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Show Coffee Futures. NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The market for coffee futures was much less active today to-day and fluctuations were narrow. The opening was unchanged to five points higher on a little scattered buying which may have reflected covering or replacing by some of the sellers on yesterday's early news from Washington, but otherwise other-wise there was very little demand and prices eased off slightly under realizing. The market will not reopen until next Tuesdav morning, and the Irregular flue- 1 motions proh;ihly reilected evening up for three days' adjournment. The close was net uncluumi'd to four points lower. De-j De-j comber, S.-bic ; January, S.-Ue; February, ; S.4;ic; March, S.pIc; April, S.tiSc; May, S.ii 7. ; .1 une, S.N.'c; duly, S.SSe : August, S.i'3c ; Sep 1 ember, S.9;'c; October, S.uhe; November, 9. lie. Spot, quirt but steady; Rio 7s, 9-c; Santos s. H'r'4c. Coat and freight offers were reported about unchanged, Tvllh 1 Santos 4s ouoiod at S.90c f. o. b. Brazil, 1 American credits. The ofticial cables showed an unchanged market at Uio and udvancos ot" 100 to 150 rels at Santos. : |