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Show WHEAT MIKET WEAK ST SESSION'S CLOSE Stories of Export Sales Prove to Have Little Foundation Founda-tion in Fact. CHICAGO, July 3. Persistent rumors that a large amount of export business had been done gave tho bulls control of the wheat market today, but the resulting result-ing gain largely disappeared when urgent ur-gent inquiry failed to show that the stories had much basis In fact. Latest prices were relatively weak, but c to ic over last night. Corn finished 1c off to ic up; oats a shade lower to ilc advance, and provisions varying from 10c decline to a gain of 12ic. Heavy selling on the advance In the wheat pit shook the confidence of buyers. S&Peclally during the Ia3t half hour. Only aO.000 bushels could be confirmed as actually ac-tually having been sold here for export and there was decided skepticism about alleged foreign buying In Kansas and New Tork. Tt was also brought out that the weather practically everywhere northwest had been showery and cool and that there was no new distress In sight for the spring crop. Corn scored a fair advance because of predicltions of a lighter movement from the interior and on account of chinch bug damage In Kansas nnd Illinois. Fine weather, though, and a disposition to curtail risks over tho holldavs acted later as an offset Oats followed the general course of other prain. but kept Insido nar?V 1!mits- w'th trade light, i , !olt,efs of rovIslonK took advantage of Higher hog prices and realized profits in a vigorous manner. Eventually most of the active options were under la3t night's level. TIA.VOE OF LEAPING KCTURE3. Whet open IlUh. Iw. Clne. J'uy jo p!) srt son mi son poti SI'i Di; 53U 53? Com ub; cm .; m fiitj S,pt 2?i r,2H :n Dfc?,t w M MM lulr 1114 uk m us Spl 43'i ISIJ 4:V 42!1 Dec 4t; mi IIH CASH QUOTATION'S. Wheat No. J red. J3ff0c; No. 3 red. 903'Mc: No. I hard. MiQWtc: No. 3 liard. JOffOl'.Sc; No. 1 northern. 93-; 17554c: No. 2 northern 92'ffDtcT No. 3 northnrn. Mft92e: No. 5 aprlnc D2Mc: No. 3u.pl1f' 90-r- No. sprlnu. SlffSOc; velvet chaff. Sotfoir: Ounim. JOtysSr. Corn No. 2, fWSW.lc: No. 2 whlto. C4c: No 2 yellow. e3Jt?3c' No. 3. 6:Jr,2'v;c: No. 3 xhltf. fi34a;c; No. 3 yellow. 62'l1T62Slc: No I. 69ifiGlc; No. I white, U4ffc: No. 4 yellow, OnUi No. ; white. 43Uc; No. X whlln. lli 4:'.;c; No. A 37c: No. A white. 4!ff41Uc; standard. stan-dard. I2il3c. Ry No. 2. n506:c. Darlcy 32ftG4e. Timothy- J3.7f.ft4. "5. Clover Nominal. Pork J22.0O. Iird Jll.4!;ffH.7tS. Ribs til. 62ttfM:.!5. |