Show PRICES COULD NOT HOT BOOSTED BE Attempt Blocked by Amount of Stock for Sale at the thet Higher Level t I DEMAND SATISFIED UNEASINESS OVER BALKANS IS S EUROPEAN EXCUSE New York March 23 The stock market today showed the effect of ot the reduction of ot the short Interest which has ha been brought about by driving w o 0 covers of oft t th bears of yesterday and a d since thu the In Introduction Introduction n of ot the tariff revision bill Some Seme attempt was made today by b the professional element to extend the ad advance advance vance ance but the amount of ot stock sto k for tor sale at the higher price levels proved an ob obstacle obstacle stacle The needs of the shorts seemed not to be so o urgent as the market lapsed Into frito extreme dullness There was some revival of uneasiness over the Balkan sit situation situation abroad and London was a seller of or stocks tocks here on a moderate scale Discouragement professed by various authorities a in the steel trade is calculated to arouse some caution among profession professional al ul speculators who take these statements us UJ confirmatory of information on which lit market action has already been Due notice was taken of the de decision Islon of the trunk line Uno railroads to re reduce reduce reduce duce the rate on grain for export to meet the 1110 competition offered by the tho Canadian lines The strength of New York Cen Central Central was ascribed In part to this news Advices from the copper trade were of more cheerful Import Amalgamated Copper was wa one of the heavy features of the market Reading also was a drag dragon on the attempt to lift prices and the droop in price of ot that stock directed at attention attention to the reassembling of the con conference conference ference over anthracite miners wages A II factor of depression came from the Now New I ow York YOI traction group In which heavy hea 4 liquidation and an unsupported state was again evident following on the decree of foreclosure sale of the Third Avenue rail ran railroad railroad road 5 The slump In the local traction and the perception that advances brought Increasing IncreasIng ing offerings of stocks for sale aale under undermined undermined undermined mined the market The money market was as appreciably firmer In response to the continued withdrawals of gold for ex export export export port The foreign exchange market yielded somewhat in response to the les demand for remittances with the In Increased Increased increased creased demand for funds Bonds were steady stead Total sales par value States bonds were unchanged on call Stock Quotations Sales High Low Close Amal mal copper opper 63 69 63 C F ro 50 Preferred Arnn Cot Oil 00 52 61 51 A H L pfd SOO 90 41 40 4 40 Ice Ico oi 0 80 Amu Linseed 1314 13 mn 52 i 51 1 Preferred 00 IH lU lUr S R B sr 87 S 86 r m zm n Sugar IL 00 1 An mn pfd pM OO 93 Woolen 2900 29 9 29 29 9 Aria Ana Mm MIn Co 4 42 41 41 Atchison Preferred At Coast Line B O 0 Preferred 93 Brook Rap flap T 1 2 71 71 l lan an roo 67 Cent L Leather ather 29 28 28 Preferred C of N 23 hes Ohio 0 68 69 i Gt W 4 4 4 e N W I 1 19 liS C Me M St P Hi 14 lU C C C St 1 74 Cole F I 2300 33 3 I Cob Colo So t 6 03 6 68 1st preferred SO 80 preferred 78 78 is 78 isCon Con Gas 1 3 Corn Com Products IS 18 18 Del Hud 1100 Ii D R B G 2500 44 H 44 44 Preferred fiG 85 85 83 Dist 33 3 Erie 0 3 24 4 24 let 1st preferred SOO 30 JS r 37 ma mad d preferred J 20 30 29 Gen Electric 1 13 Gt at Nor or pfd fd 1 Hlo 1 Gt at Nor or ore ro 50 66 63 4 Ill Central 14 Inter 14 11 32 12 Preferred 42 37 Inter Paper 9 9 9 Preferred 48 S SInter Inter Pump Iowa Central l 2 20 28 28 s sK K IC Co C Southern 2300 4 44 44 14 Preferred 73 iZ 78 w 73 wLouIs LouIs Nash ash M I S St t L 00 Y 33 r 5 M St P 8 Sault Ste M i 1 16 1 MOo Mo PacIfic 46 iO 70 68 liS liSK M K T 41 4 40 4 40 Preferred oW 73 33 73 73 Nat Lead m r T 76 N Y Central 1300 17 16 N Y O 0 W 45 43 Nor West SS 88 87 North 78 Nor Pacific Ul U Pacific Mall 00 32 1 Pennsylvania PeoPles Gas Imi l t tP lii P C Co C st 1 L 1000 92 91 i 91 Pressed S a Car 86 36 36 83 PulL PaL Car 00 In li 10 liD R Ry Steel Spring M 37 j 37 36 Reading 1 Steel 20 o Preferred iO I Rock Island 24 21 23 23 Preferred 64 63 63 st L San F preferred J I L B V n 22 Preferred 30 0 3 63 52 o oS S S S L iI 71 So Pacific Preferred 20 60 So Railway 24 23 23 Preferred tOO ti 62 67 61 Tenn Copper 1100 41 41 Ui 41 Tex Pac 1000 32 31 ZI 31 ZIT T St L W 47 m 47 1 45 5 1 1200 il i 70 iO 70 Union Pacific k Preferred 9 93 9 93 94 U S B Rubber 29 let 1st preferred 13 f U S Steel G 43 H 44 41 46 Preferred 1 1101 Utah Copper 2900 29 42 42 41 41 Va Car Chern Chein 60 42 42 42 Preferred Wabash 00 18 18 18 Preferred 45 44 41 45 43 West Elec 79 79 79 West Union 0 W 63 W 63 64 W L E 9 Wis Central 1800 49 49 9 49 9 T T 1800 1200 19 Total sales for lor the da day shares |