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Show MBf WHEAT USES numwii CENTS Nervous Covering of About 400,-000 400,-000 Bushels by St. Louis Shorts the Oftuse.- rn?AH1tA9ViMa3ii 24-ril8-y wheal today roae to within 1c of tho dollar mark. Nervous covering of about. 100.000 bushels on orders said to ha.ve come largely from St. Louie shorts put. up the price nearly 2c a bushel, to 99Sc. The close. Jiow-evr, Jiow-evr, was easy at a net ain of 1c. other months rose but to much less degree, de-gree, and In the end wero He to J.fi?Bc owcr than last night. Latest, trading ili crn,a simdc lo 2lc up, oats at t(Qic. to 2c advance, and provisions unchanged un-changed to 1215JH5C Increased in cost. A brealc In tho market at Minneapolis had a great dpal lo do with causing easy feeling here during the last part of the i.i retUi0n was an unconfirmed report re-port that a considerable amount of hard winter wheat wan to be shipped up there from Chicago. Previous to this episode the hulls appeared to have tho market here at their mercy. Tho May strength had Induced considerable buying of othor months. Tho foreign oxchangos were firm, and there wero reports of crop losses In Kansas and Nebraska and of a probable extremely short yield In Oklahoma Ok-lahoma and Texas. Protlt taking followed and the. news from Minneapolis led to a rather sharp setback. Between the open-125 open-125 .anfI thc cl08c Tlll' ranged from 87S 08il to SBlff289c, with last aales at 875 ,S8c, a net loss of Stf!8c. The Mav option op-tion proved more stubborn, final "sales being at 98c. a full cent advance. Export calls for deferred shipments strengthened corn July fluctuated between be-tween 21c and 53c. closing Jc up at tho first named figures. Cash grades were firm. No. 2 yollow closed at 5334i)ollc. Damage reports from the southwest gave oats qulto a hit of firmness Independent Inde-pendent of other grain. High and low points for July turned out to be 341c and 3434ic. with tho close Jc net higher at 311c. Ahealthy cash demand hardened the market for provisions. The outcome for pork was a rise of 21c to 121j)inc, but In lard and' ribs the advance did not roach abovo a nickel. RANGE CF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open High Low Close May 982 993 9S 99 July SSI S9 S7i S8 Sept 872 87S 86a S7 Doc S9; S95 SSi SS3 Cora May 532 531 53 531 July 52? 53 521 521 SepL 54 531 53 531 Dec 51 512 51t 511 Oats-May Oats-May .. ..... 313 346 341 341 July 3,11 311 3ti 311 Sept 31 3 U 33i 3 1 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, steady; No. 2 rye. 98c; feed or mixing barlev. 65jS0e; fair to choice malting. 90c(5?1.01; timothy seed, $12.00; clovor. $16.00; moss pork, per barrel. ll.52 15.00; lard, per 100 pounds. 58.10: short ribs, sides (loosn). ?7.25tf?7.S7i ; short clear sides (boxed). ?S.00tfj'S.rJi. GRAIN STATISTICS. To'tal clearances of wheat and flour were equal lo 127.000 bushels. Primary receipts were 020.000 bushels, compared with 379,000 bushels the corresponding dav a vear ago. Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat. 201 cars; corn. Ill cars; oats, 290 cars; hogs. 25,000 head. |