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Show EMBARGO WEAKENS THE Glffi MARKET CHICAGO. Dec. 7. Pronounced wellness well-ness in the grain ma rivet resulted today from an embargo on corn and oats east-bound east-bound from Chicago, beginning December 10. Corn closed heavy, c to lc net lower, with January 1.2m to ?1.2U; and May. $X.l$ to SI. 10. Oats finished 2sc to 34c down and provisions off pJc to -15c. The ban on eastward shipments started start-ed corn prices downward at once. It was conceded on all sides that the probable effect of the embargo would be to build' up stocks here and at other important terminals, especially when the increasing supply of ears in the corn belt began lo exercise greater influence. Gossip was current that within a fortnight the delivery de-livery of the total of 10.000 cars which the government had ordered to the west would be complete. The fact that the snowfalls throughout the chief producing suites had not been of a character to in-! in-! terfere with the curing of com acted as ! a further bar to any Important rally. 1 Liquidation by holders took place on a large scale in the oats market. Th December De-cember option in particular suffered in value. Provisions fell with grain and hogs, government buying for Great Britain and Belgium tending somewhat to check the decline. RANGE OF THE 1. WADING FUTURES. Corn-Open. Corn-Open. High. Low. January U.2t'i $1,213 $1.20Vj May J.lJPi I.1?"S l.ls',3 Oats-December Oats-December 7 ! . 75 1; .7-3s Mav 714 .70 Fork Januarv -17.5 47.00 T-srd .lanuarr 24. 5" :'!,D 2-1.40 Mav .. 24.50 21.57 M.42 Ribs January : 25.;:o 2-5. Ai 25.10 1 May 2-0.: 25.42 25.12 |