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Show GOVERNMENT REPORT RALLIES GOm lUUnKETi CniCAGO, Dec. 12. Anxiety to even up tradf 8 1 !j as to avoid auy surprise in the government errp report rallied the corn market today from bearish cffC'cts of disturbed financial conditions. ; The close, however, was uui-etlled, rauying from 1 ( net decline to a like ndvynee; January. $1.35 to $1.35'-h ami May M .32 to l.32tj. Oals fin- ' b-lied -;c off to a gain of a shade. In provisions j the outcome varied from cents loss to a rise of 45c. Corn uuderwent a t first a d eel dud setback, chiefly as a result of sympathy with New York : stock market weakness. In uddltlon, the continued con-tinued rfeord-breiikiu'j tumble of foreign exchange ex-change rates teuded to increase bearish fceull-mont, fceull-mont, and no likewise did liberal receipts of corn. Selling, though, was overdone, and In view of tho fact that the government report was to be Issued soon after the close of trading operations here, the majority of dealers found themselves in couipet Ition as buyers during the last hour. Gossip that the east and Canada were reselling cash grain attracted less titteu-tiou. titteu-tiou. therefore, than might otherwise have been the case. Data were governed by the fluctuations of corn. Acute weakness of forflgi exchange made the provisions m-irket sag, but the rally in com operated later as an offset. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Com Pec SI. $1.41 $l.n0?i $1.-41. .Ian 1.34'i l.flB-H 1.34 1.33 May 1.3l-i 1.32,'j a.30;i 1.32 Oats-Dee Oats-Dee 7714 -77S .70 b, .77 May 75) bi .708 .70j Pork J;u .... 33. -Ti Mav 33.70 S4.25 33.00 31.20 bard ,1 a 11 22.40 22 . 5.1 22 . 35 22 . r-0 May 22.80 23.00 22.70 23.00 Kibs Jan 57.0.1 13.13 17.95 IS. 10 Alay IS. 50 18.60 1S.3J 18.55 |