter extras, .IOiJMJO; winter pntcnta. 51.25 1.85; 1 winter low grades. $3.00(053.60. Wheat Receipts. 19.000; exports. 151.- 1 300. Spot firm. No. 2 red. 51.031 elevator: eleva-tor: No. 2 red. 51.042 f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Dulutli. $1,173 f.o.b. afloat: No. 2 hard winter, $1.04 4 f.o.b. afloat. Opening higher on steady cables, wheat was temporarily wcakoned by a severe break In corn, but lator fully recovered on cold weather news and a Jump at I Minneapolis. Final prices were. Sc not higher. Soptombcr closed at $1,048; December. De-cember. 51.0631( 1.073, closed $1.07i; May, $1,104-0)1.11, closed at 51.10X. Imports nnd Exports. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Imports of speclo at tho port of New York for tho week ending today wcro $262,481; sllvor, $155,761; gold exports of specie from the port of Now York for tho week onding today were $59,000 gold, and $1,501,798 silver. Now York Fruit Market. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. The market for evaporated apples continued firm, with fancy quoted at. 10c; choice, 9i(f?91c; prime. 9c; common to fair, 7Slc Prunes are unchanged. Apricots and peaches continued steady at recent prices. Raisins are scarce and short prices, firm. |