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Show WHEAT CLIMBS 11 STIUJIBHERl Prices Advance Six Cents in B I Twenty-four Hours Sup- 1 ply Falling Off. 1 Chicago, Jan. 6.' On the very firsfcj I trades today, the wheat market Jumped as much as 2 1-2 cents hlgherS I than at the close last night, making 1 ll an advance of 6 cents a bushel slncefl I yesterday morning May wheat I touched $1.37 at the opening today, fl whereas the price last night waaH H $1.34 1-2 and at the wlndup Saturday Sharply higher quotations fromfl l Liverpool and a big falling off in theH 9 European visible supply were chiefly fl H influential in causing the fresh up- M turn in the wheat market here. fl Flour Advances 40 Cents. fl What the situation implied was em- fl I phasized by announcement today that fl leading brands of flour had been ad-1 II vanced forty cents a barrel over night. fl Good flour waB quoted at $7. 00. fl Profit taking by holders of wheat fl wiped out much of the extreme ad- fl jfl vance recorded at the outset today, I fl but the market gave no sign of going 1 back to yesterday's price It was j fl said that farmers were selling no I fl wheat, even at the advance, and that 1 fl exporters were eagerly continuing to 1 H buy. fl SL Louis, Jan. 5 The gTain mar- ket here today opened with May 1 H wheat at a new high mark, $1.32 3-4. H Kansas City, Jan. 5. May wheat I H touched $1.29 1-2, a new high record j H price here, today. |