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Show NEW RESTRICTIONS STRENGTHEN CORN Anxiety of Shorts Brings About Sharp . Bulges During Session. ' i CtltCAGO, iov. DC Anxiety of shorts that new restrictions on trading were contemplated brought about sharp bulges today in the torn market. Prices closed 1 strong". V,ysr. to fc net higher, with De- ceinber at .$1.2o and January at $1.26 to; Sl.lliVi. Oats gained li: to l:;gC and pro- i visions finished unchanged to 50c up. I Uneasiness on the part of shorts in ! corn resulted cliiefly from semiofficial in- cstigation of the question whether short ; selling .of corn mtglit not advantageous- ly be- banned, as already the case with cotton. Scrutiny on this line was construed con-strued in some quarters as a threat of drastic measures against speculative shorts. A series of flurries to cover resulted re-sulted and, although sharp reactions Intervened, In-tervened, the market closed at virtually j the top level of the day. A liberal de- I crease in the visible supply total,, to- ' seiner with the fact that the food ao ! ministration had new-placed buying- or- : ders in the rye and barley markets, were additional bullish factors, and so; too, 1 was cash buying of corn here for Mia- ' souri. I Oats were firmer with corn. Rural offerings of-ferings to arrive were light and receipts smaller than generally had been looked for. ! Provisions averaged higher, owing to . the upturn in the corn market. Besides, j shipments of lard materially exceeded the I amount a year ago. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. Higli -Low. Close. Corn T)cc $U22i $1.2Ma ? Sl-S-Js Jan l-.-'-s l.-lv't Oats ' lV-.r 70'f. .72 .70 .7l-i Jan 10 .i'-Ms 'UO 'ork Nov -73 Jan 1 C . 00 -1 tl . 4ti . 00 4t! . -JO Lard Nor Jan. . . . s . .23.S7 i'0.10 2".S3 20.07 Nov 2.T.73 Jnu 21. 17 24.73 21. 17 21. Go CASH QUOTATIONS. Torn ". 2 vol low, nominal ; No. 3 yd-Imv, yd-Imv, now. lOfi'l.il ; No. 4 yellow, old, $1.11; No. 4 vrlluw, new, SI. 33. OatsNo. 3 will to, 71 (g 73c; Btundurd, 74 fit 74 c. Kvp-No. 2. Sl.B2(g-l,02!j. Ilarlov, DOoCrf $1.0.i. Timothy. $7.0(1 ftf. 10.23. Clover, nominal. Pork, nominal. l.anl, $26.fi5. liibs, nominal. |