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Show ; Chicago Produce. CHICAGO, March 8. The : wheat market1 mar-ket1 today grew strong after an easy opening. The Cabinet crisis In . France and Its supposed relation to the dispute concerning .Morocco was the only bullish factor. There was. however, a good demand de-mand by commission-houses and pit trad-era trad-era - Weather conditions In the wheat belt were reported favorable for the crop and 'offerings were light. .May . wheat opened 4o higher to 4c lower at 7840 Ti4c. and sold for a time at 774c Minneapolis, Min-neapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of 8 IS cars, against 266 a year go. v The corn market was firm despite lower cables. May opened a shade to 4c higher at 434434c to 434434c and advanced to 43Va34c. . . - The market In oats was firm along with other ' grains, there ' being no especial news of either a bullish or bearish, chsr-acter. chsr-acter. May opened unchanged to a shade lower at 29c .to 2920c, and sold up to 304c.. ' . . The provisions-, market opened easier because of a 10c decline In the price of live hogs, but the early loss was soon recovered. re-covered. May pork opened 10c lower- at 115.60 to 815.674. Lard opened 245c lower at $7.80. Ribs opened 24c. lower at 88.25 to 18.274. '" ' ' . Wheat The. Close was strong, the final Quotations on May being 484c higher at 774774c Corn The close on May was firm and o higher at 434c, which was the highest high-est point of the day. ; Close: Wheat May, 774tf?T74c; July, 77 78c. ' -'- - - ...... Corn-May, 434c; July, 43443c. Oats May. 804304c; July, 29c.-y V Pork May, $15.80; July, $15,724-Lard $15,724-Lard May. $7.80; July, $7.9ft&7.924. j t Ribs May, $8.2508.174: Jnly. $8.80. . . .. Rye Cash', 264c .'-'' Flax Cash Northwestern, $1.12. Timothy March, $..,,.,. : . -4 ' Clover Cash. $1.39. . . , : , . . Barley Cash, S7'g52c. 1 , |