Show TONE OF STOCK I MARKET FIRMER I Support of Large Interests Ef Effective Effective in Stopping Plunge Downward 0 BUYING DEMAND LANGUID ADVANCE IN PRICE OF SOME OF THE LEADING SECURITIES N w v York F Fb b 24 A deck check came ame to tJ todi today di da day to tho the disorderly liquidation that was we demoralizing the tio stock market The per ts that the course of or yesterday If IC continued would lead to that result prompted some measure of equal l support The he large short Interests were prompted to reduce their short lines Itne with the signs of or a greater stability in the market This demand was vas a potent Influence in the recovery of ot prices The buying demand deman however was lan Ian languid languid guid After periods of dullness caused by the mutual indifference of buyers and sellers the traders tested the tIe market by advancing bids The undertone of ot the market therefore was wat firm although lacking aggressive strength London apparently was as us con confident over the outlook as our own mar market markt markt kt ket and a sharp e there mere from a former advance coming just before the New ew York market opened had much to do with the feverish fluctuations of the af at afternoon att t moon market There was a better tooling feeling over the steel trade outlook and a growth of ot confidence that the price concessions on steel prod u ts were a preliminary to revival In the trad The proportion of the market read readjustment readJustment readJustment obtained clearer form torm and were from fron the extravagant assumptions assumptions of yesterday that an immediate re relapse relapse relapse lapse to the conditions of depres depression depression depression sion and contraction of 1001 was in pros prospect prospect prospect The conviction finds very ery general expression that fundamental conditions are sound and are aro shaped toward better betterment ment With the recovering tendency once definitely definite shaped the r requirements of the tho thol large l r uncovered bear interest must be looked to for explanation In the extent to li the rally rall ran The money mone market was unaffected by bythe byth the th large operations of the day The call for tor the return of thirty million dollars of government deposits to the treasury ma matured matured lured and the New Ne eW York banks turned many man millions of ot this amount yester ia da cay and today on account of interior cor Ov OVer r a million dollars In ingold sold gold old was engaged enga for shipment nt to Ar Argentina gentina Last prices were dearer darer than to hI hi extent of pf five fie a share f fr r R nad adf g thre thle Tot foi fJ U ti S Steel and of J the minor amor stee stEe industrials and from om two to three a a share for the te most prominent railroad stocks i The bond market was waa wa irregular Total sales sale par vaLue O call caU United Unie States State bonds were we unchanged on Stock Quotations I Low Close Sales Sae High LW Close Amal Copper 78 70 0 O 70 I O OAmer Amer mer COPler C F P 47 4 46 f Preferred 2 oo 10 iO 0 Amer Cot OH OIl 01 59 53 5 t O 6 6 Amer H L 1 1200 1 S 31 a 1 35 3 Amer Ice Sec See 1200 12 t 21 zi Z 21 1 Amer Linseed Ined 1 12 Amer Loco 2100 I W 49 60 Preferred 33 3 10 10 Amer S R E 82 8 H Sl S1 Preferred 1200 12 lZ 01 Amer Sugar Ref 6 91 81 O 90 Amer Tob pfd 6 SI 1 80 0 4 W Amer Woolen 4 2 28 23 28 Ana Ana Min Mm Co sJ 41 40 41 4 Atchison 3 9 Preferred SOO 80 Atlantic C Line 3 11 12 16 Baltimore 0 90 liy 10 10 Preferred 10 93 9 93 91 9 Brook R B R Tran Tn 16 65 6 6 4 67 6 64 63 69 Can Pac Pac 34 16 1 j 1 Cent Cent Leather 29 29 a 3 29 2 9 Preferred 01 Cent Cent of N J 3 20 2 Ches Che Ohio 64 n 61 64 Chi Gt Ct West 1800 18 7 W 6 6 7 Chi North 6 li 1 J C M St St P 13 14 C C C St L 3 00 71 70 OY 72 7 Colo Cob F Iron 31 29 9 31 1 Colo Cob South 1700 62 6 2 59 r 6 61 1st preferred 1600 1500 lr 81 8 SO S 0 80 Sn d preferred 1100 77 W 76 bl 77 Con Cen 2 Gas 15 l 1 1 i iCorn Corn Com Products 2100 17 IH 16 17 m Del Hudson SOO 0 11 l in inD 11 D R It R G 4 2 42 4 42 42 Preferred 1000 10 83 S 82 82 8 84 8 Dis Sec 9 2 33 32 33 2 Erie Sc 0 26 26 25 2 26 1st preferred 3 42 40 4 42 4 d preferred 40 32 32 22 2 32 22 3 Gen Electric 00 13 15 loOV 15 30 1 2 Gt Gt North pfd pM pl 13 1 do tb Ore CUs 30 67 61 6 63 67 6 Illinois 10 Central 0 13 13 1 Inter Met 14 1 13 14 Preferred 3 20 1 i 38 3 33 23 4 Inter Paper 4 4 10 11 10 10 1 Preferred 1100 1400 10 52 2 51 52 51 Inter Pump 1 34 24 34 Iowa Central 1100 27 21 27 2 27 K C South 60 33 3 37 r SS 38 Preferred 2800 8 63 6 67 6 61 Louis Nash l 12 Minn St L 40 54 i 54 5 65 56 6 M f Inn S P S S S 3 r X 10 1 i Pac Pac 80 67 6 67 61 6 67 il t K T 24 38 35 33 3 83 28 Preferred K 10 71 71 71 National Lead Lad 2100 74 72 i 73 N Y T Central Central 1 11 1 1 NTO X N Y T O 0 W IV 49 44 41 t 42 43 Norfolk West Wet 2 87 8 84 8 86 5 Northern Pac Pac 13 1 North American 2 2 78 78 i 78 7 Pacific Mail lal 1403 1400 31 23 31 m 1 Pennsylvania 1 1 1 Peoples Gas Ga 6 lU 10 HOTi P C C St L 87 8 Pressed Steel Car 1900 m 33 3 31 32 31 PulL Pal Pat Car 16 1400 41 39 41 n Ry fly R Steel Spring 3 Reading Beading 1 1 13 I 1 Republic Steel 1700 10 19 17 19 I Preferred 2500 2900 0 71 7 6 67 70 0 Rock flock Island Co 10 22 2 S 1 21 Preferred 60 6 57 32 I 39 St st L 1 S 8 F I 10 37 a 7 37 31 56 26 2 II St L 1 20 30 7 Preferred 10 10 50 W 30 39 49 Sloss S S 1 71 69 t 4 70 7 IH 1 Preferred 6 1 US 1 Southern Ry lIlt 24 t 22 23 2 22 Preferred 61 b 60 G 6 61 4 I Tenn Tenn Copper 35 38 36 37 Texas Pac 31 21 SO 30 31 1 T St L W 1004 3 44 4 4 43 41 U I Preferred o 65 66 G 64 4 65 6 62 Union Pacific 16 li 12 1 Preferred K 2 95 95 9 63 1 IT U S Rubber 1200 1300 1 29 2 27 37 2 23 8 1st preferred 1500 1300 10 OY U r 9 a S Steel 40 44 44 41 U 43 4 Preferred 10 IO Utah Uth Copper o 42 40 4 42 U Vir VI Car Chem Chern 2000 20 42 40 Oi 42 Preferred It Wabash abash 2100 17 15 16 16 Preferred n IO 44 H 41 4 43 West Wet Else Elec Ele 1800 1100 1 76 74 4 76 West Wet Union 65 64 64 Wheel LB 1 I E 10 1 S 8 S 8 9 Wis Central 2400 40 4 OS 22 40 4 Amer T T 1000 L i 1 Total sales ales for tor the te day da shares |