| OCR Text |
Show Cfsicago Grain Chicago, Dec. 9. Increased dangers to ocean shipping and the continuance of railway embargoes put wheat prices today on the downgrade. Traders here did not appear to place much confidence in predictions that the mimber of vessels available for trips between North America and Europe would be enlarged. Close attention was paid to gossip bearing on the amount of Atlantic seaboard clearances clear-ances and on the aggregate of world shipments. Opening prices, which ranged from the same as yesterday's finish to l-2c lower, with May at S1.74 1-4 to 1.74 7-8 and July at S1.47 1-2 to 1.47 5-8, were follpwed fcy a sharp decline all around and then something of a reaction. Corn developed firmness owing to scarcity of rural offerings. At first, however, the market was heavy in sympathy with wheat. After opening unchanged to 5-8c lower, prices sagged a little more and then rose to above yesterday's close. Oats paralleled the action o corn. Buying was mainly for shorts. Weed-end evening up of trades led to a decided bulge in wheat in the last half hour. There were forecasts of great foreign buying in the near fu-ture. fu-ture. The close was strong, 2c to 2 7-8c net higher with May at Sl.77 1-8 to 1.77 1-2 and July at $1.49 1.2 to 1.49 3-4. In the late dealings corn turned upward up-ward with wheat The close was strong at 1 1-2 to 2c net advance. Wheat. Open. Close. May $1,741-4 $1,771-8 July i...., , . ... .... 1.471-2 1.49 1-2 ! Corn May 915-S .93 1-8 July 913-8 .93 Oats-May Oats-May 561-8 .57 July 531-8 .54 Pork-January Pork-January 16.00 16.17 May 15.97 16.15 Ribs - . January 14.00 14.00 May 1410 14.27 Industrial Stocks. iiurt'.oiiiiiiUKu ougar, asseu. Utah-Idaho Sugar, $28.85 bid; $29.10 asked. Lion Coal. $85 bid; $90 asked. Cement Securities, $113.50 bid. Utah Power ib Light, $100 bid; $101 asked. Utah Cereal, $95 asked. Beneficial Life, S197 bid. Con. Wagon, $115 bid; $116 asked. Con Life Ins., $91 bid. Ever Fresh Food Co., $10 asked. Ogden Packing & Provision, $115 bid; $135 asked. Utah Fire day, $72.50 bid; S75 asked. Z. C. M. I., $394 bid; $400 asked. National City Bank, $150 bid. National Copper Bank, $101 bid. Ogden State Bank, $450 bid. State Bank Brigham City, $225 bid. Security State, $155 bid; $165 asked. Salt Lake Security & Trust, $110 bid; $11S asked. Thatcher Bros., Logan, $170 bid, Utah State National, $216.50 bid. Guardian C. & G. Co., $14.80 bid. Home Fire Ins., $308 bid. H. J. Grant & Co., $27.50 bid. Hotel Utah Op. Co., $121 bid. Inland Crystal Salt, $95 bid. Intermountain Life, $13.50. Layton Sugar, $190 bid. Mountain States Tele., $112 bit!: $113 asked. Bank Stocks. Commercial National, $400 bid. Deseret National, $307.50 bid; $315 asked. Deseret Savings, $1030 bid. Farmer &. Stockgrowers, $82.50 bid; $S4 asked. First National, Ogden, $438 bid. First National, Logan, $195 bid. McCornick &. Co., $281 bid. Merchants, $95 bid; $98 asked. National Bank of Republic, $205.50 bid. Utah Savings & Trust, $96.50 bid. Walker Bros., $229 bid. ZIon's Savings Bank & Trust, $418 bid. Barnes Banking, $205 bid. Davis County, $275 bid; $290 asked. First National Layton, $150 bid. First National, Brigham, $300 bid. |
