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Show COUNTRY OFFERINGS I BEflfijLEHT Wheat Values Drop at Chi cago, Corn and Oats Fol low the Leader CHICAGO Dec 8 Larger country -of ferings In the northwest anally ga e the advantage to tbe bears today in v. heat after the market had passed through many more upa and downs than usual Prlcjss finished weak 7id le o lc net lower with December at ill H and Ma at tl 16 Com closed c o down, oats off a shade to Vc and provisions arying from &c decline to a rise of lac Wheat values underwent right at the start a setback In consequence of lover quotations from I verpool. and beca se of bearish crop ad I -cs from Australia and Arge tl a. A sharp! rally ensued however influenced to faome extent by bullish estimates regarding the decrease in the acreage of winter wheat seeded In tl e United States Afterward the market fluctuated rapidly within a range of 1c but not for anv long time fa on g clt! er the opponents or the friends of an ad vance, as compared with yesterdays latest figures. Europesn demand for wheat assumed larger proportions tl an has re entlv been tbe case the amounts purchased toda aggregating 700 000 1 uthe s but most of the total was said to he t 3c under the Chicago Mas price the widest discount so far on tbe 1916 rop Corn re ei ed good support but failed to o ercorne t e bearish effe t of the breaks In the vl eat market Pii e changes In oats appeared to be governed almost wholly v tl e action of other cereals Flcvatdr stocks here were Increasing Provisions ra ged higher all day except Just at the lose whe buvlng power seemed to have become at least temporarily tempo-rarily eTl a sted RANGE OF THE LrADING FUTURLS. Open High Low Close Wheat-December Wheat-December U 16 tl 1 4 tl 14 1 lOJi May 1 1 1 18 1 16H 1 16 torn December li 694 6 08 May 71 71 L omber 43 4131 4 T Vi May 46 46 45 45:1.4 Januarr 1' l1 07 19 1S 60 May 18 19 00 18 45 IS 4o angary" 87 10 00 fl TO 9 0 May 0 lo 10 10 9 17 9-9 In ua y 1" 0 0 8 ' SI May 0 o 10 3 10 0 10 10 t ASH QUOT TIONs V I eat No 2 red tl 1 No red J !61 19 No hard nominal No 3 o No c Oft old V No 4 jelow no v C66j 0 No 4 vhl e no 6 Si 67 Oats No 3 wh e 4 4 standard 44A44 R e. No 1W e 64 Tl no j $6 OOffl lo er tlO nOW 0 ok t $1 6 F bs. $10 5 |