Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-03-20 | Page 6 | Chicago Grain

CHICAGO GRAIN I Chicagd, March 20. Heavy selling fl by loading firms drove down the price of corn today. New York reported ffi that nearly a million bushels of Ar- I gontlna corn had been bought yester- I day to come to this country. Open- I Ing prices, which varied from l-4c off g to l-8c up, were succeeded by a ma- f terial setback all around. K Wheat weakened in sympathy with 1 corn. Prices started 1-Sc lower to a 1 llko advance and later showed a gen- oral decline, with July leading the m downturn. H Commission houses took to the bear 0 side in tho oats crowd. Pit speculat- 1 ors seemed willing to buy at a mod- to erate drop in quotations. H First sales of provisions ranged from a shade to five cents higher. Not M all of the gain was held. bj Export sales at Now York tended H afterward to rally the wheat market. I Tho close however was easy 1-8 to 1 l-2c under last night g No important reaction In corn took I place, offers Increasing whenever tho market began to harden. The close 9 was weak at 3.8(31-2 to l-2c net do- cllne. I Lead. ' I New York, March 20. Lead Quiet, I $3.954.05. London, 19 pounds, 12s m 6d. Spelter Easy, ?5.205.30. Lon- 1 don, 21 pounds, 10s. I St. Louis, March 20. Lead Quiet, i 53.90. Spelter Dull, $5.15. Jj