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Show PROFESSIONALS PUT MTDiMIJCH Assert That Too Much Is Made of Damage lo Ar- .gen line Crop. CMICACiO, Dec 20. Assertions that the alleged datnaso to the Argentine crop had been rnndo too much of.' put. the wheal niarluu today on the down grade. CloBins prices showed a decline of J(5Sc to i: not. Corn finished sit 2ff Jc to 8c. advance, nuts unrhanccd to 11 sixteenth up. mid ho? products varylnc from fie off lo a like aniouni IncrenBe. Selling of wheat war largely done by local professlonnl spctfulaloi. Th'Mr cue was taken from the fact .that Argentine, weather reports appeared greatly Improved, Im-proved, but a more powerful Influence was an expert opinion that the effect of the rain would not be as serious as previous statements Indicated. Fairly liberal receipts noiihwrst of ("liicaso and fine rain and snow fall over the entire hard winter wheat country west and southwest added to Ihe force of bear .sentiment. May ranged from OSJc to fiDJc. elorlng firm but ij'8c down at 00i An official predict Hon of unsettled weather forced tho corn mark!, to a higher level. May fluctuated between 6ljc and 651c. closing steady V'$c net 'higher at G5(?G51e. Cash grades wore in only fair demand. No. 2 yellow was not nuotcd. Notwithstanding that the oate market was slow and heavy most of the day. values in the end responded a little lo the '.strength of corn. High and low limits reached for -May wero lS?c and -ISic with the close -iSic, exactly the same a a last night. Most of the day's trade In provisions .consisted of changing .lanuary hogs lo May. "When the pit war. cleared the market mar-ket stood virtually unaltered. ItAXGE OK TUB LEADING FUTURES. Wheal Op?n High Low Close Dec 05? 051! OIJ 05 May 001 mOOi !I0J July 051 051 01; .''!! Corn Dec G3S Gl . G31 Gl May Gi3 K51 .' G!H G5i duly G 13 Gnl 6 1 5 i:3A Oats-Bee Oats-Bee 6a It: UJE Mi May ?S iSi i July 454 152 t5L 15'i CASH QUOTATION'S. Cash -iiol lions were us follows: Flour firm; spring patents hold at fG.OO for best hard: No. 2 rye. 02"'p'!'2Jc: feed or ! mixing barley, SOfjOoc; fair to choice malting. ?1.10$fl.2t; timothy seed, 312.50 fi'I5.00; ilovor, ?13. 50 (f 20.25: mess porlc. per barrel, $1 .75'yil5.00; lard, . per 100 pounds, $0.10; short ribs, sides (loose). 57.00. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearances of wheat and flour were efiual to 21G.000 bushels. Primary receipts were otG.OOO bushels, compared Willi GoO.dOO bushels the eorresnondtng dav a year as. Estinintcd receipts for tomorrow: Wheat, 12 cars; corn, 102 cars; oats, 7S curs; hogs, 30,000 head. |