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Show SPECULATORS TIKE PROFITS ON WHEAT Result Is Drop in Price; Crop Advices, However, Are Bullish. CHICAGO, Aug. 16. Yesterday's advance ad-vance In wheat apparently satisfied the trade for the moment, as bulges were seiz vd upon today to take profits. The result was a net loss of &c to lc. Corn closed He lower to a shade higher; oats, unchanged, and provisions irregular, from 2ac lower for December pork to 10c up ! for October ribs. The best prices for wheat were attained at-tained early In the session. Crop advices continued bullish and Liverpool was higher, and these factors " encouraged holders for the time being to hold back for a further rise. When it came, however, how-ever, there was plenty for sale, and thereafter there-after every bulge found selling orders waiting. Fluctuations covered an extreme range of ic. Some of the selling here was for the purpose of closing spreads between be-tween this market and those of the northwest. north-west. One expert in Canada telegraphed that black rust damage in Ca nada had reached its maximum. The earliest ar-rival ar-rival of new wheat ever known at Winnipeg Win-nipeg was reported. It graded number four. Corn prices covered a range of c and 1 were Influenced largely by wheat, ad-I ad-I vancing earlv and reacting later on profit-taking. profit-taking. Official weather reports fn-; fn-; eluded information that crop damage In Illinois is less than 25 per cent, and the same in Towa. i News of the oats crop was not consid-i consid-i ered significant and prices reflected the j trend in neighboring pits. Buying by soa-! soa-! board exporters was more than offset by loral profit-taking. Pro visions advanced early on liberal shipments of lard and the advance in live hogs, wi th shorts leading In t he buying, but realizing sales found little support and the gain wns mostly lost. Closing prices were at the bottom. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTDRE3. Open. High. Low. (Jlos. Wheat ' Spptembrr H .41 '4 S1.44U $I.40H December 1.4il,i 1.4S 1 .43i 1.44'i Corn Spptcnihr-r s,tv; .sfc .$3 .531; December 71 .72 '. 71 714 Oa:s September 4H- .44 .4314 .4:;b; December 4Gi -47U .46li .46's Porlr September 2G . fill 215 ,fi7 ?fi . fift 2fi . December 2.T.45 23.45 23.22 23.22 Larrt September 13. 57 13 S7 IS. 45 13.4S October 13.55 13.60 13.47 1J.47 Sep'eniber 14. SO 14. 5? 14.25 11.25 October 14 . 00 14 .00 13 . P5 13 . 05 CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat. No. 2 red, $M.Vi : No. 3 red, $1 34 ft I-4M-;: No. 2 hard, S 1.431. : No. 3 hard, $1.37 S 1 . 4 4 H . Corn. No. 2 yellow. SGSc; No. 4 yellow. S4c; No. 4 wliite, nominal. Oats. No. 3 white. iZKUc; standard, i'A'i 4 1'iC I Rye. No. 2 new, 51.15. . j Barley, 72("rF S1.05. I Timothy, nominal. Olovrr, S7.00.frl4. 50. I Pork. J27J10. I Lard. $13. 45. Ribs, $13. K5. |