Show PRICES ICES ADVANCED Al AlON I ION i L ON FOREIGN NEWS NE S t Placing of American Bonds in I Paris Revived the Stock Market M arket i ii i ALSO TO BE LISTED tISTED CROP ROP CONDITIONS REGARDED i I C AS GENERALLY FAVORABLE I II New York May 21 l The stimulant f for lor or the speculative advance In stocks stock j i today was ws wa the t revival r vIVal of ot the tho reports of ofte the te placing placInG of ot American bones bonds bond In Pr Par Paris J Js is s The h subject remained In the rumor 1 I stage but positive predictions were I Icard card In stock market circles that for fora a announcements m nt on the subject be forthcoming early erly next Meantime no confirmation could be beVad bad Vad for these vague rumors from the tese ankers and railroad vage officials supposed to be be more nd nearly concerned In them them Along with wih the oe bond sale sae rumors rumor j United came the revival of stories that r States Steel Steal was to be listed In n Paris ParIs 1 Estimates as asto to the amount of the al al allege alleged a lege bond sales in Paris were raised materially above those advanced when the he subject first came to stock market attention V The reports of at the te Paris bond sales which report were the principal Influence in advancing tocks stocks were without effect ion on te foreign exchange market markeL market Bills BUs In lot exchange on London rose ros again to the highest point poh t touched since the foreign purchases of ot our bonds broke Ithe the Ithe market market Demand sterling today which is nearly nearl was as quoted q at Jc c on the tho pound higher than th n it sold 7 when bills were being beinG sold under the tM Impression bis that exchange would be In liberal supply against the bond sales sales price Is but 3 of o a a cent on the te pound lower than the high price of ot the found I eason reason In the course of at the export movement of gold last lat month The pig iron market is reported to tobe tobe tobe be improving In tone and the days ays mews of crop conditions was favorable In the tho rains in Texas being an Item Iem that news Trade advices to the mer mercantile mercantile 1 cantile agencies were mixed and tho thi th cantle Railway association report reported ted Jed ed another addition in two weeks of additon cars bringing thenet the net surplus car surplus to cars a higher fig figure ure tire than at any ny time since August 15 IS of last year Thero There Is nothing in the known trans transactions transactions actions of the week to explain the act actual actual I ual actins Increase f creao of in loans n the bank statement The 9 1 li h n by in cash s however left lert a o gain ps let margin rOO of Increase in the surplus of ot of f the expanded de deposit dep In spite posit p liabilities and Is sufficient to ex explain x plain the Ule easing e of the money market market 4 market Is Isa Isn This ease of the local money In the persistent rise In factor fa tor also 3 a in n foreign factor exchange The stock market closed Irregular echang and at a reaction from the high prices Bonds steady Total sales par p r val value value vallie ue lie United States s declined i 1 per percent cent last since on call week In the te bid price cl week STOCK QUOTATIONS I Sates 1 H 1 1 I 35 Chat Pfd AlS 72 71 2100 AmaL aL Couper t 46 46 4 46 Amer Leet S ar OO 38 37 Amer Can 10 I 10 10 7 9 fl i 62 Car 2000 62 62 Cr 63 Am Am HIde 1 01 pfd 35 1 35 3 Am Ice Securities O 1 LAin OO 49 49 49 Am Smelt Ref 81 81 i Am Preferred Smelt Re 56 Steel Found Ain Ret 14 Su Sugar r Ain Mn Tel Tel A 95 Axner Tob pfd Woolen 35 35 Anaconda MIn Co 1500 44 44 H 44 Ht At ncnd t hison 00 Hi 11 10 preferred t 14 Baltimore CJ iilo altmore 27 Bethlehem Steel 0 i Brooklyn RaP Tz 82 81 82 Canadian Rp Candian 2001 42 Preferred Lath IOn ot N Cbs s Ohio 1 88 87 46 ChIcagO Chicago Gt Aton West 1 28 28 28 Gt 53 52 SSt Chicago N W u Chi MIL MIt St St P H 1401 l le C L Sa e e St Cob Colo Fuel Iron 1600 38 J Colo Souther Southern 60 Oi Consolidated Gas 1421 Products Ga 16 16 16 Cor Hud Denver r Rio G Ui 41 4 41 4 Preferred Ro SO Dist Diet Peered Securities 31 31 31 30 Erie 1100 29 29 29 st preferred 47 47 41 46 G preferred 37 an Th 37 General Electric 1501 1501 50 Generl pfd i 1371 Ore 1 00 64 63 64 Illinois Contral 15 Centa Met 1100 11 1 21 1 U Preferred et 56 56 11 Inter Harvester 1800 98 mt Marine pfd c Int Pap Paper r 12 lZ 12 Pump 48 Io Iowa Central 21 KC Southern 35 35 3 35 KC Preferred 68 68 63 Laclede Gas 1900 1041 Louis Louis Nash 1481 18 Mimi St 35 8 St Luts MSt St P S S S SL 10 1402 M K T d 1 43 43 3 42 M K 4 1 69 Missour Missouri Pacific 72 I 7 71 7 71 National nal Biscuit NatO National Lead 79 79 N P ot of Mex Mex p 29 ew York Central 1211 W 7 46 i West 1043 1043 American es 74 4 74 74 Norther Nor 1 13 1321 I Mal 27 27 l Pennsylvania 1351 Peoples Gas 1000 r I 1 C C C St St L OO Coal 20 01 Presed Pressed Steel Cr Car CarI 1 3 I Pulan Pullman Pl Pal Cr J 1601 16 Ry y Steel 39 Reding Beading 1663 1661 Republic Steel 34 Preferred ZOO 91 97 97 Bock k Island Co 9 Petered Preferred I 89 t L S F p 48 St t LouIs s sw 20 32 32 75 75 75 si 4 Souther Southern 1281 1273 1273 I Southern 2 2711 1 27 27 27 Petered Preferred 63 63 3 I Tenn Tenn Co ner 8 1 28 28 I reza Pacific 1 I 32 Tot Tol St L L w I 37 Preferred 2001 64 63 64 Union PacIfIc 1851 1853 Preferred 2001 95 94 u S Realty 1 i 74 76 94 1 S Rub er 1 43 U S Steel 1 8 84 Preferred I 1 Utah copper 1001 4 47 j tUh Va I C em J j 6 GH 1 abash 0 F J V IV 4 Preferred 48 t West West Maryland 1 I 47 4 41 2001 61 ct r eUI 64 Wester Union f 1001 68 68 Wc t L L J 41 Total sates sales for the day 2110 share |