Show y LITTLE UTTIE EFFORT TO no BUSINESS Trading in Wall Street Duller 1 j Than Ever With Prices on Down Grade RED METAL MARKED DOWN i ASSEMBLING OF CONGRESS FAILED TO HELP MATTERS MATTERS I New ew York March 15 Business in stocks today fell another degree In the scale toil ward war idleness The assembling of con congress congress conj j gress had little lIttIe effect in releasing the 4 market from its Ita bonds Tho delay In re reporting porting the tho new flew tariff bill blU and In sending In lit the presidents special message was With the th assigned motive for the halt Confidence Confidence dence deace is not great that those events wilt will end the season sason of dullness in stocks The troubled European situation was responsible sible for some of the heavy tone at the outset Selling orders were executed for foreign account In various arIous internationally listed stocks with the result of carrying them under the closing level of Saturday The he Balkan situation Is taken into ac account account account count as a one of tho the Influences likely to keep affairs unsettled and which are op operating operating crating to deaden I the speculation in int stocks stocka t Speculators In Reading Rending had another dis disappointment disappointment disappointment appointment In the absence Of a decision by the supreme court in Ie the commodities t clause test teat case The strengthening effect of or this postponement on the stock is ta taken taken taken ken to Indicate hat the professional spec speculative speculative element is counting still on a de decision adverse to the railroads Prices of copper were marked down again fall foil foiling fallIng fallIng ing a full tuU hc c per pound Some special strength in Consolidated Gas was accompanied accompanied accompanied by reports of a plan maturing to segregate properties of the company other than gas gaa producers and the disbursement of profits from them separately to stock stockholders stockholders stockholders holders The free frees engagements of gold for ship shipment shipment ment to Argentina and tho the likelihood of ofUs its Us being supplemented by further outgo to London left the money market un rut rutted ted ed Demand for mercantile employment I remains at a low stage and the current stock market shows no prospect of any i such active demand for funds as would alter the situation in the money market Buying of bonds has fallen off and left that department dull dun in agreement with that th t department The price movements so nearly balanced In their contrary courses that th t net changes are ara trivial Bonds were irregular Total sales par value United States bonds were unchanged on call Stock Quotations Amal Copper m 63 66 66 Wh Amer C F CG 48 48 48 Preferred Amer Cot On Oil 61 Amer H L Ij LAmer SS Amer Ice Sec See 29 Amer Linseed t 13 Amer Loco ZOO SOO tO ws tOi O Preferred s Amer S B R B RAmer 11 1024 10 lOi Amer A ie Sugar Ref 1700 Amer Arnot Too Tab pfd 93 93 93 Amer Woolen 23 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43 Preferred 72 72 72 Louis L li Nosh NaSh s Minn St Bt L I SOO J 53 63 63 63 53 M I S P S S M m H l Missouri Pacific 65 W 63 68 68 M K IC T 2900 40 4 3 It 36 Preferred 1 National Lead 50 75 76 i 74 74 N Y T Central Centra 70 73 12 13 i iS V w S Y O 0 W V M 30 44 41 41 44 44 I Norfolk West est 86 North American JO iO 78 79 Northern Pacific 2200 OO ITc 1 37 Pacific Malt Mall 2100 23 29 29 29 Pennsylvania 29 Peoples Gas 89 1131 lUTi P C C St L 1 80 89 Pressed Steel Car SOO 35 3 35 33 PulL Pal Car I Ry It Steel Spring WOO 4 35 3 Ren leg 6 I Republic Steel 2014 ro 20 20 39 Preferred 71 71 71 Rock Island Co 23 2 22 32 22 2 Preferred 00 61 61 61 36 6 St L SF S F St L 2214 22 Pr Preferred 51 Elou S S I 2100 72 Yz 72 72 southern Pac 11 t 11 Preferred SOU b rot Ry R 23 23 33 23 t lw 61 w 61 a M 61 T opper 2300 42 41 41 Texas Pacific 1390 1200 32 31 32 T St L w Preferred 69 68 69 69 Pacific i Preferred oo 00 95 9 93 So 95 SoS 29 t V S Rubber 1st preferred IM 44 4 43 43 r S Steel t Preferred 1800 IJ I IMf OO f 40 10 4 40 4 40 T tah Copper Car Chem 2100 43 42 43 Vir 1 Preferred Wabash 17 In 1 1714 U li 17 43 Preferred 1700 44 43 W West t Elec 77 7 76 63 60 West Union roo 60 66 63 65 Wheel V eel I L E EWIs 9 Central SOO 49 49 WIs Amer T T 1400 ms Total I sales eales for tor the day shares |