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Show COffl IS UNCERTli CLOSING. UNSETTLED Cl-TTCAGO. Dec. 19. Prospects lh.it n B1Ue..G might be eneountered in filling C"il-I C"il-I racls for near-by deliveries had ;i si lengthening length-ening effect today on December nnd January corn, but later mouths were inclined 1o sag. The close was unaeltled, January $1.3fi'i lo SI .363 nnd Mny $1.3-1 :-3 to $1.35. with the market, as a whole Ae off lo l-'Wc up, compared com-pared with ycslerdny's finish. Odts lost He to 'hC. The outcome in provisions was uu-chunired uu-chunired to 35c lower. TtulW In corn put emphasis 011 lite fact th;il stocks of corn hero ninouuted to virtually nothing. noth-ing. In this connection, it wan pointed out thnt country roads in many sections were in . bad shape hs a. result of bad weather and 1 that farmers deliveries were restricted. lie-; Bidee. tempera lures were imueasoiiably hipli. n ; circtimstnnce vchich counted against any heavy 1 movement of the crop durin;.' the near future. Ou the other hand, predicted ruin were not in evidence, and bears look due notice that it bad again become permissible to carry grain in store for an tin limited period. Slowness oT export call anil of domestic ship-pint; ship-pint; mi les tended to depress oats. Continued excessive marketing of bops bad a weakening influence on provisons. Despite big shipments of lard and meats, buyers were extra cautious. ItANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. ' High. Low. Close. Corn 1 Jan $1 .3d $1 .37 $1.30 Mav 1.33'.', ' l.H7 l.4!a 1 .34 Oats .Inn 7l'i ,Tl- .70 ' .71 Mav TlVi .71 .70'., .71'..', Pork-Jan. Pork-Jan. ... 7.00 May 4.75 43.00 4J.73 43.00" Lard 1 .llio 23.-0 23.7r 7 23., May 113.93 111.07 23.90 1:1.02 Ribs .lan 1 21.7a Way 23,55 23.81; 23.35 23.72 CASH .QUOTATIONS. Com No. 2 yellow, $1.55; No. 3 yellow, nominal; No. 4 yellow, $1.43$; 1 .44. Oats No. 3 white, 71&ii71Jic; standard, 71 (72',c. ! live No. 2, $1.61'..'ci,.1.02,i. j flarlcv, 90cf7$l.03. , Timothy, SS.OOfrt 11.00. . Clover, nominal. Pork, nominal, Lard, $23.70. j ILIbs, nomiuitl. j |