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Show PRICE RANGES FOR WHEATAE HIGHER Reaction Late in the Day, Although There Was a Gain at the Close. CHICAGO, Oct. 16. Bullish foreign conditions, con-ditions, including a decided falling oft in world shipments, made wheat prices range higher today, although a liberal increase in-crease of the United States visible supply total brought about something of a reaction re-action late in the day. The close was unsettled, un-settled, at c to c net advance, with December and May both at $1.5734. Corn finished V4,fa-c down, oats off c to c. Provisions scored gains of 5c to 55c. World shipments of wheat showed a decrease de-crease of 2,000,000 bushels, as compared with last week, and of 3,000.000 bushels at the corresponding time of 1915. The significance of the figures, as viewed by the bulls, was much accentuated owing to the fact that supplies on ocean passage pas-sage had been lessened 4,340.000 bushels in the last week, as against an increase of 6,504,000 bushels last year. Besides, reports from Argentina told of a continuance con-tinuance of the drought and referred to im interrupted enlargement of crop damage dam-age there. Smallness of spring wheat receipts re-ceipts at Minneapolis. Duluth and Winnipeg Winni-peg counted further against the bears, and so. too, did export sales estimated at 1,000.000 bushels, said to be chiefly for the British-Dutch governments. Notwithstanding that the announcement announce-ment of the United States visible supply total was followed by the chief decline of the day in the wheat market, the setback set-back did not overcome all of the previous previ-ous gains, and there was a rally in progress prog-ress when the final gong brought trading to a halt. It was noticed that on the breaks some I of the buying of future deliveries appeared ap-peared to be for European account. ! Corn was depressed by selling from speculators, who at the same time were buying oats and who contended that despite de-spite nig stocks oats were at too heavy a ; discount under other grain. The visible supply figures, however, seemed in the end more than the oats market could stand. With abundant foreign business in sight, the provision trade ignored lower quotations on hogs. Offerings of lard were notably scarce. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat Dec. . ..J1.57"i SU5SV $1,573,4 Jl-ST-Ti May . .. 1.57T4 1.5SV4 1.57 1.57 Corn Dec 76i .771.4 ..76 .76 May . .. .78 .78 .7SV4 .7S Oats-Dec Oats-Dec 4774 .481.4 .47U .47 May .. . .1 .51 .50 .50 Pork-Dec. Pork-Dec. . . .23.20 2.80 23.20 23.80 Jan. . . .23.35 23. SO 23.35 23.80 Lard Jan. . ..136.0 13.72 13-b'O 13.72 Ribs Oct 13.92 Jan. . ..12.65 12.72 12.60 -12.72 CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat. No. 2 red, $1.571.59: No. 3 red, $1.521.57; No. 2 hard, ?1.601.62; No. 3 hard, $1.55i1.60. Corn, No. 2 yellow, 90VSffi'91Uc; No. 4 yellow, 88??89c: No. 4 white, SfUc. Oats, No. 3 white, 46fa)46c; standard, 464 fS 474c. Rve, No. 2. St.25Ol.2514. Barlev, 73ctfrS1.14. Timothy. S3.505.35. Clover, $U.0015.00. Pork, J2S.F0. Lard, $15.27. Ribs, $13.6J14.00. |