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Show ACTIVE BUYIHG OF WHEATjfJ CHICAGO Price Reaches Highest Point of the Season; Corn Up and Oats Down. CHICAGO, April 20. Active buying of j wheat resulted today from crop damage In Kama a and because of diminishing stocks both in the IntorJor and al the seaboard. Tho market, In consequericCi made . net gain of He to ii'- Corn fln-Ished fln-Ished -it ..it advance of a shade to lflc up, .i;ii;: lc t.. ljc down The clos4 lefl provisions unchanged to l14c below. W heal closed firm at the highest point of the season, despite profit -taking. New Investors Absorbed all Ihe offerings anil took no heed of Warnings thai it was s case of the eleventh hour. Julj ranged from 11.001 to $1,091, closing al $1.090 1.091, Jusl 11(9 i it- above last night. Shorts ran up the price of corn, but realising on the p;'rt of longs took the edge off tljr market later. July ranged between 761c and 77i:, with the close Bteady at 76c, a net gain or a shade Cash corn was lower. NO 2 yellow was not quoted. Indications seemed clear that the lead-In;; lead-In;; loners In May oats wore abandoning t.hcir position upper and lower levels .touched by Julj were 54lc and oio. with final sales at 541c, a loss of The provisions trade had a heavy tone. Inspired by larr receipts of llOgB, Pork showed tho chief decline al the close, 10c tf. I0j J.: RANOH OF THE LBAOINQ FUTUP.ES. ttltrat Openlag. lllgh3t. Lowest. Cloning May 1.14 1.16 1 14 1 in .luly . 1.00 l.4", 1.00 1.09 .Sept 1.06 1.06 LOG 1 M Co i n May 7S 7S'4 7H'i 74'. July 77 77', 7i', 7S "'nn' 7"' 7.Vi 74; 74 Oats-Ms Oats-Ms y o? ."7i ft -4 July r.4i M-i S4' Sept 43-t, 4-, 4:i',4 4S'i OASH QUOTATIONS, Cic-h nunlatloiiH were hm follows: PIOOT, atSSdyi winter .Htialghls. :sny4.0i. re, N.,. 3, tW'.ic-. barley, feed or niixlnx. 88cBL05: fair to ( liol.-e nialliiiic. 81.S391.38; timothy fceetj. 16.00913.00; .-lover lead, 816.00030:60: mtM pork, 1 18.1 3 j l.2-i- laid, in in-i.e.;, J10.I.'., Fhort rib?, loose, 87 CRMS' STATISTICS. ToijtI cloaianoes of wbest and flour were ei(u..i to l47.Cr.io busbols. Primary receipts were jst.ooo bushels, cuiupatcd Willi IS.!. OOP bushels the cor-: cor-: ' i "...liiiir iIhv :i year ago. t: tlniMlcl rccelpta for Monday : Wl.rui 11 . r, corn, 41 car- oats, TI7 can.: hop. I'.,(00 head. Flax, Oats and Rye. MINNEAPOLIS, April 20. Flax, $2.13J i - 161 Barley, 70c$1.3O. Na '! 'elltw corn. 80181c. No. 8 whit.- oats. ";." 6c. No. 2 rye. Sflv-ni Bran, in 100-pound sacks, $24.0024.50 New York Money. NEW YORK. April 20 Money on call, nominal. Time loans easier; sixty days and rdno-ty rdno-ty days, oi'j.ia per cent, six months, 3' to 4. Prime mercantile paper, 41 to 4J. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in hankers' bills at SI.S':.;;u for sixty day hills and at $4.87.30 for demand. Commercial bills, $4,841. Mexican dollars, 17c. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds Irregular. Coffee Futures Steady. NEW YOIiK. April 20 Coffee dosed io to 17 points higher; April. i.".k.7c; May, I3.70c; June, 13.78c; duly, 18.86c; August, 18.88c; September, i".92c, October, 13.90c; November, 13,88c; December, r; 4.-. spot, nuiet. nio No. 7. l-ijc; Santos No. 4 I6c; mild, quiet; Cordova, L6j9I81c, nominal. Condition of Treasury. WASHINGTON, April 20. A i the i-glnnlng i-glnnlng of business todaj the condition of the United Slates treasury was: Working balance In treasure offices .$ 64,192,818 In hanks and Philippine treasury treas-ury 31,485,526 Total balance In general fund 124,772,819 On Unary receipts yesterday. 2,150.592 Ordinary disbursements . .. 8,362,688 The deficit to date this fiscal year 15,'8f.ii49 Deficit at this time last year. 954,930 These figures exclude Panama canal and public debt transactions. 1IVESTOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO, Apni 20. Cattle Etecelpts, 200; market steady; beeves $5.608.75; Texas steers, $4.7606,10; wi-tern steers! I $5.6007.10; stockera ami feeders, 84.304 j fu; cows and hif-rT, $8i60O4.10 ealves, MI.V, ..-,11 Uogs Receipts, L4JD0O; market dullt 5c lower, light. $7.604J)7.87l; tolefj. $7.C5fj 7.96; heavy, 87.6007 971: rough, 7 ?o 7 7" piss-, $1 8607.10; bulk Of ;:alep, $7.8007.90 Sheep Receipts, IROOi market stead! native, $4.0006.50; western. $4.2607.00: searlinxK. $5.9007.26; iambs, native, J.t.2". 97.86 western (G 60 Q s.'iO. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, April 20. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 100; no southerns; market steady; native str-ers, $6.5008.00: southern SteerS, $6.0008.00; southern tows and heifers. (4.0006.25; native cows and heifers, $4.60 08.00; packers and feeden $4.7507.40; ! bulls. $4.5006.50; calves, $5.0006.00; western west-ern steers, $6.0008.2' western cows, $4.00 06.25. lloge Receipts. 200u. market , to 10c lower; bulk of sales. $7.5007.90; heavy, $7.8007.96; packers and butchers, 17. 70ft 7.90 llsht, $7.4007.76; pls, $6.7506.76. Slicf-p Re'-eipts, none, market Steady; muttons, $4.2006.50; lambs, $6.5008.05: feri wethers nd yearlings, $4.5007.10; fed ewes, .'0i 6.00, Omaha. SOUTH OMAHA, Neb.. April 2" -Cattle Receipts, 100; market steady. Native -ter-rs. $5.9008.40; cows aud heifers. $8.75 1 97.26; Western Steers, S4.S0Cf?. 7.40; Texas1 steers. $t.40'rr6.3c tango is and heifers. t8.250O.8Oi canners, $5.7504.16; stockera and feeders, $4.4007.20; calves, $407.50; buds atiiKS. etc., .l-b "..50. Hogi Recefpta, 11.000: tmikrt LOc to I6c lower Heavy, $, .!i"f7 7.7:, mKed. $7.."o V7 7 . 60 -. light, $7.4007.65; pigs, M0T.6O; bulk of sales, $7.0001 86. Sheep R - Ipts, 100; market steady. Vearlhrgs $6.O01 wethers, $8:900 i.6i'"i cwf, y'n !nmli. J.i".10. New York Produee. NEW Vnl;K, A.iil W. Flour- firm bul .piiet. Spriiift patents, $6.5505.80; winter straights, $4:6O047Oi Wheat i'pot. strong; No 2 red, $1.21 .-e,-attn extrt basis to UTTlve and filial t. ... b. afloat. Tic- market Closed etrona and lc to lO not higher Mav t loeed ai $1 22i: July, sji.i w. Beptembert $l.to. Hops Ouiet; state, common to choice, 1911. 30040c; 1910, nominal PaolDa coast, 1911, 41044c; 1 9 10, nominal. tildes- Bteady; Centra America, 2ie; foifof.'t. .';;. t-j mi--. j-et roietjip -Steady: refined. New York, barrels, $8.46; bulk, Nsw York. $4.86: refined, re-fined, Philadelphia, barrels, ?k.i:: hulk. $4 85. Wool -Steady -. domeatia fleece NX I Ihto, 29o. Raw sugar, steady; ItToacovado, B8 test, S.61c; centrlfuenl, fit! tct. lib; inoktsses sugar, ,89 test, 3.86c; rc-tiii.i sugar, steady. St. Louis Wool. st LOUIS, April 20. Wool Stead : medium grades, combing and clothing, 201021c; light ime. 16019c; heavy line, 12''. 16c; tub-washed, 87080c. Evaporated Fruits. --r-.tv TORK Apni 20 Evaporated apple, ap-ple, iteady: sit. faitry, 910lOe; ckoieei sitfOf : prime, 7l0fg. Br'ssl p-mes. nominal; flotations ranpe from . to for altfomlat up to r.ft-40'. and ' i Q 1 1 roi Oregons. rprlcota, unchanged; (diolee, KfcMie, ryirn choTce, ir.r fan.-;., ir.eifjc. Peaehea steady i diolce, lOl01Oc; fan. . 1 fi7 15. Kvt I rtaisins, weak, loose mnscatels, h&n ; choice t" fancj seeded, ni tr 7 ! ; Reenles, 689 '': . London layers; $1 108 L45, Cotton Market. NBW YORK, April 20.- Cotton closed steady. net 17 to 19 points higher. |