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Show WHEAT, OATS, GOBI j ALL CI.11IME Provisions Touch the Top Xok'h: jRnlls Rule All Pits in Chicago. CHICAGO, March 14. Wheat ruled strong today under the stimulus of renewed re-newed crop damage reports and a good demand. Corn also advanced, light offerings of-ferings being met by good buying and oats profited from the strength In other grains. Provisions touched new top points. Bulls controlled wheat, deriving their principal advantage from a repetition of the crop damage reports from southwestern south-western fields. The market started out at a considerable upturn and lost none of its strength. Mueh of the trading was in the deferred months and a good demand for the September option was In evidence, quotations for that month traveling trav-eling from 104to 1051. .inly was nlso a favorite with the buyers and went up from 1071 to 10$i. while May. which started with a smaller stride than the distant deliveries, climbed from 1132 to 1 1IS. The close was strong In all the futures at near the high point, with Mav Rc up at 1141. and July and Sep- I tcmber lc up at 10S and lOSJigilOul respectively. re-spectively. Absence of offerings In any great volume vol-ume was tho principal feature of corn and kept juices strong. Opening prjees were at a good advance and' additional gains were made later In tho session, May working up from Gig to 65 i. the other futures traveling along with it. Cash com advanced from 2 to He on a good demand. No. 3 yellow sold at 6li(p62ic. The futures closed strong with .May 5c up to 651. The strength of olher grains helped oats. May went up from 451 to 46ic. the more distant deliveries showing similar sim-ilar gains. Tho close was strong at near the hign point with May ic up at 45ic. In provisions new high records for many years were reached. May pork sold at S26.15. 32ic above Saturday. Lard closed 15c up and ribs 10c up. Closing prices for the May products were: Pork. m.IO: lard. 514.221: ribs, $13,021. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open. High. Low. Close. May 1.13 1.118 1.133 l.l't Julv 1.03 1.0S4 1.071 1.0S "September .. 1.05 1.051 LOIS 1.051 Corn Mav ....... Git 51 G1S G51 Julv GGt 67 GG3 67 September .. 671 C73 062 C7g Oats 1 May 451 4fie 451 451 Julv 431 433 43i 433 September .. 401 40 402 405 Mess pork, per barrel Mav 25.93 26.15 25.S71 2G.15 July 25. S5 26.05 25. SO 26.05 Lard, per 100 pounds Mav 14.00 14.221 13.971 14.221 Julv 14.00 14.071 13.95 14.074 Short ribs, per 100 pounds Mav- 13.50 13.621 13.50 13.621 July 13. 121 13.50 13.371 13-50 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash, quotations were as follows: Flour, firm; No. 2 rve. 7Slfi'79Jc; feed or mixing barlov, 60tf?G2c; fair to choice malting, 65((7,7ic: flax seed. No. 1 southwestern, $2.13: No. 1 northwestern. $2.23; clover. $11.75; mess pork, per barrel. $26.25?t) "6.50; lard, per 100 pounds. S14.25; short clear sides (boxed). ?13.S7i(H4.00. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal lo 1. 010.000 bushels. Primary receipts were 1.114.000 bushels, compared with G23.000 bushels the corresponding dav a year ago. The visible supply of wlieat In the United States Increased G34.000 bushels for the week. The amount of breadstuff on ocean passage Increased 3.592.000 bushels. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat. 57 cars; corn. 110 cars; oats, 331 cars; hogn. 16.000 head. |