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Show WHEAT PRICES ARE 01 THE BRIBE Absence of Export Buying Is One of Reasons for SIumpv CHICAGO, Dec. 1. Absence of export buying aside from amounts purchased for the government of Holland put wheat prices on the down grade today, notwithstanding notwith-standing that at first advances had been scored. The close was heavy, 114c to 3c net lower, with -December at $1.67 and May at $1.73 to $1.7-1. Other leading lead-ing staples, too, all underwent a decided setback In value corn, 2c to 3c; oats, I''TlVic to Ityc, and provisions, I 27c to 90c. ' Difficulty in getting wheat to the seaboard sea-board was said to account largely for the lack of general European buying that weakened prices today. Congestion of railway facilities between here and the Atlantic was In turn ascribed more or less to U-boat dangers, which had delayed de-layed loadings from elevators to vessels and had caused a sharp advance in marine ma-rine war risk rates. In this connection, much talk of additional railway embargoes embar-goes on eastbound gram shipments accompanied ac-companied the bearish sentiment that especially es-pecially dominated the market in the last inlf of the session. Rumors current that he sale of British treasury bills In the nited states would be abandoned may eo have had a bearish Influence, but as matter of fact the confirmation of the mors did not become public until after e market here had closed. Scantiness of initial deliveries on De-nber De-nber contracts formed the basis of the nporarv strength which manifested it-If it-If in wiieat prices during the early part the day. A proposition to make stor-3 stor-3 insurance In Chicago easier to obtain ' been defeated and this fact did a good 1 for a while to prevent aggressive 'ng. Such considerations, however, e virtually lost sight of later, in view ne evident pause In the general Ku-in Ku-in demand. )spects of a rapid increase of ele-' ele-' stocks of corn tended to weaken ".orn market independently of de-on de-on due to the weakness of wheat-ry wheat-ry arrivals today were more than the total on the corresponding day ar. Oats sagged with corn. There me seaboard inquiry for oats, but ount of the railway embargoes no g sales were possible, te higher quotations on hogs, the ns market had no support. Sell--e chiefly from commission houses jmed to result largely from the s of grain. OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. Hieh. Low. Close. '.71 $1-71 $1.67 .77Vi 1.9S 1.7314 1-73 .R9 .S6 .86 .91! .92 .S9?i .90 P4 .541$ .R17 .51 5S ' .oS .02 Vi .56Vi 27.52 26.75 26.75 27.25 26.60 26.60 16.45 16.05 16.05 16.25 15.90 15.90 14.42 14.02 14.02 14.65 14.25 14.25 QUOTATIONS. red, $1.74; No. 3 red, hard, $1.7S12'1.791; No. jllow. 9092io; No. 4 No. 4 white. STiff'SSc. Jiite, 53tt54i c ; standard, 11.49. M.25. .25:i.50. j0'17.50. 0. I. Jf!)14.00. . fill it th'1- 1100 at 7c-run 7c-run at tn.n 00n t 13 ?u!.- 1 flt $2.10. dividual cricoid, 91, lis. "Target lvalue, S20.94S.20. ami 1 per CeKTERNOON SALES. Plunkett, ao Star, r.no at 25c: 1000 at 24c. stumblinc bl-'0 ;,t lHc; 700 at 16c. fact that 3fi n Consolidated Copper, 1500 at men of a annia 2-m nt j,,,. 9500 at gs,c Ihroiinh exj mno at 231,0. tho nceessit'000 at 2ie: 1000 at 2-c. whore. Lac.r. 200 at $1.05; 2350 at $1.10; Yn'oni?'0'1'00. 1 1 .000 at 9r; 2000 at ? 1 (i ',flfl at 9ic; 2000 at flC crpateil this (-.oprier n000 ilt 2l. necessary to . "ooo at :-. . year in training-no nt 1!'--. It was brouL'I King, loon nt 2Mc preparing to vJ Metals, 1000 at 9.- 2000 shiPH up to WtRVnC, was eonsnleml pri lll0 at os. up to the onthreiion. loon at 5V.ic. To spot tlic fircnt 2Sc; 20(i0 al 27c; 1000 at hnllnons will lie ?9c. Hn.-hin " at ?l c:'- xo nr ; -J'io nt ONF WATS m 3.-: innn at l!it. 2t?.. Jr. moo at r,2r. OTHER IS. 2:. --'t sou,-. irk. 100 nt Tfic. 4H0O at 2c AT'OUSTA, G.I., .alp,. 10(10 at $1.35. Watsnii, author niic rr. ipiittt'.l tn.lay by a . .".00 at lie. ,rt f niV '"Vt'ion. 100 at J3.':-i; 100 ni.-ittcr ihrough the . ihclatc.l. loo at $4.70. WACO. Tex., Doe. hrtuk pre.-iileut. was foe. ,,.r rind n'llleiiee.l to t'l S3c: 100 at fUc. inipi isonment hv a iur " enuri here lo.lny. WM0.75 witli shoot injr :iinl killii tei'on, btalc l.iankin cc |