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Show COLO WEATHER HELPS CORN MET PIE CHICAGO, Dee. 10. Severe eoid weather did 0 good deal today to strengthen the corn market. mar-ket. Prices, although unsettled ttt the close, were tip t'if to l:'.ie ret. Oats pained c to f'itc Provisions finished unchanged to 20c liigher. below zero t em pera 1 11 res prevaHins over a laryw part of ihe country bidicaicd to corn traders the likelihood of serious increase of delay de-lay to the mo vein en t of corn. "It wa s gener-a gener-a 11 y accepted ihat the cold u a ve would reduce, the efficiency of the railroads and at the same 1 ime would add t;rea t ly ty 1 he need of precedence prece-dence for coal handling. Sniallncss of toil ay's receipts of corn here tended further 10 stimulate stimu-late buyers, and no likewise did n material upturn up-turn in hojj values. A iter midday, however, demand for corn blackened ami specula t i ve sell inr that accompanied extreme new low records rec-ords for British exchange led to something uf a reaction. Then commission house support developed de-veloped again, mid prices rallied beloie the finish. Despite the break 1n sterling, oats duplicated dupli-cated the firmness of corn. Country offerings were lipiif.. Provisions were hipher -with hogs and grain. Furthermore, winter shiiigltiering of hogs showed a decided falling off, compared with a year ugo CASH QUOTATIONS. CornNo. 2 mixed, old, $1.01; No. 2 yellow, old. $1.58(0)1.50. Oafs No. 2 white, S30 81c; No. 3 white, S0;4 GS3C. : live No. 2, Sl.ft3ffU.W. ! barley, $1.50.1.07. ! Tlmothv seed, $S.50ff? 1 1 .50. I riover seed, $a0.00fti(48.u0. Pork, nominal. Lard, $23.00. Ribs, $18.00 i 10.00. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTCKES. Open. High. lov. Close. Corn Dec 5I--1-S Sl.-IS'i $l.'I3'-i Jan 1.37C, ,3S 1 .S7 1 .37 -"J, May 1.3-1-i 1.35li - Lot 1.34?a Oats De,c 78'- .70 .7SS .78G iluv SO .SFi VSU"-; .8114 Pork-Jan Pork-Jan 35.50 m 35.70 35.50 ?5.50 Mav 34.00 33.00 34.00 Lurd .Tan 22 . 80 22.07 22 . SO 22 . 85 May 23.05 , 23.13 23.00 23.15 Ribs .Ian IS. 05 18.30 IS. 45 Mav is. 90 IK. 05 IS. 70 1S.S5 |