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Show WEAKNESS IS SHOWN 1 THEMI PIT Fear That Government Report Re-port Will No,t Be Sufficiently Sufficient-ly Bearish in Tone. CHICAGO, Aug. 7. Selling by holders, who feared that the government crop report re-port tomorrow would not make as bullish a showing as the trade had been led to believe, had much to do today with causing caus-ing weakness in the wheat market. Prices, although unsettled at the close, were lc to 2c net lower, with September at $1.33 and December at $1.36f&1.36. Corn finished Vac to lc down, and oats off c to lc. In provisions the outcome varied va-ried from 2(S5c decline to a rise of 20c. Throughout the clay a disposition to be unusually conservative was apparent among the wheat bulls. The failure of European markets to respond to Saturday's Satur-day's closing strength on this side of the Atlantic brought about declines here at the outset, and, notwithstanding that a rally ensued, weakness again developed and was not offset later, except to a limited lim-ited degree. The transient recovery in the early dealings was the result of announcement an-nouncement that black rust had been found in every field near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where a few days ago it was authoritatively denied that there was any evidence of the presence of the pest. On the other hand, Liverpool dispatches asserted that great damage by black rust in Canada was yet unconfirmed. Liberal enlargement of the United States visible supply total emphasized gossip that foreigners were inclined to slow down on purchases temporarily and to await the Issuance of the government crop figures at Washington. It seemed that a majority of dealers here felt very uncertain also as to whether bullish forecasts fore-casts of the government report would be borne out and that the safest course was to even up trades so as to prepare for a possible surprise. Cloudy weather over Kansas, with rains in parts of Illinois, tended to weaken the corn market. At first, however, the Missouri Mis-souri monthly state crop report had a bullish influence. In oats the bears had an advantage owing to big recelpta The arrivals here today totaled 1146 carloads. Provisions averaged higher with hogs. Demand, though, was light and lard and ribs finished weak. RANGE OP THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. trheat September $1.33 ll.SSH II.32S $1.33 December 1.37V4 l.3S l.35i 1.36H Corn-September Corn-September ; .43 .84s; .8:14 December 71 .724 .704 .70 Oats Septpmher 44 .43, .44 .44 December 4TVi .4S4 .46 .47 Pork September 25 .30 25 , 50 25. 25 25 . 45 December 22.70 Lard-September Lard-September ....12.97 13.00 12.80 12.90 October 13.02 13.02 12. So 12.95 Ribs-September Ribs-September 13.72 13.72 13.52 13.70 October 13.50 13.50 13.27 13.37 CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat. No. 2 red old. $1.35I. 38: No. 3 red old. $1.341.36; No. 2 hard new, $1.34V41.36; No. 3 hard new, $1.32 1.34 . Corn, No. 2 yellow. S5HfiS6ic; No. i yellow, 34UC; No. 4 white, 84S'84M;c. ORts, No. 3 white, nominal ; standard, 4 4 '4 45c. Rye. No. 2 new, $l.O3fill.05. Barley, SiTSSc. Timothy, nominal. Clover. $7.O014.50. Pork, $26.25. Lard, 12.92. Ribs, $13. 4014 00. |