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Show WHEAT IS WEAKER IH SHIEJF BULLS Persistent Selling Follows Every Effort oi" Traders to Advance Ad-vance Prices. CHICAGO. Jan. 5. Wheat showed weakness here today. Persistent- selling In the pit prevailed despite much bullish sentiment. Prices fell off nt tho opening open-ing and again just, before, the end of trading, after tho bulls advanced all the futures and forced May prices a shade h ghcr than yesterday's Umil figures. closInK figures for July and September were fic and c lower, respectively, than yesterday. May spread over a range or lffiHc. closing 5f7i4o lower at ?1.13J. rhcre was a bis: trade In corn and prices fluctuated ovor a. range of from ic to c In l he different futures. Tho close was -weak in all the futures. Largo offerings were absorbed rapidly and new high points for the crop were registered In July and September prices at GSJc and use. respectively. May closed a shade lower at 671c. Activity marked the oats pit and strong cash demand pushed prices sharply sharp-ly higher, only to fall again on realizing sales. The close for May was 476c. Jc lower than the high point of the dav and ;.e higher thiin yesterday. Tho other futures fu-tures fluctuated within a range of Jc. In provisions, pork closed 21c to 20c ower, lard 21c to 5c lower and ribs 71c lower. RANGE OP THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open. HIch, Low. Cl03. May ... .... 1.14J 1.146 1.134 1.133 J.lly 1.032 1 .033 1.02Z 1.031 Sept floy 002 00A 001 Corn 674 673 67 671 J"'' 67Z I'.Sk 67i 678 kept 67 GS 67 S . 67 . Oats Mly 'I7K 464 46i '"'y IB 45 44a 441 Sept H3 42 411 415 Mess pork, per barrel nin 21,85 22.10 21. SO 21. R0 aiay 22.10 22.35 21. S7 21.00 July .. 22,15 22.171 21.05 21.05 Lard, per JOQ nounds Jjm 12. SO 12. SO 12.60 12.60 yivy 12.15 12.17A J2.05 12.074 Inly 12.12 12.12 12.02 12. 02-'. Short Ribs, per 100 pounds fan 11.60 II. f,0 11.50 11.521 Mn.v 11.B2J 11.62J 11.50 11.52J July 11.50 .11.62 ll.o'.'i 11.523 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were ns follow;: Flour, strong; No. 2 rye. Sic; feed or mixing barley. f9i6fic; fair lo choice malting, 0iH)2c; flax seed. No. 1 .southwestern. $2.00; No. l uorlhwoatern. 52. 10: timothy! seed, $3.S5ff?:i.OO; clover. 315.00; mess pork, per barrel. 522.0022.25; lard, per 100 lbs. 512.6012.621: short ribs, sides (looscl. $11.37i?i.'l 1.624: short clear sides (boxed). Sll.C215)ll.S7i. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearance of wheat and flour were cnual to 221.000 bushels. Primarv receipts were 606.000 bushels, compared with 304.000 bushels the corresponding day a year ago. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat. 32 cars; dorn, 301 cars, oats, 109 cars; hogs. 2S.00O head. BI3 Break in Cotton. NEW YORK. Jan. 5. There was a sensational break In the cotton market late today, with the May delivery selling off to $15. 60. or 37 points lower than last night. Gl points below the best level of the day. and SO points, or S1.30 per bale below the high level of the season. The weakness in the stock market probably prob-ably contributed lo the Wall street selling sell-ing but selling orders came from all directions, di-rections, and it looked as if there was a regular panic among longs following the record-breaking advances of late last year. It wns rumored tho cotton interests in-terests were unloading ami it was also reported that a strong Wall street cllcpic bad been formed to depress prices, owing lo the failure of trade demand to Improve Im-prove as rapidly as expected with the turn of the year. Today's advices from the south generally gener-ally were bullish as to the spot situation, situa-tion, but there were rumors of Increased offerings which probably aided in precipitating pre-cipitating the tremendous liquidation late In the day It Is estimated that the big southern bulls bought fully 150.000 bales in an Ineffectual effort to check the decline. New York Flour and Grain. NEW YORK, Jan. 5. Flour, unchanged and about steady. Receipts. 21.767; shipments. ship-ments. 1125. Wheat Spot, easy; No. 2 red, ?1,."0. elevator domestic and $1.20 f. o. b. afloat nominal; No. 1 northern Duhith. ?1.2Sl. iind No. 2 hard winter. $1,253 f. o. b. afloat nominal. Options were nervous under professional profes-sional opera Hons. Prices declined early on the cables, rallied on commission-house commission-house buying and firm cash markets, but ngain derlined under professional celling and on larger receipts and a poor milling mill-ing demand. Exporters took thirty loads of Manitoba Prices closer! at a net decline de-cline of Sr. May. $1.20?: July. SI. II. Receipts. 27.600; shipments. 16.070. Prico of Hogs Soai'3. OMAHA. Jan. 5. The price of hogs at the .South Omaha market reached another an-other high record today, when $S 57 per 100 pounds was paid for one shipment of 71 hogs averaging 2S0 pounds each. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOCMS. Jan. 5. Wool, unchanged: medium grades combing and HolhlnK. 2) W20c: light line. 22rci27c, heay line, 12G7.' 21c: tub-washed. 2ofi37(- |