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Show , CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO. March 12. The wheat man ket today opened easy and with a fairly active trade. The general sentiment was bearish, lower rabies being the chief influence. in-fluence. Pit traders were free sellers. May opened ii to lower at 771 to 77Jc.' The corn market was steady and trading trad-ing was very quiet. Local receipts were somewhat below the,-estimate, and unsettled un-settled weather was predicted for the corn belt. May opened a shade to 1 lower at 461 to 47c and sold at 474c. The oats market was weak because of large realising sales. Map opened li lower at 41c, sold at 41J42c and declined de-clined to 41c. Provisions were weak because of a 6 cent decline In live hogs. May pork opened 20 cents lower at $16.10; lard was down 10 cents at $9.30, and ribs were 7)c lower at 8.97 to $9. Close: Wheat May,- 78c; July. 79c. Corn May, 47ic; July. 46Jc. Oats May, 41c; July, 37j3"c. Pork May. $16.10; July, $16.25. Ird May, $9.25; July. $9.30. Ribs May, $9; July, $9.05S.07.' Rye cash, . 6870c. Barley cash, 6375c. Flax, clover and timothy, nothing doing. do-ing. Cash: Wheat No. 2 red. 76 c; No. 3 red, 7475c; No. 2 hard, 7477c; No. 3 hard, 6776c-t No. 1 northern, 8085c; No 2 do, 8084c; No. 1 spring. 7683c. Corn No. 3. 43i43Jc. . Ooats No. 2. 4Ucj No. 3. 41lc. . The low price for May wheat was 761c. The close was strong with May tf higher at 78c. The corn market was dull all day. May closed i up at 47ic. ' |