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Show STOCKSJUMP AS BUYINESETS IN Professional Traders Believe i Selling Movement Has Been Carried Too Far NEW VtiP.K. Aug. 12- Many of th,. influential shares, IUCh as I nlled Slates Steel and Baldwin showed ery little variation from yesterday's final prices at the opening of the stock 1 market today. Movements wer? toward higher levels with buying of pedlal stocks In considerable volume. Reports thai th'i lone pending merger I of ,iiiims chemical ioni,anles soon would be consummated Influenced an , active Inquiry for the Kroup National ' Analine advanced 5, General Chemical 4 and Barrett company 2'i points, ln-vestmcht ln-vestmcht oils wen also stronger, Mexican Mex-ican Petroleum rising 1 and Shell Transport 2 '-j I nlteil States Kuober and lOixlicoit -Johnson gained a point each and American WOOien 3 Railroads Rail-roads wpre neglected . Iwell Motors Mo-tors flrsi preferred sagged 1 and Central Leathei 'i . Sterling exchange wa.-. steady. The range of prices was carried considerably higher during the fore-i fore-i noon The opinion was entered In some quarters that the recent selling had been carried too far and that ! the bears were buying back stocks This was cited as the principal cause 'i of the market s stiengtn Steels, oils, equipments tobaccos, motors, papers 'ami some of the seasoned dividend railroad stocks such as Reading, Can-' Can-' ndlan Pacific and Southern Pacific were advanced 1 to 3 points. Liberty ; bonds and Victors- notes worked toward lower levels, but there were little alterations in prices of foreign Issues. Professional traders today leaned toward the buying side and directed their efforts against the short Inter-l Inter-l est Gains were largely extended.' 'with Lnited States Steel. Crucible, , Baldwin, Atlantic-Gulf American Lln-' Lln-' seed, Reading, Canadian Pacific andj 'low-priced railroads in brisk demand Call mone ruled at 7 per cent, and sterling touched $3 6 4 o 1 'j i ems ' above yesterday's lowest. OGDEN LIVESTOCK MARKET. I Cattle Receipts, 54; chobe heavy 'steers, $ 9 00 7 1 o 00 , good steers, $8.00 (j 9.0tr; fair steers. $7 00 8.00; c'holce feeder steers. $6 00 in 7 00, choice cows and helters, $6 00p7 00. fair to; good cows and heifers, $5.00 $ 6.00, cutters, $5 00&6.00; canners. $3.00g 3.75; choice feeder cows, $5.00iJ 6 00. fat bulls. $5.00 6.00; bologna' bulls. $4 00&5.00. veal calves, $9.00 I 9.50. Hogs Receipts, none; choice fatj hogs. 175 to 25o pounds, $ 13 50 I 13 85; bulk of sales. $13 3 5 6 13 60,; feeders. l-1.004j 1 2 00. Sheep Receipts, COO, choice lamba $ 1 0.50 (11 1 1 "50; wethers, $7.00 8 00, tat ewes, $5 00u 6 00, feeder lambs, i $S.00(f7 9 00. Arrivals Reese and Usen. Weston, Ida., one load cattle; William Crlt-chell, Crlt-chell, Ulackfoot, Ida., one load cattle. CHICAGO FUTURES. CHICAG'.', Aug 13. i ipeiv. High. Low Close.' Wheat Dec . $2.45 $2.46i $2.41 $2.41 Mar . 2 W 2. CO 2 43 2.4 4 Corn Sejit . 151 1 52'i; 1.4S 14S-8 Dec... 1.26i 1 27 1 25 1.25 Corn I Sept.. 72U .72 7t8 .72 Dec .. 10 .71 Va 70 7o I Pork-Sept Pork-Sept 25.40 25 50 23.30 25.30 I Oct ... ... 26.00 I Ixird Sept . 18. s:, 19 07 18 77 18.95 1 1 ( Jet 19.25 19 45 19.1 7 19.32 ! Ribs .Sept.. 15 40 15.47 liLtO 15.42 ct... 15.82 15.90 15.90 15.90 ( MI PR It BS CHICAGO. Aug. 13. Wheat. No. 2 red. $2 58 2 62, No. 2 hard, 82.5843 ! 2.6 lVj. ! Corn. No .' mixed, $1 595 160; No. , 2 J cllow $ 1 6 7 f 1 69. Oafs, No 2 white, 76&77c, No i 1 white. 731,i& 75 ',2 c. Rye, No j, $2.10. Barley. $1.1 6(5 1.16. Timothy seed, 5.S.00 f 1 I .oa. Clover seed, $ 25 00 (i 30.00, I'ork nominal. Lard, $18.80 Ribs. $15.00(0 16.00. LONDON RATEb. LONIJON, Aug. 13 Bar silver, Vi '4 1 per ounce. Mont ;., unchanged i Discount rates: Short bills, 6 per I cent three-month bills, 6 11-16 per I cenL N. Y. SILVER. NEW YORK Aug 13 Bar sllver and Mexican dollars unchanged. |