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Show GENERAL SELLING IN WHEAT AT THE CLOSE Impression That Leading Longs Aro Disposing of Lines Weakens (Jrain, t'HK'AtJO. Jan. v At the opening prices In Ihe wheal pit were Steady be-in be-in use if the relatively firm market at Liverpool Opening quotations Maj were unchanged to H higher at Wi4'S .''Sic From the start, however there was moderate selling by Several of the largest commission houses. The demand was light and with reports of lear weather In the Northwest, which arrived toward the end of the session, the selling became genual gen-ual and prices weakened. The Impression was ahroud that several leading long were disposing of their line through commission houses and a large number of -imull traders also closed out. 'I here was little to stimulate either buying buy-ing or selling The market reached the lowest point of thi flay h few minutes he-fore he-fore Ihe close, when May touched 87"-,. The close was weak. With Mnv off r at The decline in v. heat weakened the corn mnrket, sentiment In the pit being bearish for thr entire day The 1 ,,s was weak. May closed Hft 'c down at 444c Tradliifr In OSIS was dull Mnv dosed 4c off a I 32V. Prc.flt-taklng m local trader-- musiyl moderate weakness In provisions At ihe close May pork wis off iV. laid was a Shade lower and rlhs were L'lyjj.j,, lower RANOR Or- the LEADING FTJTUItEB When!. No Open High l)r i loae. May ....... U 114 TV, July m 4S P ' rn. No. ,fanuot-- im 4P, 41 41 May 45 46 ' 44'T 44' i July 4. 4SS II 46 Oat. No. 2 tsnuary J in, .11 31 Mov tt sj' snt n Jui jot, .v 3fs r.ot Meaa Pork. p-r barrel-- January ... . If r May . . U. 17)4 13.4714 M.M H-90 Ijird, ier loi poundl January 7.614 t.bis ".so t bo Mav 7.62'i 7.SX 7.67', 7 mS July 7.70 7.75 7 70 7 7-" ShAri T;ib per loi) pound January 7.M May 7 ; 7 H 47', 7.M4 July 7 c'4 7 67if 7.. 7 ISM CASH QUOTATIONS. 1 ah guotnitons aie na follow Floui, '. winter pajttsntS, $1?in4 10 lralFh'. 11.764 JV. spring i atenta, ,'t1r4.in, ,tralfhl 3 i 93.W; .akern . I2.3S0S.2O; So : fprlng wheat, 3)Se; No. 3. lJSc. No. 2 rel. SH No. 2 corn. (l4tc; No .' ysllow, 414314i : No 1 oata, llHp; No J white, StTUSic. No. 3 white ..'j''.2'. No ! rye c good feeding barlsy, -7'ic; fair to choice malting. 41'tftv. No 1 flax aee.l, $107. No. I Northwestern. Jl IV meSS pork. pr bbl . 1116012 70, lard, per 100 lb 17. SO: abort rlba aides (1rjoei IT rjT IS; hori .-lear elrlra (bOZSd), 17.1007 V,. hlk lola r.( high wlnea, II JJ, rloer, contract con-tract grndet IU.lS0U.tS, RECB7IPT8 AND SHIPMKNT9. Articles EtSO'tS Shlpia Flour, bbl 21. 6 22. Vf Wheat hu ... S4.n00 Ji. 711 forn bu 334. 30u 112.i oate bu 91,100 134.304 Rye. bu . ,ri 1,000 Barley, hu 44,0011 41.IM PRODL'i'E BXCHANOB. On th- nrudtice exehuree to.la the butter market waa ; r.-ama. 17Cf"i3Sc. dalrj". I7012l i-KW. tea k at mark, i a.eB Included Kn23c. nrt, 22c; primes, 2 . extra. 27c. cheee. Itesdy, ll13c. Coast Giain SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 6 Wheat I Weak. Mo. J1.40', Barley Weak, May, $1 Weekly Bank Statement NEW YORK, Jan. 0 The statement of the clearing hoove hanks for the business das of thia week shows that the hanks hold 357l.nOn over the l-gal i eserve re-uulremerit re-uulremerit This I ci de.-rease of 3?,7fH.-576 3?,7fH.-576 from lust week The statement fo!- J lows Loans. $l,SXVi,G68Jate0; increase. 33.ti;t.3t.i Deposits nn.74S.IOO; Increase, 16,091,600 Circulation j.'.j.si:,.?' decrease IU8.100 Legal teinleis. J79.17iy 711. Increase y. 47o . , 900. 8pecle. I167.8S6.000 decrease. Ji.tVifj.iiuo Reserve 3".' "..;. 700. decrease. 12,191,700 Ri serve required, 1346,936,700 Increase 31 62a 876 Surplus, 1671,000; decrease $"J.7:i r.7: Kx-lnled States deposit! J'.1 676 7S0 de- crease, SS,72S,S00, The Financier says "Lust week's ofn- lal statement of the New ..rk Aesoi I-ated I-ated brink, wa- disappointing. In that It Indicated a loss Instead of the expected Kalii In cash and also because It disclosed an unusually low surplus, which. It would appear, mlglit c:isll have been changed to a deficiency, either through greater loss of cash or nn Increase In reserve ie-qulremenls. ie-qulremenls. The net decrease In cash re-nerve re-nerve was Jiy8.70o whereas all the .-m'. unites thai were bused upon the traceable movements of money di.rlng the nreek i-l.iv.o.l an Increase of about this num "The discret.unc between the offlclall) reported and Ihe estimated changes In this Item may hae been due i.. rcr.-ipts of money after the middle ..f ihe week, which were not fully reflected in the statement because of the system of averages aver-ages it may be noted thai specie de-creased de-creased bj 15,660,600; this was in g-..ai part accounted for by the transfer of fj,-1390,000 fj,-1390,000 to San (TranclSOO and by the ship- ment of b like amount to Mexico and Bouth Amerlos ' The legal tenders Im reaseij py 33,47n,aio This most likely represented the movements move-ments of CUrrenCJ hither from the Interior, In-terior, resulting from the dear rates for money which prevailed during the greater great-er part of the Week I'll, deposits lll-creaaed lll-creaaed 36,001,50O, which nmonnt Is SO much greater than the sum of the i-panalou i-panalou of loans, less the net decrease of i ash as to make a remarkably bad proof. The required reserve against general gen-eral deposits was Ini r ess so $1 522, S7r. ' which, added to the n. i loss of cash as above, made tS.721,676 as the decrease In surplus reserve, to the r.marknblv low sum of rr.71.0tx'. t'omputcd upon the basis of deposits 1 si ihos.' of 3s.-:o.i public funds, the surplus is 12,676.750 Loans were expanded by W.tH-v:ti. .in amount larger than was thought probable because lot tntrac- liOn should have been hca.v during th- v.i-ck, os the 1. suit of liquidations ln dent to the disbursements of January dl Idende and Interest |