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Show WHEAT STRONGER I OH FOH CABLES I Demand in the Pit Is Good ; Corn and Oats Ruled by the Bears. . H PROVISIONS FEEL EFFECT H ' OF ANTI MEAT AGITATION Extent of Movement Is Great Enough to Have Much In- fiueiiee on Prices. .i H By Associated I'icps- CHICAGO, .ran. 22. Wheat ntlcd higher here today, influenced by strong foreign cables and a good demand. Corn, IH and oats fell off on heavy selling pres-sure. pres-sure. Provisions largely affected by the widespread agitation against high meat prices, declined materially. In the wheat pit a well-defined ad-vancc ad-vancc at the start kept its hold on the market throughout the session. Prices during the day moved over a range of from 1-2 to 7-Sc. One of the principal factors in the advance was foreign cables telling of higher prices for tho grain in Liverpool and Argentine. A comparative falling off in arrivals added to the bullishness. Jay touched $1.1 L 7-S and later dropped to $1.11, closing strong at 5-St(73lc higher than yester-day's yester-day's final figures at $1.11 3-S(5H-2. Cora prices started comparatively strong, helped by the ndyaiicing wheat market. Weakness induced by a flood of selling orders from tho larger com-mission com-mission concerns carried prices down over a range of from 7-Sc to .1 1-Sc. The close was weak at nearly the low poiutg of the day with Mav 5-Se lower than yesterday at OS l-S(al--tc. Trade in oats exhibited the general characteristics of the corn market, ad-vnncing ad-vnncing early and falling off later. Mav touched -IS 7-Sc and fell off to -JSc, clos-ing clos-ing at :!Sf7 I-S. 3-S&1-!!c lower than the previous final quotations. A noticeable effect of the countrv-wide countrv-wide agitation against high meat prices was seen in a marked decline in pro-vision pro-vision values. .lanunry pork closed at $20.t0, nie lower; lard at, $12 15. 30c lower, and ribs at $ 1 1.52 i 2 kc lower than yesterday's final figures. Liquida-tion Liquida-tion aud short, selling was the order of the day in provisions and the future de-dined de-dined to a close, ranging from l-zc to 50c lower than yesterday-. The final prices for ray products wtre: Pork $21.25, lard $I1.S5, ribs $11.37 V RANGE OF THE IEADING FUTURES. "hcat Onen. Ulch. Low., Clo$ May . a.ltj l.n; 1.11 1.112 .Inly 1.0:'j 1.02i 1.012 1.02 Sept. . HSJ OSi ' D7i 01 g Corn May .' il!H Mi HSi S; July 6SX lis; fill fiv; Sept 6$h GSi t7g 672 Oats May -ts; -is; -ts m July 15 t.'i -Hi lli -M Sept Ml IS 1H -112 .Mess pork, per barrel Jan '.'1.10 21.10 20.00 110.00 May 21.65 21.70 21.-5 21.25 July 21.60 21 .03 21.25 21.2" Lard, per 100 nounds Jan 12.27a 12.271 12.15 12.15 May 12.024 12.02i 11. S5 11 $.1 IH July 11.02a ll.r2i 1T.773 11 77J Short ribs, per lOu pound" Jan 11.70 11.70 11.50 11. 52i Mav 11.55 11.55 11.371 U.:;71 July 11.15 11.15 11.273 11.71 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows- Flour. firm; winter patents. 55.205.70: straicrhts, $5.005.10; sprin? slniiqlits. $ t.fi5C4-t.00: bakers. ?::.20ii5.;:b; No. 2 rye. 70H: feed or mlxinp barley. nrtfTCfc: fair to eholeu maltlncr. 70fi7-te: No. 1 southwestern tiajc seed. $2.11; No. 1 uorthwcsleru, 52 21: timothy seed. St. 055 1.10: elover. $14.70; mess pork, per barrel. $21.25(!ji21.50; lard, per 100 pounds. ?l2.15rfi 12.17J: short ribs. 'H sld".s (loose), $11. 25ff 11.75; aliott clear sides (boxed). $12.1212.25. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clcarauec of wheat and (lojr IH wore equal to 23P0 bushels. Primno' re-pejpts re-pejpts were 5S2.000 buslicls. compared with :;fnj.000 bushels the eorrfsnondlns' day a vcar aero. Mstlmatod receipts for Mondav. AYheat. It ears; corn. ISO cars; IH oat.s. m ears; lu;s. 12 000 head. JM |