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Show SPECULATIVE BUYING MAKES WHEAT STRONG CHICAGO, April 1 Local spaculatlv huylng save a strong tons to wheat to day. Higher cable helped the market, as did also advices that Russian reserve, of wheat In th Volga region era practically prac-tically exhausted. At ths start prices war a shad lower to .trie up, with May a hd lower to ttrtc higher at 0ie to njc An advene to SlOHtc wss scored snd Mev then esaed off to sole. Lightness of receipts snd decrees!! stocks gave firmness to corn, first prices being c to Ic higher for May at Blc to 14c. Commission house buying sent ths price up to I4sc Oats followed the strength of other grains. May opensd unchanged at 24c and went to 24c. Provisions were eaay, unchanged to 10c lower at the start, and free veiling soon sent prices still lower. Msy figure, at the beginning were Pork. (20.50 to I20J2I; Isrd. $11,111: rlhs. til 3 J to $11.1$. After touching 91a ths whsat market reacted and became dull. Th close was steady with May at lie, a net gain of 181c. Ths market absorbed offerings readllv and prices contlnusd steady. Ths clue wss c net higher for My. it sm Futures Close Wheat May. tic; July, lc; Septe.n-her, Septe.n-her, l(c. Coro May, 64tc; July. i,c. gepten- Oats May. S4c; July. 14c; September. Septem-ber. 34f34lc Pork May. $20. t'- July, $20.17. Lard May. $11.1111.1S; July, $10.. TO Short rlbe Msy. $11.17: July, $!!.$. Cash Close Wheat No. 2 red. $1.0101.04: No. 1 red. Mc0II .OO; No. 2 hard. POi0IJc; No. 3 hard. MHIllr. No. 1 northern. SOlf) tl.c; No. 2 northern. MeTllic; No. 1 northern. R&tfSsV; No. 2 spring. StfirlSc; No. i spring. SeCltTr; No. 4 spring, son ac; velvet chaff, I20fltc: durum, S7 12c. Corn No. 2 yellow, lie: No. 3. Silastic No. I whits, sJleMltr: No. 3 vellaw. 5li He; No. 4. SieCUc: No 4 white. 52lc; No. 4 yellow. 5eS2r. Oats No. 2 whit. 3t03;c No 3 white. 33f34c; No 4 white. lojJ. , standard. stan-dard. Mt)K)c. Rye No. L Ur. Brle Tl mot h y !'.' .!$$. M. Clover $1 2 .00 flt. OA. Pork 20. S9. Rib $11.11$. |