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Show f DECIDED -ADVAKCE : IN WHEAT VALUES Report That Foreigners Are Again Buying Pushes the Price Upward. CHICAGO, Dec. 5. Reports that for-elsners for-elsners were buyers brought ahout a decided de-cided advance today in wheat values, which also were lifted by definite word thru President Wilson would directly op-; pose any embargo on -foodstuffs. i The market closed strong. Zc to 4c not higher, with May at Sl.TH to ?1.768 ' and July at $1.46 to $1.46'r. Other leading lead-ing staples, too, all showed gains corn, 2'bc to L'c; oats. lc to l"sc, and provisions, pro-visions, 21c to 77c. ' ; After the close it was estimated that! export buying of wheat in the last forty-eiht forty-eiht hours would aggregate as much as I 3.70,000 bushels. The purchases were! , made under cover and the fact that they were going on was not generally suspected sus-pected until the last half of the session. Gradually, however, evidence accumulated accumu-lated that the recent decline of 25 cents a bushel had been too tempting for Eu-roneun Eu-roneun buyers to, ignore, even though war risk insurance rates on the ocean had 7 risen about as high for neutral vessels ' as for belligerents. Trade is showed a disposition also in io last half of the day to give more weight to reports about the stand which President Wilson Is said to have taken against an embargo. 1 Dearness of monev and the continued difficulties hampering railway shipments were largely responsible for the depres sion which was noticeable in the early wheat trade. Some relaxing of the charges for call loans came later and formed an element of encouragement for the hulls. There were predictions, besides, ; that liberal clearances at the seaboard during the rest of this month would clear the rail congestion away. Improved domestic call, as well as a better export demand, tended to give strength to corn. Trade, which at first was small, broadened out, especially aft- . er wheat began to climb. Elevator con- ; cerns absorbed surplus offerings of oats. ! Export transactions were of greater volume vol-ume than recently has been the case. Higher quotations on hogs put provisions provi-sions on the upgrade. Arrivals of hogs throughout the west were much reduced In number, as compared with a week ago. RANGE OF LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Wheat-Dec Wheat-Dec $1 .7214 $1.76 U. 71 $1.76 July ... 1.41H 1.46'3 1.41 1.46 Corn Mav ... . 9 0 14 .9 2 V . S 9 4 . 9 2 i Julv ... .9(P8 .92Ts .89 4 -921,6 Oats-May Oats-May SSI .571-4 .55i,i .574 July ... .b2r;g .544 .523 ' .54 Vi Pork Jan 26. S3 27. fiO - 26. SO 27.52 May ....26.00 26.50 26.00 26.45 Lard Jan. ....16.20 16.25 16.10- 16.20 Mav 15. 90 16.02 15.20 16.02 Ribs-Jan Ribs-Jan 14.no 14.12 13.97 14.12 Mav ....14.22 14.37 14.20 14.32 CASH QUOTATION'S. Wheat, No. 2 red, $1.7234; No. 3 red. $1.60; No. 2 hard, nominal; No. S hard, nominal. Corn, No. 2 yellow, 9091c; No. 4 yellow, 8890c; No. 4 white, ((S9-c. Oat:. No. 3 white, SIM'S 5Zc; standard, Rye, No. 2, nominal; No. 3, nominal; No. 4. 5121. Barlev. Sn'SSSc. Timothv. 53.50 . r, n . Clover. 'jlU.OUft 17.00. Pork. 52S. an. Lard. J 16.60. Ribs, 513. 62514. 12. |