Show SA BATTLE LULL MAKES FOR DULLNESS IN MARKE MARKET MARKETS I Suggestion Made That Six- Six Cent Coin Be Issued by Government By Wall Wal NEW Ew rw YORK April 2 Another Another day of ot extreme extremo dullness left let tho the stock market without material net not changes For or a 0 time Studebaker and Sinclair were lower After the annual meeting of or the tho Stride Stride- baker company nt at which President Er- Er stain made an optimistic report of 1918 prospects prospect the tho stock stok of that company advanced ad ad- 2 points from the low level Traction stocks stock were better beter because of nt a growing belief In a 1 cent C fare tare Cotton Cotton Cotton Cot Cot- ton made a 1 new now high record In this market dullness was waa due of ot course to the lull lul In the battle The Tho ho bulls bulls' bull coura were more than over ever convinced that Germany hns hRS suffered i a vast defeat because of the enormous cost of ot th the tho ground Jound gained gained There will wH be probably no serIous ef tt- tt ef- ef efI fort tort mud made to change the ruling an announced announced announced an- an anh hy by tho the attorney general nerl In re regard re- re reI gard Jard to p taxa taxation of ot stock borrowed for stok t. t ton delivery on short K Ie It I Is everywhere admitted that the ruling In is strictly In ac accordance tic tic- with wih the wording of the law Iw o te for when the stock tock Is la borrowed there therl Is h Isan isan an nn an actual transfer of or ownership NEW COIN NEEDED Bankers Dankers havo received no but they have been given to understand that tho the government will nl do everything within tho the its Il tn security power powel to market prevent pre ent demoralization of The Tho state authorities will m he expected to do their share sharo b by authorizing a n cent 6 far tare fare Traction people aro arc feeling optimistic optimistic opt opt- over o the tho outlook In this connection the tho sU suggestion has been made mado that a cent 6 coin h be he Issued b by the government The nickel no lon longer cr suffices for the great hulk bulk of ot lit littie lit lit- Jent bule It- It tie tle to purchases as it formerly did and nd the tho making of change chanh Is h becoming a nuis taco ance A cent C-cent piece is now an nn economic access necessity ty The question of or bonuses to steel workers work work- orl cr ers ha has become such a delicate one to discuss with wih stockholders that tho the Beth Beth- lehem Steel company compan yesterday put tho the matter mater beyond leond dispute by y adopting a n by bylaw by- by law at the annual I meeting authorizing the tho officers to onuses up to S per percent percent percent cent of oC the net blot S1 earnings earning of or tho the corpora corpora- corpor- corpor tion ton DIVIDING BONUSES Tho The method of dividing this bonus among the tho to workers Is 18 left lel to th the tha tive t o officers Bonuses distributed by by Bethlehem In 1917 amounted to 7 G per percent percent percent cent of or the net earnings In II tho the Studebaker Studebaker Studebaker Stude- Stude baker company tho the bonuses ranged near 15 Ii per cent of 01 the tho not It I Is understood Is-understood v that i. both r r the Penn Penn- hel helped d financially this summer 1 Bankers expect a very ery great Improve Improve- 1 I Seat mont ment In the mone money market as soon n. n pon 9 the war finance corporation Is authorized by law NEW YORK VORK STOCK LIST Badger Brothers boker 10 South Main lall street furnish the tho following quota quota- lions tons receIved over their wires l Alaska G 1 1 1 1 Ant Am Beet Sugar 7 75 7 73 74 Alaska Juneau Am ni Can 1400 1400 40 0 40 1 40 Ama Am C Car r t Form Foun 2300 78 is 78 73 Am 11 I La Lea 56 Am Ioco 6 6 61 61 1 Am Sm Smelt t n. n OO 77 Am Sugar He 78 77 n- n lOO 7 Zinc 13 13 13 do preferred 1 41 Anaconda 63 3 62 63 Atchison 84 83 82 Atlantic W V L L Bait Ohio oo 52 52 51 H Baldwin Loco 1700 74 74 74 Beth Steel D B 2100 77 7 77 7 77 3 Brook RapId Tran 40 40 Butte Bute Sup 19 13 19 19 4 Corn Prod Pod 2800 3 3 35 35 Calif CaH Packers 2000 40 0 3 39 39 Can PacIfic 1700 4 4 Central Leather Ieather OO 65 3 en 44 C Cerro rr do tc Pasco 30 30 30 4 30 Ches Oio 55 55 GI S St PI Fl Q 3 39 40 I I le leopper l opper bUl 1 1 lj H 14 Chino Copper 41 U 41 41 Cola Cob Fuel Iron 1001 37 36 41 I Crucible Steel 1007 7 C 62 C 6 Cuban Cane Can 2 23 S S1 28 S D It G 4 do preferred 7 Eric H 14 H 14 H 3 4 Distillers 2600 3 39 38 I 31 6 General rotors Motors 3 G Northern Norther pd pfd 91 1 PO 90 G I Northern Norther Ore Oro oo 27 27 27 I Greene Can 40 O 39 40 I Gen Con Eke 9 I mt Int Mer Ier Marine 2300 24 24 21 H ilo do preferred 90 89 1100 Inter Nickel Nickel ISOO H. H 28 J 28 10 Inter Paper 30 28 2 2914 Inspiration 2000 4 46 46 6 md Ind Alcohol I 1700 11 Cop 1400 1100 31 30 Steel 76 76 Lehigh Valley rax 25 Miami 2500 30 21 28 I I K T Mo Io Pacific 21 21 1 Mexican Petro 1600 n 92 2 92 i 45 45 45 Nat L Lead d lt 66 S1 f lS' lS 57 N Y Central 1300 69 69 Norf ort W North Northern rn Pacific 00 8 85 5 54 H. H 84 Nevada o ada Con 18 I New Haven lann OO 28 28 21 23 2 I Int NatI nt Enamel 47 n 47 I I Out Ont Silver 4 8 7 7 Ohio ClUe Cities Gas 1000 38 38 I i 1300 H 44 H 44 Ir Steel Car 00 60 1 PI GO 60 60 0 I Coal 62 52 52 52 Reading 0 81 S 1 SO 30 I 0 I Rep Iron Steel Stel oo n 7 71 73 21 Rock nock OO 29 H. 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