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Show BAD EXPORT OUTLOOK LOWERS WHEAT PRICE CHICAGO Dec. 30 Uneasiness In re gard to the export outlook carried -wheat values today to a lower level The market mar-ket closed nenous at 5c to 12o net de cline Corn finished gc to So down and oats unchanged to Jc off. In pro dslona the outcome was the same as last light to a setback of Jc Bearish feel ng as to wheat hinged to a cons derab e extent on cab es te ng of a special meeting of Br tlsh high offic als this aftemoo to consider the note from "tt ashing on about interference with neu tra commerce. The absence of any s gn tha the American protest would bring about a material change of Brit s po cy had a disquieting effect on ho ders and was a so taken advantage of by short sell era At least one prom nent export house hero became conspicuously active on the bear s de It was said foreign demand had again to a large extent flattened out pa ly because of vague peace rumors Sma ness of farm reserves especla y ln the Dakotas and Minnesota exercised for a tin e sometta ng of a steadying lnf uence on the wheat market, but the effeci wore olf Corn gave way with wheat Merchan d sing ond tions were unsat sfactor do mest o as v. ell as foreign ca 1 being slow Gossip that European governments were bidd ng for round lots of oats put te n porary firmness Into that cereal J,o 1 b eral sales however were reported , Lower prices for hogs weakened provl slons The bulk of the business was ln the May delivery RAlSuE OF THE LEADING FUTURES Wheat Open High Low Close Deo $1 299 $1 30i $1 281 $1 28 July 1 195 1 0i 1 17J 1 181 Corn May 78! 73J 78i Si July 74 7 4 41 Oats-Dec Oats-Dec 49 48i 488 May Si Hi 53! oS CASH QUOTATIONS Wheat No 2 red $1 2ail 273 No 3 hard $1 6J1 278 Com No 2jelow 686$Sc o 8 yel low 663068c Oats No 3 while 49io standard 601 60ic Rye Ko 2 L12. Barley 6174o T mothy $5 607 00 Clovei- $12 E015 00l Pork $17 00 Lard $10 36 Ribs $9 6210 '6 |