Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-19 | Page 16 | Corn Prices Higher and Close Steady

Cfil PRICES in 10 CLOSE STEADY I ' I 1 ' j CHICAGO, Doc. IS. Corn BTeragcd higher in ; pric today, chiefly owing to weather conditions condi-tions unfavorable to the crop movement. The ; closo was stendy at the same as yesterday's ; finish to IHc up, with January $1.36 to l$l.S6!i and May $1.35M: to $l.35H Oats fin-: fin-: islied unchanged lo c off, and provisions varying from 45c decline to 55c advance. Trudn in corn was stain ly local and prices flucl Hat1'! often, but within a rather narrow , range. During most of the day hulls had the 1 advantage, as a result of continued scantiness scanti-ness of receipts and because of the outlook that 1 dampness and mild temperatures would further tend to restrict arrivals. ' The only pronounced weak Foot in the market was coincident w iMi 1 , a notice from the food administration that ' i practically all war rules as lo the handling j ot grain ifad been canceled by the government. govern-ment. The bearish influence of the notice, however, was quickly dispelled by tle fact I 1 that the board of trade had not jet rescinded ! an order limiting strictly the amount of deal-' ings allowed for any single interest. Absence of export buying operated as a weight on the oats market. Increased stocks of lard rendered that commodity com-modity weak. Pork and riba developed strength. RANGE OP THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Corn .Ta n $ 1 . 3fi & . 37U $1 .S3 L't 5 1 .36'$ Mar 1.35 1.3U?i 1.34 Oh 1.33U. Oats Jan .717', .71 .71 Vj May .72 .71 li .7l',i Pork-Jan Pork-Jan 47.30 May 41.. S5 43.40 42.5 43.05 Lard . Jan 24.40 24.50 25.02 21.05 May 24.27 24.40 24.02 24.25 ltibs .Tan 24. C2 24. SO 24 . 02' 24 . 75 May 23.75 24.12 - 23. G2 23.00 CASH QUOTATIONS. Corn, No. 2 yellow, nominal; N. 3 yellow, ! ?1.46ftl.4ri; No. 4 yellow, 51.401.43. Outs. No. '& white, TlKS'Sc; standard, j 72H (,473c. I llva. No. 2, $1.H01.62. ! Barley, SSc?1.01. N 1 Timothy, JS.OOi 11.00.' " I Clover, nominal. r i Pork, nominal. ' Lard, $24.05. - ; liibs,,- nominal. " '