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Show : WHEAT MARKET j. IS UNSETTLED 1 1 Several Events and Reports FTend to Weaken Confidence Confi-dence of Holders rSIICAOO. April 20 Rkepllclam about rnnunue.l lark of wheat auppllca hera to fill mnirar'a for May delivery had con- a"terRt)ie rrect this weeg toward wlirhlng 1 down prlre In th wheat market. Com- i l-S'(l with a week wheat tMe morn- J log was .ItS'kc lower, corn unchanared to I T i lc hlsther. oat off -U tt c. and pro-j vision h iffulnr. varying from 10c decline l lo a rl.. ..f ISc. j Inr!mr4.ne that a tig grain company, eupp-ie I to be h'-avlly short of vDrst, was r.' oared fa deliver eht'tt on out eta nlf contra, ta tnst, . of settling iifherwlne, aave t:e first Jolt to trader who had hern ex nt ting value to ascend. Kvldt nee that v hea i in pur is from Canada, duty paid, would be made at a profit, tended further to weaken confidence on the part of hold-era hold-era of wheat. Then came gossip that private pri-vate set t If -rents were being negotiated In ta v con tract a Involving as much as five mil Hon bushels. At this Juncture the mar-, ket t'ropped Wo a bushel within a few hours. In usual activity tn purchasing for Europe Eu-rope developed after wheat prices had turn-Med. turn-Med. Aboxt l.ino.ftnn bushels were estt-natd estt-natd to have been taken for Europe one lay and I.Oftt.ftito bushels the day follnw-tna follnw-tna Then quotations tlghtensd up again and perplexity recurred as to how rest month's deiiverlea hero, beginning Monday, would result. K aboard demand for both corn and oats, helped to ajlve comiiararive steadiness to the two feed grain mark eta. I rrvlsioi:s averared higher; with hoga |