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Show CORN PRICES El DAY WiTH ADVANCE CHICAGO, March 1. Virtual certainty of a' liberal and sustained export demand de-mand gave firmness today to the corn market. From the outset, prices showed a slight advance, and there was a steady close at the same as yesterday's finish to a shade higher, with March at Sl.27 and May at $1.27. The outcome in oats ranged from a shade off to gains of tic. Provisions rose &6c to 22c net. Corn traders devoted chief attention to notices that until March 10 the food administration would take 500.000 bushels to 750,000 bushels daily from export. The, fact, however, that the market for future deliveries was already to the maximum max-imum limit on values left but little incentive to speculative bulls. Complaints of failure of eastern roads to provide cars for shipments tended also to check any decided upturn. The result was that during much of the session dealings in futures were at a complete standstill, and details of price changes had no special spe-cial significance. Oats averaged higher as a result of continued scantiness of arrivals. Bearish estimates of farm reserves led at times, though, to considerable selling, especially of the May options. Commission house buying lifted provisions, provi-sions, despite weakness in the hog market. mar-ket. Offerings were light throughout the day. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Corn March ..$ $ $ $1.27. May . . . 1.27 1.27 1.26 1.27 Oats March .. .88 .89 .88 .S9 May . .. .87 .87 .87 87 Pork May . ..4S.10 4S.10 47.80 47. SO Lard May . ..25.90 26.00 25.87 25.87 July . ..26.20 26.20 26.10 26.10 Ribs . May . ..25.12s 25.17 25.00 25.02 July 25.47 |