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Show Chicago Grain Chicago, April 8. Anxiety as to developments In the "relations of Germany Ger-many and the United States had a bearish effect today on wheat. Advances Ad-vances in war risk insurance rates on the Atlantic owing to heavy losses which submarines have inflicted on shipping counted also against the bulls. Besides, favorable weather conditions In the winter wheat belt and in Canada as well were Influential Influen-tial In depressing prices, Tho opening, open-ing, which ranged from 1-8 to 5-8o up with May at $1.17 5-8 to 1.17 7-8 and July at $1.16 5-8 to 1.16, was followed fol-lowed by genoral declines of lo or more under yesterday's finish. Corn weakened with wheat. Unsettled Un-settled weather failed to act as an offset. off-set. After opening virtually unchanged, un-changed, the market underwent a substantial sub-stantial setback all around. Oats seemed to have lost all independence inde-pendence of other grain. Trade was light and the trend of prices downgrade. down-grade. Support-wM lacking in ?rovlslon. , Pork especially seemed heavy. Wheat prices closed unsettled, 1 3-8 to 1 3-8(3l l-2c net lower with May at ?116116 1-8 and July at $1.14 114 1-8. The corn close was steady at 1-8 to 5-8c net decline. |