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Show oo WHEAT PRICES ARE HAMMERED DOWN Chicago, Sept. 13. Hammering down of wheat prices followed promptly lodny nows of a bearish crop roport of the French government Tho document estimated tho yield at 320,000,000 hushols as compared with 203,000,000 bushels a year ago. Cable dispatches told of Increasing offers from Canada and Russia. Thore was a markod disposition by speculators to wait for a clearer outlook concerning concern-ing reciprocity. The opening was 1-S l-l to 1.2Qo-S lower. December, showing the saruc change as the market mar-ket taken altogether, started atj 96 1-1 to 30 5-S. touched 9G 1-S 1-1 and rajlied Lo 0U 3-8 1-2. IJbofnl business In flour at Minneapolis Minne-apolis and SL Louis caused a decided upturn! There wore also reports, of German. buying wheat and bran at St Loi)fs. Tho close was steady with December at fln.3-lJ7M-Sc, exactly the samo an last n'yht. An fulvnnco at Liverpool rallied tho corn u'jarkct there. Prices otherwise wore Inclined tp sag owing Lo favorable favor-able v?(oather. 'December opened mi-chaugdd mi-chaugdd nt (SI V, reepdo to CI 1,-Sir 1-1, and lh on rosa to CI i-2. Scarcity of sellers made oatn firm. Decemher started a shade higher at 4G 1-Sand went up to -IG 1-1, rillj foreigners buying a Uflfe, hoc products showed a steady tone. First sales wore 5 ccnla off to 2 1-2 up with Januarv delivery at $16.00 for pork, $9 25 for lard and ?S.32 1-2 for ribs. Rve, No. 2, SC. Barley 705120. Timothy 12.50(11.50; clover 13.00 (19.00. |