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Show COON MMET RULED B'f BEAR iNELUENCES i CHICAGO. Oct. 3. Siiduon dee!opment of competition from Argentina had a decided bearish bear-ish effect today on the corn market, and so, too. did uneasiness regarding President Wilson's Wil-son's condition. Prices closed henvv, 2 "yo to H:, r net lower, with December at Vl 211' to Sl.pSi and M;v at $1.21 c; 10 $1.2l'4. 'Oats fintsnCU lc to I'nc down and provisions ranged from a 20c decline to a :i7c advance. Announcement of a break in corn quotations in Argentine, where holders were said to be alarmed over the scantiness of ejiports to En-rope, En-rope, gave (he corn market here a downward tendency from the outset. Later tendency was greatly increased by word thai Argentine corn wan being purchased t New York much below what domestic corn, either old or new. cmild he delivered for. The acknowledged seriousness of the president's illness opera t.-d . likewise as an evident depressing fa c tar from I he moment the market opened. but in more Indirect fashion and to a far more subordinate degree. Betler weather and enlarged country offerings rendered any important rally quite out of the question for the time being. Ou is followed corn downgrnde, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing con t inner) demand f rorn the seaboard . Provisions scored some ga ins as a result of higher q limitations on hogs and' owing to talk of a decrease in efalern stocks of lard. IIAXGE OP THE LEADING FUTUHES. Open. High. Low. Close. Corn .'Dee S1 .20"'S ?1..27's ?l.2.Vs ?1 .21US Mny 1.2PS. I.2-t'-j 1.21't; 1.21 On Lb Dee. .71 .71 '-j .70rt8 .70- .May , 7 o l-j . . 7 2 a -72 Pork Oct . 00 33 . 25 3." . 00 35 . 25 Jan 32.7.5 22.80 32.75 !2.60 Lard Oct 27.ro 27. C5 27.27 27. no J iftt 23 . 00 23 . 02 22 .07 22 . 1)3 TMbs-r Oct IS. i ' 18. G.r. 18.77 Jan IS. 00 IS. 00 17.05 IS. 02 Corn No. 2 mixed. $1. 1 Hrl .40 ; No. 2 yellow. yel-low. S1.5U&1.511-.. H- Oats No. 2 white, 71 Vu &73 ' -.-e ; No. o white, : GS'.'.72c. Rve No. 2. SI ,-12"i . Barlev, S1.2lHo't.o.S. Timothy. S3.30h11.5. Clover, nominal. Per!;, nominal. Lard, S27.27 27.J57. jiii.s. siy.oott,ni.oo. |