Show 5 HU VIALL ALL STEE SUET STREET NO NOT DONG BUSINESS Wednesdays Dealings Small Smallest Smal Smallest est of Any Day of This or Last Year PLAYING PLA YI GW WAITING AITI NGGAM GAME E SPECULATORS AND Ah PUBLIC BOTH OTH OUT OP OF MARKET MT New York Tork ork May ay 18 The persistent hardening of the foreign exchange rates since the break caused by y the he first reports of a large sale of Amer American AmerIcan ican securities to foreigners has begot the fear that the reports of these sales salus era exaggerated and partly unfound unfounded ed The Tile difficulty in obtaining any ny authentic information on tho subject from the bankers banker Immediately con concerned concerned adds to the doubts which have come to be entertained The Te suspicion that has grown gown up as to the sales of ot bonds actually effected causes a rever reversion reversion reverie ie sion atoll of discussion to some of the Un Unfavorable unfavorable favorable conditions which it was hoped to have relieved by the free recourse to foreign forlI supplies of capital Genuine strength In foreign torell exchange Is indicated by the course coure of foreign markets and the sales here of stocks lo fo o foreign account account The troubles inci mci incident incident dent to the putting afloat of fraudulent cotton coton bills bils of ot lading also constituted an element In the scarcity of commer commercial commercIal cial bills of exchange The hardening course of the private discount rate in London today tod dissipated any expects expectation expect tion that the bank rate would come comedown comedown down tomorrow The continuance of ot withdrawals of gold for sundry desti destinations dest destinations nations naton from the Bank Bak of England makes it I likely that the protection will willbe wi willbe be sought by making maing the present bank rate effective in the open market market There was a recurrence of discussion today of the unfavorable trade bal ba the existing high price of ot com corn commodities and Ind the th possible necessity of ofa ofa a n widespread readjustment to correct the discrepancy and to reawaken reawaken de demand demand mand and restore trade activity The days das dealings rf shares were the smallest of any day of ot this or Hast at year In the hour between 1 and 2 today less than shares share changed hands hands Bonds were easy Total sales par value aue 17 01 United States bonds were unchanged on call 01 cl STOCK QUOTATIONS I Sales Sales I 1 HT H I As Chal pfd 35 AaL AmaL Cop t 1 1 70 69 69 Am m 45 Am Beet Sugar American Can 1001 9 9 91 Am Am C F 61 GO 60 Am Cot Cot 01 Oil 63 3 2 Am Am H H L L pt pfd Am m Ice Sec I 26 25 24 Am Linseed Am 1000 48 47 47 Am S 79 79 78 Preferred 1041 Am Steel 55 Am m Sug Am T T I 1361 Am Tob pfd pM 95 95 Am m Woolen 36 35 35 Aa Ann Min MIs Co t 43 S Atchison 2300 1091 1091 Preferred 00 1011 1011 lOa At At C Line 1221 B Ohio 2500 ll lU Feh Beth Steel 7 zi Rp Transit 1300 C n Pacific ic ISaO 1300 1931 1921 1921 1021 Central Preferred Lather Leather I Hi 07 1 4 c ot N Ches Ohio u 6 SOO 86 86 o tn 45 5 C 27 i H Preferred 5 r C N K W 15 1501 1501 1 L St s P 18 17 C C St L 8 84 e C F it Ion Iron J 1 1 7 37 60 59 Con Gas 1100 1361 1361 Cor Corn Products 16 16 DeL Hudson u 11 D R B G 4 41 40 0 Preferred 79 Dis i Securities 30 30 0 Erie 1200 2811 27 28 First pfd fd 46 46 6 45 5 Second pfd u 35 Gen Electric Gt lt Nor pfd 2200 1351 Gt Gt Nor ore ct t 62 62 ils ls Central t 1351 1331 mt Int M Met ct 1600 O 20 O Oi Preferred 2800 5 54 54 Int mt 97 96 mt mt MaIne Marine pfd J 17 InU Paper 12 1 11 InU Pump 8 8 Iowa 21 21 21 K C Southern 1 34 3 34 34 Preferred 1 66 Ga Gas 1200 1032 1031 IOn LouIs tc Nash 46 16 15 1451 Minn St St L 35 r S st P S S M r j 1381 L Preferred K K T Hi 41 4 41 69 Pacific 70 70 0 XaU Nati Biscuit 1 I 1051 1051 Nat Nat Lead d 77 N I It of 3 L 24 pf 1500 29 29 Y i Central 1300 1201 1201 N Y O 0 W Hi 4 44 4 44 Nor 10 No o American 7 72 Nor or Pacific 1314 Pacific Mail 26 Pennsylvania 1341 1341 1341 Peoples Gas 1901 Pitta Coal 19 19 19 P Steel Car 91 Pul Pal Car 1611 Th Steel Spring 40 40 39 Reading 1621 Rep Steel 31 31 Preferred 97 Rock Island Co 43 43 89 St L S F p 47 47 It L S 31 31 31 Preferred 73 S S S Iron io Pacific 1251 o Railway 26 25 26 Preferred 62 Cop 27 TExas Pacific Preferred 64 64 63 Pacific 1821 Preferred 94 ty Realty 23 V S Rubber TT S Steel 82 Preferred Copper 1200 Vs Caro Chem 59 9 59 Wabash 1000 10 Preferred 45 Md West Electric 63 Union 68 68 sv Lake Erie 41 Total sales for the day hares chares |