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Show WHEAT IS FORCED UP BI BULLISH MIES Reports From Argentina Cause Values to Go Higher. CHICAGO, Oct. 2. Emphatically bullish crop advices from Argentina today made wheat vatuos go hlsher and higher. The close was strong at 2!sc net advance, with December at J1.5H' and May at $1.5f. Corn gained ic to lc and oats q lo c. In provisions, the outcome out-come ranged from a 45c decline to a rise of r,c Drought ravages in Argentina began to lift the wheat market right from the outset, out-set, and there was no radical setback at any time dining the session. Special attention at-tention appeared to be given to dispatches dis-patches from Rosario, the center of the dry distrl -t. telling of serious damage from the long-continued lack of rain and saying that all crops were suffering. Diminished receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth counted also against the bears, and so, too, did Liverpool advices of a scarcity of offerings from Winnipeg. Increased In-creased world shipments failed to act as an offset. On the contrary, the bulls Seemed much encouraged by reports that foreigners were active purchasers, both of cash wheat and of future deliveries. Notwithstanding that the United States visible supply total showed an increase of 74ti.000 bushels, the effect on the market was of but little, if any. advantage to the bears. The reason seemed to be that the enlargement was less than one-sixth as great as at the corresponding time last year. Corn derived most of its strength from wheat. Fine . weather tended at first to ease the market a trifle, but subsequently was altogether ignored. Oats merely reflected the action of qther cereals. Big receipts of hogs pulled down provisions. pro-visions. January transactions formed the bulk of the business. RANGE jOF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Clo3e. Wheat December 51-514 JKSfiH Jl.i J!.5fi' -May 1.51 1.16 1.54 l..)5 Corn Dei-ember 73 .74 Li .T.T ,7U; May 76 V .7t7i . TBI s -76T OatB December -If? Vi .4K6i .41 .48 -May &IU Sl'-i .Mi .51'-. Porh December 22.55 C".7o 22.30 22.10 Ja nuarv 22 . 25 22 . 40 22 . 1 0 22 . 1 7 Lard December IS. 45 ir,.5." IS. .15 Vi .?-,-, January 13.07 13.15 12. 02 12. ?7 Rlhs Otnhtv Ill .30 13. S7 13.90 January 12.12 12.20 12.05 12.05 CASH QUOTATIONS Wheal, No. 2 rd. $1.577i(fM.59: No. 3 red. 11.52'i 1.57'.; : No. 2 hard, 51-91.66 ; No. 3 hanl, Jl.M1fil.5n. torn. No. 2 yellow. Pnspe: n0. 4 jeiiow, SS'-jfl'SCiriic; No. 4 white. WiffU):. Onib, No. 3 white. 4tci3 l"i-c; standard, 171,it3 47r. I Rye, No. 2. $1.2(1.25'. Barley. 78cfi$1.15. Timothy. S3.507 4.75. (-Lover. Ill.OOgH.OO. Pork. $28.50. Lard, $11.4". Ribs, Jll.2ofiJ14.75. |