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Show WHEAT GOES HIGHER M FOREIGN ORDERS Optimistic Feeling Regarding Regard-ing War Loan; Trend of Provisions Downward. CHICAGO, Sept. 1.6. Notable strength developed in the wheat market today ae a result of reports that foreigners were active buyers and because of substantial substan-tial progress asserted to have been made in the negotiations for the Anglo-French billion-dollar loan. Prices closed buoyant at JSc to Sici net advance, with December Decem-ber at 96&t- and May at 994i9ie. Corn gained a shade to He and oats 3c to iSfSJic (to provisions the outcome was j Egd to- 27c net decline. It was not until wheat had suffered a materia'! decline lhat the market began to display a tendency toward a decided upward swing. Better weather conditions condi-tions foi threshing and shipping the spring crop had given the bears a temporary tem-porary adva ntage, but the effect disappeared disap-peared when gossip was heard lhat Europeans Eu-ropeans were purchasing at a rather lively rate hoth cash wheat and future deliveries. Optimistic rumors In regard to Improved chances of success for the billion -dollar loan and as ro the use of much of the proceeds in buying American products other than war munitions led toward a great increase in bullish sentiment senti-ment and to an uninterrupted advance during the rest of the day. September wheat felt the tightening of prices more severly than was the case regarding other options. The reason was that there seemed to be no limit to the demand for track Jots of wheat available avail-able for spot de'i' -'ry and lliat arrivals here remained uii.snally small for this season of tlie year.' The actual amount of ca s I i co h t rac t wheal in store in Chi cago today was only 24,000 bushels. Corn was helped upward by the strength of wheat. At first, however, the market was easy, owing to the warmer tempera tvires prevailing. ' In the oats trade, wet weather delaying delay-ing threshing and shipping was a source of firmness as soon as other cereals lurned upgrade. Country offerings were small. Provisions went lower In sympathy with a decline in the hog market. Announcement Announce-ment that the British government had confiscated most of the long-interned cargoes of meats and lard had no apparent appar-ent effect upon the market here. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Wheat Open. High. Low. Clone, Sept I1.00H $1.03 $1 .SW'-t SI. 03 Dec 93T-i .96V4 .934 .9B Mai' - 97Va .H7 .99 Coin D,ec 56V .5TSJ -a6, .57 May pT .hS .57i .58 4 Oats t8" 35 .3fik .36 .S6 May ,... .38H -M?i -38 .38 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Wheal . No. 2 red. nominal ; No. 3 red. $1.15 : No. 2 hard, nominal : No. " hard. ' l "r-'(i : ' i Com, No. 2 yellow. 77Q77VeG No. 4 white. 74'c. Oats, No. :i whltn. 34Q3So; standard. 3Sc. ftye. No. 2. !6(?96Vic. Barley. 50(6ni Timothy. $5.5008'. 00, Clover, Sll.OOfiiKi.OO. Pork. $12.47. Lara, js.ons.oa. Ribs. 57.50e8.25. |