Show I SOME OM STRENGTH I TO THE MARKET Active Buying of Stocks in Wall Wan WallStreet WallStreet Street Probably to Cover Short Contracts I BUSINESS STILL HALTING SPECULATION AS A USUAL CON CONTINUES CONTINUES 2 TO BE AFFECTED w York lork Feb S The of the j in fl the tk market today t cl was traceable twebe apparently to ta operations to cover oyer vr phort contract put out last week TIle The movement wa 1118 distinguished by ly b a nce of the special advances in in individual Individual stocks On the other band the enerI list lIat came In for more active bu buy II demand today The Tb t pro ped of action by the California Is on the Of Japanese idren in the public schools Is in to tile the of the national executive executive tive tive jve wu was reported more likely than at the dOH JOB Aoe of last lut week The considerable uell eH mg f r storks on Saturday on account of All CI Is I factor evidently wa ws for the amount fI e rf the professional profs lonal bears bean and their de ti t I cov eOV r today tody toda dM not meet any aay large Ia liquidation on from th the same sa cause The market was lethargic for the most part oart and the price movement was waR affected String a fw brief periods of ot activity The leet of the market Is Us its most GUS I feature at present prent The fact of th the absence n TIC e from Wan Wall street of some of the thea thet a t figures In t the financial world pIas s a II part In this It la Is I suspected also ilso that some somo effect of or repression is I due to o the pending operations of Governor Hughes commission which has bas now ar arrived Arrived r rd rived d at a consideration of the th stock ei el hange ange after having traversed the field fieldor of or t the commercial exchanges Railroad traffic officials bear out the tes tn testimony te Umon of other authorities as to the halt haltI leg tec I C tendency t n eul of business the freight movement according to their evidence Bating fallen off of from the level The weeks traffic static statis statistics tics rc showed bowed a C notable decline in the grain movement The formulation of the de denude deman nude man to be made by b the anthracite ers in the convention rf ef the United Mine Workers outlined the nature of the that must be he gone through to t arrive at an agreement for the Api The coelers lers shared in the general of the market The possession po of nf a statement of or earnings of the Amen Ameri ar sr Smelting Refining company for the half of the fiscal year caused a rice rie in that stock tock Amalgamated Copper its usual sympathy in Pite of another marking down doW of quotations for copper at atthe attile atthe the tile New lew York metal exchange Rumors persisted ted of ot coming C In int the Gould group but no authentic authe Ue in information Information Information formation was forthcoming Bonds Honda were wert strong Total Tota sates aIes p per r value United States bonds boft s were eff unchanged on oe call can Stock Quotations Sales Amal maL niaL Coel eo er Ii t tAmer Z ZAmer Am Amer r C A F 1 O 0 iG d Amer Arn Cot Iio 11 il Amer JI l 1 L 30 o W s 4 Amr Ic I See Sec e H 21 1 i iAp Ap U I 1 IAmer Amer Loco Loc WO M ai I Preferred 4 1114 11 U Amer S R U UM 5 14 4 Preferred 1 8 WH KB I Amar Sugar Uhf Rc 16 IV 1 S Amer A mer Tab Tok pfd pM KM 13 96 I 4 98 I a I M Amer Woolen GOlen 28 Ana Mm tIn Co tM l 1 ii W M III H S 9 Preferred M t M 1 I l 1 Atlantic C Line W lOP av lOS HI 1 Baltimore 0 O 1 j Preferred iii pp w 3 BrOk It R T I n TI l Canadian Pac Pee rw 1 rt ITS 13 ITS 1 Oit It Leather Preferred I nt if t N J 1 B hc it Ohio Qi g CHI Cill Ot Gt West 0 7 1 7 7 ChI IhL hL GOO coo 1 17 li liChI 1761 Chi Mil Mu II St SL P 1 T Ut lUJ i C r C t St L m OO 70 O 0 OCoto 9 70 0 Colo Coto Fuel Iron tron 2100 39 31 3 H Colo olo South 63 1st 4 81 S1 85 8 Sd preferred d tO W 79 79 W Con Gas Un 10 Corn Products SOO 13 W 15 18 I Del el Hudson D It n G Itro 41 4 45 4 Ii 47 mio 4 Preferred O 8 DiJ See Sea 4 37 37 3 Erie Brio 39 IS 1st lt preferred JOO ro 4 4 4 d preferred General m Electric l 1544 1 14 i Gt at North orth pfd 3 60 HI HIdo do Ore CUs 70 ron 7 iI W W Illinois Cent 00 O I U 4 Inter In Met 2000 1 i IS l i UH lM 11 Preferred Pr f red 31 45 4 41 u 4 i Inter Paper 11 Preferred 54 H Inter Pump Pomp ift Oj 00 5 33 Iowa Central O 30 W Wit 4 K it C South OO 4 42 4 4 Preferred 4 7 72 75 7 Louis t Nash tOO liet 1 12 1 1 Minn St L Lr r M r S P S S 3 M 1 SOl 00 It 14 lU 14 Missouri Pacific M SOS n 73 71 1 72 2 M K 1 8 T j 41 4 i 41 Preferred o 71 i 7 14 i H 74 7 National Lend Lead TWi 94 N Y 1 1 Central 2000 IB US l 12 i m mN N X Y O 0 W SOO nO OG 43 47 m 47 4 Norfolk West Vest 1010 91 tl 00 iO 91 1 North American Sl 1 i SOfa OT S1 81 Northern Pacific Jm 1371 1 Pacific Mall MaIL 31 Pennsylvania l zico 2100 Ml 11 Peoples Gas I 11 lOS l l P C C St L I OO SOU SSi l SWi Pressed Presed Steel Car 60 OO O U 41 i 41 41 Pull Pal Car KM CO Kl in J 1 Ry Rl Steel Spring t 4 Hi Reading 1 Republic Steel PO tO 21 23 II It Preferred P e SW SQ 85 Sit Rock Island IMand Co 1300 24 M 24 44 24 Preferred et 01 63 6 1 IH St L S P F pfd 38 St t I L 1400 24 21 t 23 J 3 24 21 t Preferred 63 3 53 2 1 Sines S S I 1 80 00 79 Southern Pacific lil IL 11 Preferred fi m 11 1211 Southern Ry RI 1 1200 2 2 K Preferred B III 61 re Sli S1 Ten Copper Couper r 00 40 4 46 40 4 40 Texas Pac 11 37 V 3 36 36 T St SL L I J West 47 4 48 Preferred too 0 6 GS 65 4 S R RUnion Union Pacific 1 17 1 jI Preferred 93 3 6 91 U S Rubber tI O r 21 31 aJa 31 1 1st let preferred U t S Steel K Si 2 5 32 i Preferred Lift 1400 11 U JH U 11 Utah Copper W 1 4 43 Vir Ir Car r Chem Chern 4 Ti 45 45 43 c Preferred 11 Wabash MO 30 IS 4 Preferred a 3 40 Jg 48 48 Wet West Electric TO SO 80 it 71 90 56 Western Union 10 61 67 G 67 57 Wheel Wh L L 1 ErIe Brie 1000 10 IA 10 1 9 WIs Central 42 4 42 42 U Um Am Amer m r T T 1200 rn 1 i Total sales for or the Ute day 00 shares |