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Show SEE-SAW GAME IN THE IIETJOfi WHEAT Close of Day Finds Prices About the Same as at the Beginning. CHICAGO, July 26. Notwithstanding that, owing to a renewal of unfavorable temperatures in the black rust territory, wheat prices today made a transient display dis-play of strength, the market later weakened weak-ened as a result of heavy selling, based on theories that the crop losses in sight had been discounted as much as need be. Prices closed unsettled at $1.191.19 for September and $1.221.23 for December, De-cember, with the market as a whole off to fgMc up, as compared with yesterday's yes-terday's finish. The outcome in corn ranged from c decline to 5c advance, ad-vance, oats closed 14 c to c down and provisions varying from unchanged figures fig-ures to a setback of 12Vc. ; So far as the character of crop advices was concerned, the wheat bulls had the advantage throughout. At the start demand, de-mand, was especially active and even excited ex-cited over a prospect that field conditions condi-tions northwest might become much worse !n short order. Most of the reports ind fen ted that the pest was increasing in Manitoba and there was word from a leading authority that because of blight the yield in Saskatchewan would undergo a big shrinkage as compared with last y6ar. Damage reports from North Dakota Da-kota became more and more numerous, and a portion of Minnesota near the Canadian Ca-nadian border was also said to have been severely hit by black rust. Advances in price, however, only enlarged the selling by traders, who had taken the position that even if the damage was fully as serious as appeared to be the case the situation no longer justified any further upturns at present. Strength in the Winnipeg market led to something of a rally in wheat prices here just before the close. The sole con-s'equence, con-s'equence, though, was to leave Chicago quotations finally at almost the identical level as had been the rule twenty-four hours before. Corn prices receded to some -extent when the wheat market turned weak. Previously corn tended to advance sharply, sharp-ly, being influenced in the main by widespread wide-spread lack of moisture, accompanied by extreme heat. Oats eased off despite announcement that 800,000 bushels had been sold here for export. Country offerings were said to have shown an increase. Provisions gave way under liberal selling sell-ing by longs. There was a noticeable absence ab-sence of support by influential traders. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat Seotember -J-OU $1.196 December 1.23 .24 1.21 1.22 Corn-September Corn-September .70 .79H .71 .78H December 68 .6Si .67 .68 Onts September 41V4 .41 .40. .41 December 43 .43V3 A2 .42 Pork-July Pork-July 26.25 September 24.S7 24.95 24.60 24.80 September 12.80 12. SS 12.67 12.70 October 13.77 12.70 12 70 Ribs July 13.55 1S.R5 13.32 13.32 September 13.55 13.55 13.40 13.42 CASH QUOTATIONS. "Wheat, No. 2 red, old. Jl.241: No. 3 red, new, S1.231.24'4; No. 2 bard, old,' $1.1S 1.22c; No 4 hard, new, J1.2I. Corn, No. 2 yellow, 83HST'S4ic; No 4 yellow 73frfSlVjc; No. 4 white. 7"flaS0Uc. Oats. No. 3 white, 40413ic; standard, 42 2c. Rye. nominal. Barley. 65(5? 75 c. Timothy. $S.2.). Clover. $7.00fi 14.00. Pork, $2".oflrfi26.65. Lard, S12.70. Ribs, $13.12' 13.72. |