| Show READING AGAIN AT TOP OF THE MARKET General List Slow to Respond But the General Move Movement Movement Movement ment Was Upward RELIEF BELIEF IN WALL STREET QUESTION IS NOT SO MUCH FEARED New York Feb 18 When the energies tf of f the speculation had begun to show signs of flagging fagging today they the wore re TO revived d by b the resumption of the strong toward ward movement nt in Reading On enor enormous enormous transactions the price rose to 12 1724 n a shade more than a point below blow its is record price touched In the speculation ra r of last Jast year ear The general list was slow to respond to this development in ng and amI the sympathetic strength not uniform or Spec Speculative sentiment continued to feel the relief of ot the passing of ot immediate apprehension hension over the Clues ques question qUES tion A factor In this belief belef was the char character neter acter of the amendments proposed for the 1111 ln to extend the scope sope of the interstate commerce law These Thes it i was felt fel were the finan financial calculated C to allow alow latitude to cial Ial exigencies of railroad corporations incoming reports of renewed storm through the west and south southwest southwest southwest west did not Interfere with the rise In attached to lo a re rc report report rH os Special interest port ort of a large reduction in the tho St St Paul working forces Reports of ot an Intended nay of the th Vanderbilt connection into Baltimore through the Western estern Maryland and of rf Chesapeake Chesl ake Ohio designs upon 3 locking Valley had hall their effect on the special stocks Involved estimates of the weeks week s cur curron currin curren ron ren v movement indicated a large gain gainin in rin ash cash by the banks in spite spie of the mil mU milLon ml Lon on and a a half halt gold shipped to Argen Argentina tina ima today toda The movement of ot gold from London to Paris arouses the interest of N v York bankers hankers as an indication that Paris Is calling home credits credis from the London market markEt There was a rise in the private discount rate in Berlin showing that the gain gin in strength of the Imperial of ot Germany German had removed remove resources from the open money market there sales made some on on the market at the advance and recounted for the Irregular tone at the losing closing of ot the market Bonds were Irregular Total sales 33 fi 00 O United States bonds were unchanged on n call caU Stock Quotations Sales High Low Close pfd 42 41 44 42 4 43 Amal Amai mal Copper 35 77 Ta Th 76 Am m 3 46 4 46 46 4 Am m Beet Bet Sugar 1400 39 3 3 39 3 Am m Can pfd 5 0 76 6 i 76 6 76 6 Am C e F 2500 02 64 02 r 62 6 Am m n Cot Oil 1300 1 08 O 65 G 01 r Am m i H L pfd 1000 10 40 3 i 39 Am m Ice See Sec Se 24 21 1 33 2314 Am Linseed 2 15 15 Th ThAm 11 1 It Am sAm Linse 01 51 51 lly Am m S R It 16 85 B 84 H Preferred 1477 10 jm Am m Sug 2100 10 1 12 m o m O AA 1 C life l liAm Am Mn T T 2700 1 83 lArr iAm Tob Tab pfd X 88 9 9 92 9 Am m Woolen 1100 36 35 3 3 34 Ana na Min Mm 1 In Co 2800 28 51 Si 5 50 5 Atchison lO 16 Preferred 10 At t C Line 2700 20 12 1 13 I tc Ohio 1010 10 13 1131 Preferred 92 9 Ith th Steel 28 P B 1 Rap Tran T 3 74 73 3 73 7 Can an Pacific 3 l 18 Cent nt Leather 43 43 40 4 40 4 Preferred 1300 1 10 10 10 10 C e of N J 26 4 5 Ohio 8 84 Sy 83 8 4 56 Alton Aion 5 G 2200 32 3 32 32 31 C N K W 15 1 1574 C M St P 15 17 14 f C I l C C St L 20 78 7 78 C F Iron 1800 40 4 SO 39 Z 39 clo lo 1500 61 01 CO 0 P 60 00 0 First F pfd lOi 10 82 F 82 5 81 Second pfd pM 79 Con Cn m Gas 6 1 H orn or Products 1000 10 19 18 1 18 18 Del Del Hudlon 2300 23 2 17 1 D R B G 2700 42 4 40 41 4 Preferred 40 SO 80 8 79 79 DIs See Sec Se 3 31 31 n 31 Erie irIe 2400 29 2 20 29 28 29 2 First Pirt Frt pfd pf i 46 4 45 41 46 Second pfd 35 3 Gen Gm Electric S 10 15 1 Gt G Nor pfd 40 13 13 13 ft t Nor ore or ctt 71 71 7 71 7 1 Ills his Ils Central 10 11 14 Int Met lt A lt 2300 W 23 2314 22 1 22 Preferred 2100 57 55 5 56 50 5 Iut Harvester 1300 13 S 86 86 Int Marine pfd S 21 20 21 J JInt Int Paper 10 1 14 HY 14 H 1134 14 1 IntI Pump 30 3 48 48 Iowa Central 23 23 2 2314 8 23 2314 K E C O SOO 8 SS 38 1 38 3 Preferred 68 00 L i Nash 4 O 51 Hi Minn St L lt 45 4 41 45 M St P SS 1300 1 H 1 Mo Pacific 2300 3 71 70 7 70 70 M i K h T 55 43 41 43 43 43 Preferred 71 1 Nati at Biscuit OS Katl Nat atI Lead S Sl 81 8 81 81 8 NR NR of MI 11 pfd WO 62 I 62 02 I 61 N Y Cent Cent 21 l IJ Is N 1 Y 1 O 0 W 70 1 46 4 4 14 45 46 Nor or 2500 25 10 10 No American 90 9 80 30 79 SO 0 Nor Pacific 11 13 13 Pacific Mail Ial 2300 2290 2 33 3 31 n 3 32 Pennsylvania 2 IW 13 13 Peoples Gas GasP S 10 10 P C e C St L LP L LP 97 91 P Steel Car 7 W OO 43 43 4 I 4 PI i a i Var taT t l t 39 17 Y Hy It Steel Sp 43 4 42 4 12 1 Reading Beading 20 ITS I 1 16 1711 Rep Steel Stcl 1400 1 40 38 a 40 4 Preferred WO 1414 1 1 10 A 10 tok k Island Co 10 60 50 4 49 50 5 Preferred 30 88 8 S 8 5 SS SL L SF pf 2300 3 51 61 4 S 60 50 I St 51 t L r I S W V 1100 1 3 30 30 tit Preferred 74 74 74 71 7 S S S Iron So Pacific 1 1 4 So Railway 3 14 j Preferred 1100 88 00 65 I Tenn Copper 10 32 32 3 32 3 T Pacific 2300 2200 30 3 2 30 r T St L L W 3 41 44 44 4 43 41 Preferred KO M 60 G eg I mon Pacific iso 18 Pi Pl of erred 3 10 1024 lop 1 S Realty 1 Realy 3 T 1 S Rubber 2300 4 45 42 4 44 V C l S Steel 81 S 79 7 Preferred re MO 1 ll 19 4 19 tah Copper 2300 29 50 5 5 Sot 50 Va Caro Chum Chom K 5 5 51 54 hi 5 abash 2234 lu 35 Preferred s 48 K m t 2 47 Mel Md ld 2300 8 49 4 4 41 4 West Electric E 0 70 O 69 6 70 o 0 est Union 0 73 73 72 W V L L E EWis Wis Central 10 60 50 f 50 5 49 61 Pitts PItt Pf Coal 40 21 1 20 20 Am Steel o CO 0 CO 0 60 1 n Dry D Goods Good US 0 Laclede Gas SOO S 99 oay i Total sales for the day SO shares sli res i |