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Show UFil TILT GiVEH TO THE CORN MARKET All Offerings Readily Absorbed; Ab-sorbed; Move Checked by Selling Orders. CHICAf.O. Feb. H Headincss with which offerinss were absorbeJ save an upward tilt today , to the corn market. Oats gained lUc to 1 1 "Ot n V sions the outcome, varied fiom - cline to a rise of lie. ,n icale It took sellins orders on a lorce sea e to check advances in corn. -)"' V chief reasons assigned .for th s . o nmi o' was the fact that receipts, a"1'0"-;" ',' ' e eral. were not nearly so larsie as on the preceding dav. The supply ol cho i-Mdes e'Decially uid not equal the ie mand Kesldes a further ia.proverr.ent was noted in traffic conditions east . ot Chicago, with freight being accepted free Iv on all roads but two. . , Thronshout the session the view seemed to prevail that under "rent circumstances circum-stances the accumulation of an la-ge stock here or at other leading centers could not be regarded as likely. Highest prices of the season were made in oats. Buying on the part of big houses with export connections kept prices on the upgrade from the outset. ,ir,hr Firmness in the hog market together with liberal meat shipments, tended to sustain provisions. RIXGE OF THE LEAPING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Corn - o-j, March ..51.27H fl.JTH S -." '-;! Jlav .... l.S3v irt . I--"- Marrt". -M May hl'i ,?-'.8- ---'s Pork ' . May ....47.30 47. 10 4T.S 4i-3 hard , . -n May 25.42 -5.47 2D. 2-, July -'5-65 -a-"' -,'bJ MaybS".:i.77 2(.S7 :i.S5 4.S0 |