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Show CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago. Aug 14 Wheat slid down j in price today owing largely to a decline de-cline at Liverpool The fact was ignored ig-nored that easier quotations across the water were due In part to advices there of two steamers having sailed for England from American ports and of prospects of further sailings In the immediate future. Demand here was lacking, regardless of reports that farmers were storing wheat instead of selling The opening which was 5 8 to 1 1-Sc lower, was followed by a decided further drop. Rains over the drought region gave a setback to the corn market. In-f In-f reaBcd countrv offerings had a further fur-ther bearish effect. After starting 3-8 to lc of. values rallied somewhat but then fell lower than before Oats sagged with other grain Buy ers were scarce Provisions seemed to have no sud-port sud-port First transactions ranged from last night's level to 26c- lower and ad ditlonal declines ensued notwithstand-1 ing that hog prices were tending up grade, COTTON MARKET. Washington. Aug 14 Cotton consumed con-sumed during July was 448. 2b9 bales exclusive of llnters. compared with 462,242 in July last year the census bureau announced today. Consumption Consump-tion for the 11 months ending July 31. was 5,193.659 bales against 5,090. 9i 1 last year. |