The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
SUPPORT IS LACKING
 IN WHEAT MARKET Big Foreign Receipts Have Bad
 Effect on Prices WEATHER MUCH BETTER Corn Sells at the Lowest Point of the Week, Due to Weakness in Wheat
 Oats and Provisions Are
 Also Lower
WEATHER MUCH BETTER

Chicago January 14.-Constant support was not forthcoming In the wheat mar ket today and the close was h0Ssc net lower. Corn finished 140hc down, and oats off AQssc. Latest figures for hog products were the same as last night to 1711c below.
 Despite liberal purchases by leading longs, wheat at no time today sold as high as at the close of the previous ses- sion. One reason was that receipts here were virtually equal in extent to the shipments, so that hope for a melting away of supplies appeared as remote as ever. Big shipments from Russia and tho Danube added to the pressure on the market, as did news of Australian and Argentine cargoes being offered more freely and cheaper than heretofore. Fur ther aid to the bears came from an es- tlmate that A per cent of the 1909 crop was still in first hands. Weather condi- tions for the fall-sown grain was also believed to have been materially improved during the last "A hours. In the absence of any positive fresh encouragement for the buying side, a heavy feeling prevailed from the start till the final gong. May ranged from s1.0f% to s1.Olss@1 .O1%, and in the end was Sc easier at s1.01A.
 Corn tonight was at the lowest point of the week. Selling, however, was almost entirely local, and was due in the main to the weakness of wheat. May huctuated between 495sc and 501sc, closing asc off at 49Ac Cash corn was depressed. No. yellow wheat finished at 47Q471ac.
 In oats there was good selling by ele- vator concerns and a few longs, scanti- ness of spot demand forming the alleged incentive. May varied from 341ac to 34Mc, with final sales at 341fa349sc, loss of A@ ssc. compared with last evenings fig ures.
 Provisions dragged under offerings from packing interests, and not a great deal of demand by spectators. When the pit was cleared pork was left unchanged to 171kc lower lard off 5@715c, and ribs at a decline of 21s@7kc.
 Cash quotations were as follows:
 Flour-Firm; winter patents, $430G4 80; straights, $3.9ta46o; spring patents, best hard 20c higher than two weeks ago; straights, s4.5cas4S5; bakers, ss.6O@5
 Rye-No. 2 rye, sec.
 Barley-Feed or mixing, 7oGlS0c: fair to choice mating, 9oG9sc
 Flax Seed-No. 1 southwestern. $2.4S; No. l northwestern, s2.61.
 Clover Seed-S15.
 Mess Pork-Per bbl., s2Od20.121k.
 Lard-Per 100 lbs, $1O.45.
 Short Ribs, Sides-Loose, $1o 12@10.75.
 Short Clear Sides-Boxed, $10.75@11.
 Butter-Easy; creameries, 19627c; dairies, 17Q25c.
 Eggs-Steady; receipts. 6O40 cases; at mark, cases included. 23@27c; firsts, 2sc; prime f1rsts, 2ec.
 Cheese-Steady; Daisies, 15M6D16c; Twins, 13H@13s4c; Young Americas, 151kGs 16c; Long Horns, 15HG16c. Potatoes-Steady choice to fancy, 44a 46c; fair to good, 40G42c. Poultry-Easy; turkeys, live. 17ci dressed, 22c hens, live, 13hc; dressed. 13c; springs. live, lie; dressed, 12c. Veal-Steady; 50 to 60-lb. wts.. SAC; SC to s5-lb. wts., 1o5sc; S5 to HOLD. wts., 11hc.
 Future quotations were as follows: