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Show ADVANCE II WHEAT SUCCEiHY DROP Fall Caused by Discovery That Rumors of Flour Purchases Pur-chases Were Groundless CHICAGO Oct 7 W heat prices re ceded from an ad ance today after d b covery that efforts to buy large amounts of flour ostensibly for the French and Belgian go em me nts had been withou authority The market closed unsett ed at the same as last night to ic up Co n gained iQic to iIo net, and oats i&lc to Ic, In provisions the outcome varied from lOo decline to a rise of 20c Bullish figures In the government crop report regarding wheat came too bUe to affect today s market, the early strength In which wan due mainly to higher quo tatlons at Liverpool, to a decrease in the European visible supply and to unfavorable unfavor-able advices a bout se ed 1 ng In France Belgium and elsewhere. Reactions set In however when the fact began to be apparent that export business was not developing unusual volume, even when offers were made at a decided conce-s on In nrlce, "what made the backward swing of values conclusive as to wheat was the announcement that big tentati e sales of flour from American and CanaJiai mi In to a supposed representative of t e French a nd Belgia n armies were b g canceled The aj-reigate of the dL ed Hed sales was saki to be fully 2,000 ) sacks. Corn made onlv K temporary dip In rc sponse to tie setback shown in wl eat Wet weather threatening to delay e celpts was partly respon le for t strength of the n arket and so also wa a tend en y to e en up t adtfc a t pa tion of the go er n ent rop repo t Tl e Wathlngt n est In ate w i h arri ed Just after 11 ? lose pro ed howe er be nore bear sh I an 1 ud been expc ttx Oats reflet ted I a n ode rale wa t e renewal of a liberal demand from the ea I nard It was su d t iat one pur ae from FYs ce amounted to 400 oo bust els l.arge rece pts of I ogs at western ce ters weakened the prolslon market Buying on t o part of packers, tl ough had a stead ins; effect after the deUlne RANOB Or TRK US AD! NO rTC1lE3. WVt OMO. ITtci. Lnw Clo UJ 1 14 1 US 1 US Cro Hoc H S T Mar h 0 Cw tenet te-net H S Mtr &i P b W. CASH QUOTATIONS. wtttftt na. i nd, t a.eiM No 2 II O601 4 Core Vo. 1 TO ow 7 No. to Oatfr-walt 4e94C4c staadonl. 4CHe? Ryo-No s r fUriy-4U70r TimoUr W OtHLK r oTin ooh oo. Po k-l 00 lird .. |