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Show CORN MS BULGE i cira'KE CHICACO. Got. 2. Corn nulpc-.l in value tod:iy after H.n early show ot weakness. weak-ness. Reports tha t Texas had absorbed all offerings of new corn gave impetus to the upward ywlnjr of the market. Prices closed firm, to c net higher, at $1.13 lor December and $1.1G for May. Oats Kalned -c to lc, and provi-.sions provi-.sions 10c to 25c. Heavy selling which took place at the outset in corn was ascribed to increasing increas-ing assurance tha t the bulk of the crop had escaped danger from frost, especially as no unseasonable low temperatures seem probable during the next few days. Scantiness of present supplies, however, acted as a check on weakness and there was a decided veering away from the bear side after midday when word was circulated that 1 he Mississippi surplus yield was rapidly being contracted for to meet an abnormal scarcity which drouth had caused In Texas. Some of the most conspicuous buyers at the iinlsh were houses that had started tlie day as sellers. Unfavorable, weak and - sinallness of country offerings gave Independent strength to oats. The rise in provisions was due chiefly to a nnouncenieut of a big reduction in stocks of meats at western packing centers. cen-ters. Exclusive of St. Louis, the decrease de-crease for September was 61,000,000 pounds. RANGE OF LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Corn December $1.184 Jl .19 I.17& Jl.lpaj -May l.loH l.i6',i l.HVs 1-16H Oats-December Oats-December 7i S . Ti H . ,1 7 7 g . 5 5 May 60'i .61!; .C0s,i .61 Pork October 43. lo 45.10 45.15 January i5.T0 47.15 46.70 47.15 Lard October :4.45 ?4.fio 24.45 24.60 January EC. 72 j.92 23.72 23. S3 Ribs-October Ribs-October ;.S3.60 26-fifl 26.30 26.RO January 24.40 25.00 24.80 25.00 |