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Show BEARS Oil TOP IH . CHICAGO WHEAT PIT But Good Reports From Foreign Countries Tend to Strengthen Strength-en the Market. CHICAGO, March 27. At tho opcnlntr of tho session today sentiment In tho wheat Hit was Hoinowhat bearish and tho Initial quotations showed slight declines, tho May delivery being: oft Hfi'ic, at 77',iif 77c to ?rJc. Tho chlof factors contributing contribut-ing to tho easier foiling In tho market wero a decline at Liverpool, tho mild wea.th.or throughout tho winter wheat sections of tho United States, liberal receipts re-ceipts at Minneapolis and the weekly foreign for-eign crop roport, which gavo a general favorable outlook for wTtcat crops of foreign countries. Tho moderate demand brought about covering by sovoral shorts who took In heavy lines of wheat and the market more than retained tho curly loss. Trading Trad-ing dragged somewhat during tho remainder re-mainder of tho Bcsslon. unll near tho close, when tho May option Hold off from 7S?ic to 77vic. Tho decline was duo to the poor demand, rather than to any heavy selling pressure. The market closed fairly Btcady, with May c off, at 77g.7791c. There wns persistent selling in the corn market all day by commission-houses and cash Interests. The market closed easy, May MiSic off, at 43i?j43ic. Oatn were weak all day on selling by commission-houses and cash dealers. May closed at 30c, a loss of ?ic. Provisions were active and strong. At tho closo May pork was up 25c, lard was 12Vc to 15c higher and ribs wore 10c up. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Articles. Oien, High. lxw. Clone. Wheat No. 2 May 77 7SK 77tt 77 July 77Vj Th 7714 September 77U 77fc 77Vi 77U May -J3U 44 HV, 43 July 41U 44 4i 4IH September 44 V, 46 44 41"i Oata, No. 2 May 30Vt 30Vi T4 SO July 20S 23 fk-ptombcr SSH 28 2SU Mess Pork-May Pork-May 1C.I5 IS. 03 16.15 16.67ft July IC.32',4 1G.42S 16.22Jj 16 40 Lard May 8.33 S.47H 8.33 8.47i July S.60 8.57ft 3 47ft S 57ft September S.60 S.C7ft S CO S.Clft .Short Rlb JIny S.73 S 62ft 8.75 8 SO July S.70 8.77ft 8.70 8.77ft September S.7J S.S2ft S.75 8. Sft CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations wer nn follows: Flour, dull and stady; No. 2 spring wheat, 70QS0c, No. 3, 73fi"3c; No. 2 red. SiftSMftc; No. 2 corn, 42fte, No. 2 yollow, 43c, No. 2 oata. 30c; No. 2 white, 32c: No. 3 vhlto, 30ic; No. 2 rye. COc; good feedlnp barloy. 37ftyWc; fair to choice malting, 43y&Oc; No. 1 Max seed. $1.07ft; No. 1 Northwestern, J1.13ft; prime timothy ncd. f3.17ft; ineas iork. per barrel. UG.45I 10.60; lard, per 100 pounds, S 42ft. short ribs Bides (loose), $S.70gS.7C; short clear oldec (boxwl), ?8.'J5g9.00; whisky, basla of hlt'h wines. J1.2S; clover, contract grade, 113.50. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS, Articles. Receipts. Shlpls. Flour, barrels 32,600 23.000 Wheat, bushels 15.000 4S.7M Corn, bushels 3W.0CO H9.S00 Oats, bushels 379.900 323.&00 Rye, bushels 4.000 2.1W Unrley, bushels C4.8CO 135.SCO PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On tho produco oxchango today tho butter market was Ann; creamery. 16S26ftc; dairy. 16X23o, eggs, firm, at mark. coJs Included, 12ftc; flroto. 12ftc; prime firsts, 13ftc; extras. 15c; cheese, strong, 11C13V4C New- York Grain, Etc. NEW YORK, March 27 Flour Receipts, Re-ceipts, 15.MO barrels; exports, 3200 barrels. Market steady, with a light- trade. "WTieat Receipts, 20.000 bushels; spot, steady; No. 2 red, SS'c; No. 2 red, Sc. ncmlnal, f. 0. b. nlloat, No. 1 Northern Duluth. 8Sc f- o b. afloat. Tho market for wheat futures oponcd weak, but Immediately recovered and was linn all the forenoon on strength In the Southwest and covering. Tho closing was net unchanged; May, So 7-16c, closed at SoVfcc; July. STiifr8Mc, closed at Sic; September. Sep-tember. 82aif;S3e, closed at S2T4c. Hops Quiet. Hides and Wool Firm. Petroleum Steady. Sugar Raw. steady; fair refining, 31-lfic; centrifugal, M-tcut, 3 17-32 9-lCc; molaBses sugar, 2 2&-32S2 13-lCc; reilned, quiet. Available Supplies. NEW YORK, March 27. Special cablo nnd telegraphic communications received by Bradstreet's show tho following changes In available supplies: Wheat United States and Canada, cast of the Rockies: Decrease, 1,021.000 bushels; afloat for and In Europo, Increase CC0.000 bushels. Tho total supply decreasod 421,-000 421,-000 bushels Corn United States and Canada, east of the Rockies, decreased 1,707.000 bushels. Oats United States nnd Cannda. cast of tho Rockies, deccrnsed 1.34S.000 bushels. Tho leading decreases reported this week are 267.000 bushels In Mnnltoba; 223.000 bushels at Portland, Me.; 137.000 bushels at Chicago private elevators, 75 000 bushels at Ocdensburg. N. Y.; G0,CX bushols In Lincoln; 54,000 bushels at Burlington. Fruit Market Quiet. NEW YORK, March 27. Tho market for evaporated apples Is steady, with jobbing demand moderately active. Common Com-mon to fair. 7SV4c: fair to good. 1905 crop, SJiffSTfec; nearly to strictly prime, Off' &-c; choice, 9010c; fancy. Uc. Prunes aro moving only In small lots, but the demand Is fairly uctlvo nnd the aggregate of business Inconsiderable. Quo-tMlons Quo-tMlons rango from -c to Ec, according to grade. Apricots are quiet, with choice 10&c; extra cholco, 11c; fancy. llftVS12',4c. Peaches are unchanged Rulslns are quiet, loose muscatel aro quoted at &flt'(,c; seeded rulslns. GU07c; London layers. Sl.GGtffl.GO |