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Show Lilll FEATURE ! of mum j CHICAGO. Aug. IS. LlO'Jidailra wes a cm-! cm-! stent factor in tb corn murkol tIny. rceivui;,- I ltipeUs through favoruble waOpr reports and : lack of foreign demand. Otu r.s-l h'-;:vy Rt : 3 to 4 cents net d'-''llr. wirh btli'e:r,bfr fl.75 . and December $ 1 .4" L-. v. 1 -40 " . Outs lost 9 to C"i ceil is and provisions $1.10 to SI. 40. j Com pr.ces Bhiwnd wpa k ness from the start, though slight rallb-s. attributed to short cov-r- 1 ing, were evident from tirn to time. Foreign : exchange, sterlir.z and cmiine-Hal fell away 1 j to new low records am) foreign demand os-hI. these conditions contributing to the weakness ! of the rorn blt stapl". j Present condi lions of unrest Industrially and , the agitation over the high cont of living, lii the opinion of some traders, bad a beurlsj j tendency. Oatb f"ll away with com. Export business I was entirely absent and country offerings were j small. ! i Provision pries in nil deliveries dropped sharply, pork In particular, sliding rapidly, I j closing $3.40 below Snlurrla j's figure. Stop I loss orders s'ayd the descent from time to i j time. H'g prices from 25 to 00 cents higher i j did little to stop the decline in the cured product. RANGE OF THE LEADING Fl'TURES. i Open. High. Low. Close. Con. I Sept $1.76 $1.80 SI. 7(1 SI. 7 Dec 1.42 "3 1.43 & 1.3STi l.Wa Oat. Pcpt .73 .71 .72 Dec 75 .70 ;a .73?s .Vu 81) t 43.40 44.00 40.10 41.21 Oct 30.00 iSS.oO 38.50 Lard Sept 29.25 20.25 28.00 23 .SO Oct 28.75 20.00 27. U5 27.03 R lbs-Sept lbs-Sept 24.70 24.70 23.20 23.47 CASH QUOTATIONS. Corn, No. 2 mixed, $1.04(21.00; No. 2 yellow. yel-low. $1.0;(.1.08. Oats, No. 2 white, 72M,(375c:; No. 3 white. 701-1 (270c. Rye. No. 2, S1.53iV. (1.54. j Barley, $1.3R& 1.43. J Timothy, 4.).OOij3jll.7r. Clover, nominal. Pork, nominal. Lard. $26.30. ItibB, 523.50(2 24.00. |