Show ROBBING GAME IN WALL STREET Conservative Members of Ex Exchange Exchange Exchange change Condemn the Fla Flagrant Flagrant Flagrant grant Manipulation a ONLY THE TYROS DECEIVED DAY CLOSED WITH LOSSES IN 4 LEADING ISSUES New York Tork Aug 22 brief ses e eIon Ion alon on the stock exchange was wae marked by the tho most malt flagrant manipulation and ana extraordinary CI excitement Trading in the two hours aggregated over one ono million hires A very large proportion of at this business was of at euch such a hollow and super superficial superficIal tidal character as a to deceive no one but butth butth the th merest meres tyro In fact tact expressions of at condemnation were quito quite general among the more conservative members after the markets s close and opinion that the tho days daye work had caused incalculable harm was almost unanimous Two theories were advanced in explanation nation of ot the tho days extraordinary pro One was that a certain group of speculators peculators prominently identified with the tha Rock Island Is and system was being squeezed by other ether large largo interests tho the object being that of ot gaining control of at atthe the Rock Island The Tho other theory waa as that certain well known shorts had been given to understand that they would be permitted to cover at tle the market Yet another story stor and one ono that found not a afew afew few tew believers was that discredit discreditable discreditable able ablo business was waa Inspired by the New Nev NevEn England En manipulator whose activities earner ea Ca or r in thc the week caused no little alarm Imi J 1 market opened with general ad adval adVa val Va ees and gave little hint of ot what fol followed followed lowed Rowed Before Defore the expiration of ot the first hour however trading assumed a dif different di ferent terent aspect large blocks of ot the active issues ues coming out with wild fluctuations Tho he great bulk of ot the business was In American Smelting Rubber Union Pa Pacific Pacific eWe the steel stocks and Northern Pa Pacific Pacific cUIe The Tho movement when It did not sug suggest suggest suggest gest the matching of oC orders had all the earmarks of oC a n general covering The day closed with losses lossell In a no number of ot issues Including the tho Following Fo ng the markets r close it was ru Ill rumored mored d that a big delivery of ot stocks esti estimated estimated mated at shares would be made before the beginning of ot Mondays business bank statement was In line with gen general genat eral at expectations reserves showing an Increase of at over The percentage of ot o reserve now held by the associated banks Is III now per cent against last lost week weak London observed a holiday to today toay today day ay and took no part In our operations i Total sales soles of ot bonds was I J New York Stock Exchange Amal anai Copper 79 76 78 4 Amer C F SOO 40 39 39 1 Preferred JOS 10 i imer Amer mer Cot OH Oil 34 Amer mer H L pfd 20 2 Amer Iner er Ice BOO I 30 3 4 2914 29 2 94 Amer mer Linseed 10 12 12 2 10 Amer Loco 9 66 W 6 54 51 5 Preferred 10 Amer S B R 92 9 93 Preferred Amer er Sugar Bugar SUlar Ref Ret 3 13 1344 34 1341 1343 Amer mer Tob pfd pM 2 93 i 93 93 9 Amer Woolen 2 23 Ana Ans An Mm Un Co 47 46 Atchison 1400 83 8 3 8 Preferred 94 Atlantic C Line SO 50 0 Baltimore 0 O 93 93 93 Preferred 82 S Brooklyn R It R T 30 5 El 51 6 51 I Canadian nalan Pac Pa 10 1727 12 i 1 Central central Leather 1300 13 25 23 28 S 28 Preferred 96 Cent of ot N J Che Ches Che Ohio 10 i 41 41 Chi Gt West 6 Chi North 15 4 1 Chi CM Mil Mit Mi St P 1 Hl C C C St L 57 Cob Colo Fuel t I S 00 33 3 33 33 3 3 Colo Cole South 1500 15 33 3 3 33 3 1st lt 00 62 6 62 62 6 preferred 10 53 55 5 53 5 53 5 C Gas Ga 6 13 1 1 o On i Products Pod ct 19 19 19 59 Del Hudson liO D R 1 G 2 Preferred 10 Ct C CG Dip Dil Securities 10 oo 35 3 35 3 33 Erli Ere Erie 10 2 23 22 2 22 2 1st lit preferred 37 3 d preferred 2 Gen Electric 00 13 Gt at North pM pfd fG C 13 do Ore 6 Illinois Illnois Central CentrI 3 13 13 3 Inter Met et 10 11 11 m 11 1 Preferred Petered 1000 10 32 3 31 3 Paper 10 Preferred 55 f Iowa l wa Central 17 7 K C C South 23 2 Preferred 57 5 Louis Nash 3 10 Mex Central n 16 Minn St St L 2 M S P S S M 11 18 18 18 Missouri Pac 4 55 5 54 I 4 54 M I K T 31 31 Preferred K 10 61 63 3 National ut onal Lead 5 83 85 8 83 8 84 N Y Central 66 1013 N Y O 0 West ZOO 3 41 41 41 Norfolk West est O 74 7 74 7 74 North American 1400 1300 63 63 6 63 6 10 6 North Pac Hl Pac r Pacific Mail Man 25 2 25 24 Pennsylvania 1100 10 2 1 13 Peoples peoples Gas P C C St L 73 1 33 33 33 3 Pressed Steel Car Ca 10 3 3 Pul Pull ull Pat Pal Car 16 41 Ry Steel Reading 1243 3 12 1 Republic Steel 26 30 00 2 23 22 22 Preferred 78 78 8 77 Rock Island Co 43 40 18 15 17 1 Preferred 1030 31 2 3 30 St L L S F pfd 2700 70 2 22 20 t 16 2 21 St L 16 28 Preferred 2 Sloss S S 1 Iron 60 Southern PM m 10 98 98 Souther 19 19 18 S So Preferred R It 15 1500 lU 18 k 18 18 8 Preferred Preferred 48 48 48 Tennessee Cop 2 2 3 37 3 37 3 37 Pac 25 25 2 25 Texas s 2 2 2 T St L West 10 26 26 25 2 Preferred L 57 5 5 57 Union Pacific 16 Preferred 30 So 85 8 85 35 8 8 85 U S Rubber 10 3 33 3 33 3 3 1st preferred 2100 10 r 50 9 99 U S Steel 46 45 45 Preferred 1084 i Utah Copper 2 10 43 43 43 Car Chem ti 2 Vir 10 Wabash Preferred H 10 32 12 12 lyv J 12 S Preferred 26 25 5 27 23 a 2 71 71 West Elec 72 7 7 7 Western Wester ZOO 56 6 55 65 55 Wheel L Erie 4 heel 23 23 23 Wis Central 5 Z Z Total sates sales for theda the day shares |