Show COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL WORLD 4 Still Very Dull on Oil the New York Stock Exchange MONEY MARKET STEADY 4 LOOKED ron POlL RESULT OF OP DIVIDENDS 4 I New York July 31 There was no Indication Indi Indication Indication cation this morning of any auy awakening from front the lethargic state in which the stock market has baa h been during the whole of this I week tt A spasmodic m dip dp i was ef ci effected in the stocks of ot the United States Steel corporation at th the opening on the failure of ot the Amalgamated association to agree upon terms tor br settling the strike at IU their session yesterday The TIle whole market opened down in sympathy under the attack of ot the professional traders But the subsequent action of the market dem demonstrated demonstrated its professional prote character The opening dip following yesterdays ye decline represented the extent to which small traders were willing w to commit Ise e rn i mal I Ito themselves and they commenced en to buy to cover short contracts and take their profits if possible In l the th absence a of o any 1 r important ia t Pf interest i in th the market kt these theae e dayto day varying fluctuations are all that can be expected The policy of ot what wha I Iare are called the larger interests pending the development of new factors including settlement of th the steel steal strike seemed to tobe tobe tobe be pretty clearly defined by these indi lath indications Indications By buying stocks freely during the period of liquidation they accomplished hed their purpose of ot supporting prices When prices advanced they were willing to sell sellout sellout II out the holdings which were taken purely for supporting purpose but were clearly dearly to t attempt an extensive ad advance advance vance vanoe until the situation clears Itself The market is this thus left fallow tallow except for forthe forthe forthe the efforts of a small contingent ent of ot pro operators whose who e attempts to move prices are of small efficacy They secure no following follo ng when hen they bid up prices and they induce no important liquidation now when they offer them down It is noticeable that railroad authorities are willing to concede rather more dam damage damage damage age to the corn crop now that the dreuth is effectually broken than they were dur during durIng during ing the period when the securities of their companies were tinder nd pressure ure of liquidation With the turn of ot the month some slight replenishment of th the money market is looked for as the result of divi dividend dividend and interest disbursements which are however small The most Important is the dividend on United States Steel pre pro preferred of 1 o per cent for the quarter er in 1 gO an outgo 0 cr of about This doubtless had much to do with ith the small flurry in the call loan market late lit IC the day which helped the movement of the traders to put down prices to the lowest of the day otI Intimations rl l ns that the strike settlement negotiations were not Bot going ing smoothly helped to this end The closing was weak United States Steel fell feU an extreme 2 W Wand and the preferred 3 The most con conspicuous conspicuous conspicuous feature next to these thee was Nor Norfolk Norfolk or folk Western which rose roee nearly three points on a persistent demand which was without explanation The railroad bond market ar was intense intensely en ly lyT dull lF and irregular Total sales sale par value United States bonds were re all unchanged on the last lut call Bond Quotations U S 2 ret ref N M Y cent 1 Do coup lOf N J Central U S Se reil ref 1684 general k is Do coup 1 Nor Par Pac 72 U 13 S 9 n 48 Do fa lM Do COUP N Y C St StU StU U S o 0 48 45 r Louis Loula ia 1 Do coup US 11 Nor Western We tern U S iG ie rag CONGI 4 Do coop 1 Ore Nay Nav is 1 Tj i iD D of C 3 Do Atch gen geR 46 45 0 So S L Os 4 hJ N Sa UG Can Sue Sou 2 Read 15 elms O 0 1 k TI R G ci W la is isDo l Do is Dl 1 St L I Mt C t N W con COR is U 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