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Show iflGlT , M CHICAGO BOHR!) Drags Through Early Hours of Trading, but Makes Good Recovery. CHICAGO, June 2$. Wheat, after drap-cins- through the early hours, had a good rr-. overv in the later trading. The close was sterulv, with Jutv (i-c lower at ? 1.00 ';; 1.004. while yeptemher was S 'iC lower al $1.0-1 -5-Vl.O-m. December fin-i.siiod fin-i.siiod u hlsher at $1.0, s. Corn, v.-hiL-h had dragged with wheat, flnished at - an advance of from c. to '2' ',-. white oats closed from a shade X higher to 3.hc lower, with provisions ranR-in ranR-in from h: higher for July pork to a decline de-cline of Km. Wheat moved in an erratic course, with several sharp breaks, which carried July prices to Vic of the low mark of the sreapon and a rally nt the finish which touched the hish mark of the day. Sentiment Sen-timent was bearish and there was evidence evi-dence of overselling on the declines. Ele-nior Ele-nior interests invested in July and sold September crain at 3 Vic to $c difference. differ-ence. Improved harvesting conditions In the southwest, with fair yields from Oklahoma Okla-homa threshing, contributed to the bear- . ish view of the market. At no time was the trading heavy. Kxport business continued con-tinued to concentrate largely on the Canadian Ca-nadian grain, though the seaboard intimated inti-mated that there was some Inquiry for hard winter wheat.' Corn was sold heavily early in the day and prices, which had been forced down, reacted when the pressure was removed.' touching the highest point in the last hour. Demand for July and September, which developed, forced early sellers to cover. Sentiment in the oats pit was generally general-ly bearish with good crop reports and a. notably large available stock. Export houses accumulated supplies of July, while commission houses sold the near month and invested in the September delivery. de-livery. Provisions were active at a lower average. av-erage. Shipments of meat were large and lard and ribs were disposed of In considerable consid-erable amounts. There was expectation of heavy buying by the government for army use. Lower prices on live hogs were reflected fn the provision prices, alt of which, with the exception of July porfc 1 closed at a decline. CLOSE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. WlN-at, .itily, S1.00H: September. $1.04. Corn, July, 7Sc ; September, 7Sc. Oats. July. 30'ic: S?pt(-mbr. 38Hc. Pork, July, 524.75; September, J24.32. Lard. July, $13.00; Septembar. 513,37. Ribs. July, JlG.aS: September, 113.29. CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat, No. 2 red, nominal; No. t red, 99c; No. 2 hard, $1.02; No. 3 hard. SeOSe. Corn, No. 2 yellow, nTTc; No. 4 yellow, nominal; No. 4 white, 74c. Oats, No. 3 white, 3Si40c; staadard, 40Viff41c. Rye, nominal. Parley, OOfiT-Jc. Timothy. JS.7.".. Clover. J7.0Ogl3.0O. Pork, S23.7r.-ij24.75. Lard, $13.02. ; Ribs, $I3.2;-.13.S5. |