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Show CORN IS WEAKENED BY PEACE MPS Market Unsettled Through Turkish and Austrian Offers to Allies. CHICAGO, Oct. 29. Turkish and Austrian Aus-trian proposals to the entente powers gave noticeable advantage today to bears in the corn market. Largely as a result, prices although unsettled were 1 to net lower, with November and December $14$ to $1.18. ' Oats lost c to -c. The outcome in provisions ranged from 37c decline to 50c advance. Corn started dovfn grade as soon as the market opened. Tnitial weakness was due mainly to confirmation of the unreserved un-reserved character of Austria's plea, the full text of which was not available during dur-ing the previous day's session. After a moderate break in values, however, commission com-mission house buying became of sufficient suf-ficient extent to vane a fair rally, but support dwindled again when word was passed that independent negotiations with Turkey promised to end soon. Throughout the day. better weather and increasing movement of the new crop tended further to handicap the ' bulls. Besides. Chicago prices were said to be above a parity with certain other important im-portant shipping centers. Oats easpd down with corn, although declines were checked somewhat by unfavorable un-favorable rrop reports from Canada. Domestic Do-mestic and seaboard demand was slow. Provisions were neglected, and for the most part lower. Scattered selling of January delivery was ascribed to packers. pack-ers. RANGE OP THE LEAPING Fl TCIiES. Oien. High. 1 Low. Close, Corn Not $1.23 $1.39 S1-20H $l.21Vi Deo 1.10 1.19 l.U L.0.8U Oats Nov Wn .fiOUj .6S .0 Dec HS. .68 ,6?i .6SU, Port Nov i 37.75 Jan. 39.62 Lard Nov 20 . 20 jtsTlQ 2C . 20 Jan. . . 25 .60 25.25 25 .25 Kibs Nov 22 . 10 22 . 20 22 .20 Jan 22.. 60 22.90 22.47 22.47 CASH QUOTATIONS. Corn No. 2 yellow. $1.50: No. 3 vellnw, (J. 43 1.47; No. 4 yellow. SI .85(g) I ..is. Oats -No. :i white. 8789 c; stand art, pS i,i 70e. Rye No. 2. $1.82(8 1.83. Barley!" 85r3l.00. Timothy, $7.00'alO-00. ("lover, nominal. POrk; nominal. Lart. $26.75. Kibs, j28.0024.00. |