Despite temporary bulges, due to re
\ ival of talk about crop damage by
green bugs and to word of 6ome new
export business, th-- market displayed
no sustained buying power, ;ind there
was active selling pressure from some
recent besi buyers. Confidence by tie
bulls seemed !?> )>? especiall\ Impaired
by the evident prosper-1 of wage diffi
culties on ri large scale. In si'.uilion
to a threatened strike in tie meat pack
ing industry, notice was takei. of a |
walkout of boatmen in New York and
of' possible labor trouble among flout
mills in Minneapolis.
Lowest prices of the day, however,
came only after announcement that an- i
other of the largest railway systems in
the country had taken dcciidve steps
toward a downward revision of wages.
.No important rally ensued, and the mar
ket closed at virtually the bottom fig
ures of the day.
Corn and oats declined in sympathy
with wheat, notwithstanding continued
export call for < orn.
Packers' .-selling mon than counter
balanr ed In the provsion market the
stimulus of higher quotations on hogs.
? Hit AMI PKK'ES.
V UK AT? Wetoe*
(>!>< n. High. ],ow. Close, day.
