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Show WHEAT FALLS BACK ID CLOSES WEAK Corn and Oafs Also Off; Black Rust Bugaboo Receives Ns Quietus. CIIICACO. July 21. The black rust bugaboo was banished from tho wheat pit this afternoon and so was the fear of Canadian frost. With traders deciding that, for the time being, neither menace would prove serious, the market fell back and there was a weak closing, ?c to J Ec under Inst night. Final salon left com lo to 1c down, oats off lc to 11c. and hog products varying from the level of 24 hours before to 30c advance. In regard to black rust. It was said bv a leading expert that the velvet chaff variety of wheat, in which the dreaded blight had been nt work, had matured probably enough to be exempt from much nclual damage. As for tho frost scare further northwest, advices were received thnt the weather In the Cnnndlan northwest north-west had hecome Ideal. Gradual buvlng power, which earlier In tho day had unshed nrlces higher, seemed to give out and the market sngged. Foreigners were still large bidders, but were lc to 2c out of line. World shipments were estimated esti-mated at nearly 4.000.000 bushels In excess ex-cess of the corresponding tlmo a vear ago. During tho session September ranged from SSc to S9ic, closing 4(Q"gc net lower at SS$SSlc. Rofnsal of eastern buyers to follow an advance in corn nulled down that cereal. September fluctuated between G41c and Gojc, with the close weak at 643c. a not loss of 2c. Cash grades wero llrm. No. 2 yellow finished at G5(ffG5Sc Threshing returns in oats proved increasingly in-creasingly favornble. High and low points for September were 42?c and 4Uc. with last trade Kcf'llo down at 4IKfD8c. A considerable shortage In September nork resulted In that option being sjiarn-Iv sjiarn-Iv advanced. At the end of the dav 30e of tho gnln waa still held and for the rest of the list the market kept on an even keel. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open. High. Low. Close. Juy SI? S71 Si? SGI lly S54 8G5 S5J SGI Sept SS? S9A SS SSk P,eo 92 921 91 91? May :iG 9GK 954 95i Corn I -'lily 63 G4s 63i G3 feept G5 G5J G41 64S C-CC 62 G2E 612 Gil May CI G4J 638 G3J Oats' July .... ., 428 42K 403 402 Sopt .. 423 42S ' 41 J ii: Lec I4X -1 IS 43 131 May 47 47 15J 45 CASH QUOTATIONS. Flour firm; No. 2 Rye S1S2: feed or rrlxlng barlev 70S2; fair to choice malting malt-ing 105114; flax seed. No. 1 Southwestern Southwest-ern nominal; No. 1 Northwestern nominal; nom-inal; Tim.nhy ieed S9.00&13.50: clover 39.00(5)15.50; mess pork, per bbl. 16.371 16.50; Lard, per 100 lbs, S.71i; short ribs, sides, (loose) 7.628.375; short clear sides, (boxed) S.25S".37J. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearances of wheat and flour wcto equal to 241.00C bit. Exports for the week, as shown by Bradstrcct's wero equal to 1 .077,000 bti- Primary receipts were 1.599,000 bu.. compared with $11,000 bu. the corresponding day a year ago. I'Mimatcd receipts for tomorrow: wheat 592 cars; corn 7S cars; oats 175 cars;i hogs 13,000 head. Boston Wool Market. BOSTON. July 21. The Commercial Bullolln will say of the wool market tomorrow: to-morrow: There has been ouite a spurt in the Boston wool market and the mills have taken on considerable wool, although few large Individual lines have been moved, possibly only one. This Involved a scoured line of four bales Oregon, running originally In the grease over a million pounds. It is said. The price Is understood to have been 51(J?52 cents. Some original Montana (old wool) and more or less new clip original territory has sold, especially fair sijsed lines of good Idahos. reported at about 53 cents, clean basis. There Is some call for fleeces, also a lino of quarter blood Ohio selling at 231c and unwashed delaines at 24fT'25c. Michigan delaine has sold as low at 22ic. Missouri braid and common brought 21Jc. Foreign wool Is dull, except for odd lots of East Indians, which are unchanged In price. Evaporated Fruits. NEW YORK. July 21. Evaporated apples ap-ples are largely nominal owing to the small stocks, but the tone of the market is very firm, on the snot fancy arc quoted at 17(gilSc; choice, liijc; good to prime, lilc Prunes are firm in sympathy with the west, quotations ranging from 9c to loic for Callfornlas up to 30-40s and 113 l3e for Oregons from SOs lo 30s. Apricots are quiet and only about steady. Choice. 15c; ex Ira choice. 15!g 10c; fancy, lGi'S117c. Poaches are dull nnd featureless. Choice. Oitfnoe: extra choice, 1010ic; fancy. 10illc. Raisins are inactive and generally steady. Loose muscatels are at 14!tfT17c: choice to fancy seeded, Sif?9c; seedless. 5SITG3C; London Inyers. 51.40(1.45. New York Produce. NEW YORK. July 21 Flour was quiet, with prices lower to eell. Receipts, 25.000 barrels; shipments, 35.300 barrels. Wheat SpoL Irregular; No. 2 red, now, OOJc elevator and 92e f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth. ?1.0SJ f. o. b. afloat. Futures market was firm during the early operations on further rust damage dam-age reports and the cables, but sagged off under realizing and on large receipts and a less active export demand, closing AgJe net lower. July closed at 913c; September Septem-ber closed at 931c; December closed at 9GJc. Receipts. 153,600 bushels; shipments. ship-ments. 2I.S7G bushels. Hops firm. Hides quiet Petroleum steady. Wool quiet. Raw sugar firm; muscovado, S9 test. 3.86c; centrifugal. 96 tost. 4.36c; molasses sugar. 89 test, 3.61c; refined steadv. Money Market. NEW YORK. July 21. Close: Prime mercantile paper, 4 to 41 per cent. Sterling exchange weak, with actual business in bankers' bills at 54. SI. 75 for sixty-day bills and at 54. SR. 15 for de-mnnd. de-mnnd. Commercial billF. Si. Si. 25. Money on call, steady. 2I7'2! per cent: ruling rate. 23 per cent; closing bid. 2 per cent; offered at 21 per cent. Time loans quiet; for sixty days, 233 per cent; for ninety days. 22(3 per cent; for six months. 325?33 per cent. Bar silver. 523 cents. Mexican dollars. 45 centf. Government bonds, steady. Railroad bonds, steady. Coffee Futures Steady. NEW YORK. July 21 Cottci futures closed steady, not 2 points lower to 9 higher. Sales 53.750 bags. July. ll.GPc; August. 11.4Rc; September. 11.30c: October. Octo-ber. 10.9Cc; November, lO.SOc: December, January and February. 10.G4c; March, April. 10.65c: May, 10.66c: June, 10.67c. Spot coffee steady. Rio No. 7. 133c: Santos No. 4. 13Jc. Mild coffee quiet. Cordova 14Plfic nominal. |