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Show SPRING WHEAT PRICES ADVANCE Chicago, Sept. 9. With tho spring wheat crop officially reported as tho .smallest since 1900, the market for futures today took an upturn. Tho bulls noticed In particular that the yield In. the three most Important northwestern Btates had turned out less than 2,000,000 short of tho black rust year. In addition, Liverpool regarded re-garded tho MoroScan affair as still a threatening factor. It was also snld that exporters were buying wheat heavily In Oregon. Oponlug prices were 1-8 to 5-8 higher December started at 97 1-Sal4, to 97 3-8, a gain of 3-S to l-2a5-5, tquched 97a97 1-S and rallied to 97 3-S. Tho bulllBb character of tho government govern-ment report op corn give that ceeral quite a lift Contlnuod agitation for the suspension of duteB on both Franco and Germany had an influence In tho samo direction. December opened 3-8al-2 to 3-- up at 64 to 61 l-4a3-8; reacted to 63 7-8a64, and rallied ral-lied to 04 l-8al-4. Oatp dorlvod firmness from the fact that tho hay crop Ib nearly fifteen million tons short December started start-ed l-8al-4 to l-4a3-8 higher at 46 1-S to 46 1-4, fell back to 46 and again roso to 46 1-4. Good commission buying strengthened strength-ened provisions. ' Initial sales wore unchanged to 5 cents hlshor with Jan-uarv Jan-uarv delivery 16 1,7 l-2al6 20 for pork: 9.40 to 9.42 1-2 for lard, and 8.45 for ribs. |