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Show MARKET FOR CORN 15 UWSETTLEDAT CLOSE Fresh Measures of Food Administration to Curb the High Prices Efficacious. CHICAGO, May 11. Announcement by the food administration that flour-substitutes must sell 10c below wheat cost had a depressing influence today on the corn market. Largely as a result, corn closed unsettled, 2c net lower to c advance, with May at $1.27 and July at J1.43H to ? 1.434. Oats lost Vie- to 2c, and provisions pro-visions 32c to 60. Notice of the fresh measures which the food administration was putting forth to curb high prices of cereals came opportunely oppor-tunely for the bears, at a time when demand de-mand for immediate delivery of coarse grains was limited. Likelihood that planting plant-ing would be in full swing next week counted also in turning the corn market downgrade. Besides, weather conditions showed notable improvement and tnere were reports that ah descriptions of feed were being freely offered at reduced prices. Toward the last of the session, many early sellers attempted to take profits, and this action led to a moderate mod-erate recovery, but the fact that receipts for the week were considerably larger than during the corresponding time last year formed a check on the upturn. Oat3 duplicated the weakness of corn. About the only shipping business reported re-ported was on a sixty-day basis at relatively rela-tively low figures. Provisions dropped with hogs and grain. RANGE OF LEADING FUTURES. Open. High. Low. Close. Corn-May Corn-May QjVA Si-27, JlJfrfc $1.27 July ' 1.4-1 1.44 1.42 1.43 Oats-May Oats-May . 73 .73 .72 .7 July, 65 .66 .64 .65 Pork-May Pork-May 44.70 44.73 44,70 44.70 July 45.60 45.15 45.15 Lard July 25.47 25.55 25. Co 25.27 Sept 25.77 25. SO 25.60 25.60 Ribs-July Ribs-July 24.15 24.15 23.92 23.32 Sept 24. GO 24.60 24.40 24.40 |