Show PRICES ASCEND IN NY N. N Y DESPITE DULL MOMENTS Rails Fail Fai to Join Upward Movement Coppers Copper Play Big oie Hole New Ne' York Torl March arch Excepting Excepting which failed to follow olo the general trend until tho the final final- hour an and ana thc then only In minor degree the tho mo ement movement of or prices on the tho stock ex exchange ex cx- change c toda today was again distinctly to towards towards to- to wards materially higher levels lC The Tho advance all was the tho more noteworthy note- note worthy because trading was marked b by frequent Intervals of or extreme dullness dull dull- dul- dul nos ness when selling pressure might have exerted an nn ne er adverse e Influence but at atno atno atno no period were reversals more than nominal Developments De of ot tho the ses session lon were I founded largely soh o on rumor for a anti and bo board r room Om gossip which d eal mainly with wita Wili no he course of or events e at nt Paris Parl and tho the tho prospects of or trade revival rc especially In n th the steel sled and copper Industries IndustrIes Steels equipments and coppers bulked largo large In the days day's dealing likewIse likewise lewise like like- le- le wise motors motor oil oIls tobaccos fertilizers and specialties assuming trading wide wIdo in these dimensions various arlous towards th end An extreme advance of or 6 G poInts points points- In General Motors probably was affected at the expense e of or a n short hort interest and ane substantial gains In Industrial ln Alcohol the leading and anI motor molar specialities also occasioned hurried covering coy cov cuing ering of or contracts United States State Steel Hecl was in steady de demand tie tie- tc- tc mand at an extreme extrema riso 1110 of 2 23 21 to 99 almost a point under last weeks week's maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum but considerably higher than Us its Is recent low quotation and affiliated I issues gained 1 to 10 3 points I Canadian Pacific was th tIle the one outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing feature among rails rais H its rise of or 3 31 points being attributed to tho the company's compans record gross Jross earnings as disclosed In the lie annual report Sales Sale amounted to shares Bonds BondA were steady to firm aside aside- from slight shading shadinG of r Issues comprising In ing the foreign group roup Total sales par value alue as aggregated isi Old OIl united States Stales bonds bones were unchanged on call cal |