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Show HEffl REMIZK IS CAUSE OF MISS Bearish Influences Prevail in Grain Pits During Final Session of Year. CHICAGO. Dec. .Liquidation of ' E';"lbci" holdlngil incidental to the cx-, cx-, p,l"tlon of that option caused weakness l!n , Vin in''l;etK here today. December De-cember wheat sold off Gc from the pre-) pre-) ",s ,,,os'r 'J'he wheat market was ucak all day. with the exception of a slioit period at. the start, when the dls-, dls-, ant deliveries displayed moderate MrYn-ncss MrYn-ncss owing to the sl.rength of foreign grain markets Interest of traders centered cen-tered In the December option and the final day of trading In that delivery was expected by many to bring forth a stamped.? stam-ped.? ol shorts. The expected sharp upturn, however, failed to materialize today, and as the session wore away those who were m!1iP on t,m month were apparently willing to illspuso of their holdings ad almost any Hgmc. in the final minutes or trading the. price dropped nearlv three cents. The low point of the day was) reached at SLU compared with a high mark of $I.1S. The range on May was between $1.11? and 51.121. The market closed weak, with December Decem-ber at $1.12 and May at SLIULI 12. Profit-taking in the December opcion caused heaviness in corn all day. Tbe range on December was between Gl?c and 03e. May sold between GdSfSr-iiGic and G7c. The market closed weak, with prices off SrtT.Jc to lie, with May at GG'e and December at 613c. Oats were Inclined lo follow tbe course of thu corn market. Liquidation of December De-cember holdings was a feature or trading. trad-ing. Sentiment in the pit was bearish all day. Prices al. the dose were ic to c lower. 0 Provisions closed unchanged to 25c lower. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES-Wheat FUTURES-Wheat Open. High. Low. Close. Dec LIS I .IS 1.12 1.12 May L.j'i l.L'l 1.115 July 1.02 1.021 1.011 LOIR Corn-Dec Corn-Dec G3 G3 G1? r. 12 May G7 G7 G'iT GGJ duly C6I til I GG5 GGi Oala Dec it ji r.il I3C May 151 45t 451 4 5 Si July IGt 43? 43i I3g Mesa pork, per barrel lan 1M.45 21.15 21.35 21.37 May 21.G2J 21.70 21.55 21. G5 July 21.05 21.73 21.55 21.75 j.ard, per 100 pounds Jan 12.20 12.25 12.15 12.224 May 11.S21 U.S.". 11.75 I1.S2J July 11.75 II. 23 11.75 11.77i Short Rlba. per 100 pounds Jan 11.321 U.32i 11.20 11.30 May I1.32i 11.35 11.25 11.30 July 11.32J 11.325 11.25 1L.32J CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, firm: No. 2 rye. 701f?S0c; feed or mixing barley. 5RfG2e; fair to choice malting. t5'!ffi'72c. flax seed. No. 1 southwestern. 51 SS; Xo. 1 northwestern. SI. OS: timothy seed. $3.75: clover. $-:i.fi0fi13 50; mess pork, per barrel. $22.")0f(ii22.25: laid, per 100 ihs.. SI 2.30: short ribs, sides floone). S11.123f('1L50, short clear sidc3 (boxed), Sll.75tfM2.00. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearances of wheal, and flour were equal to 3SO.00O bushels. Exports for the week, ns shown by RradstreePs. were equal to 3.6SO.00O hushcls. Primary receipts were SIG.000 bushels: holiday last year. EUlnia ted receipts for Monday : Wheat. II cars coin. 29G cars, oats, 03 cars; hogs, 1 l.ooo head. New York Flour and Grain. NEW YORK. Dec. 31. Flour Dull; spring patents. S5.40fr;-5.';5; winter straights 5.25ff5.35: winter palents. $5. lOfff 5.00: spring clears. SI.40ffi t.S0; winter exlrati, No. 1. J i.finffi 1.00; whiter extras. No. 2. S I.-lOfo1 1.55; Kansas straights. 5l.0"i(??."..10: receipts. 16.400 bap-rela: bap-rela: shipments. 11.037. Wheat Spot firm: No. 1 red. 51. 2S elevator ele-vator domestic, and $l.27j f. o. 1. iifloat. holh nominal to arrive; No. 1 northern Dnliilh. S1.2GL and No. 2 hard winter. $1,271 nominal f. o. b. afloat. . There was a. quiet holiday trade In wheat, but the market showed a firm under lone on bullish Argentine pewr. The December position went out. without fent.nre. At the close prices were unchanged to 4c higher. December closed a I 5I.2S. May at Sl.l0tfrl.t05. July $1 10. Receipts, f.l,-S00 f.l,-S00 bushels: shipments. -IS. 025 bushels. Dairy Produce. CIIICACO. Dec. 31. Butler steady; creameries. 27ff3Gc: da Irion. 2.Vr7S0e. Eggs steady at mark, cases In. hided, 2IJl72?lc; lirst. ;i2c; prime firsts. 35c. Cheese strong; d? Isles. 1G?(gl7o; I wins, JGilMOJc; young Americas, lGc; long horns, lGJc. |