Show ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE Manipulative Operators Actively Engaged En-gaged on Bear Side New York June 2BradstreetJ financial review will tomorrow say Increased evidence was afforded this week that not only had large interests ceased to give support to the share market but that some manipulative operators of considerable force were actively ively engaged on the bear side up to Friday On that day however then was a fairly general recovery due o renewed bullish manipulation and its effect on the augmented short interest was weak on last Saturday and weaker still when the stock exchange resume its sessions on Wednesday after a two days recess Further declines and more or less liquidations resulted the movement bt ng accelerated by various Unsettling developments or circumstances Tli rise In wheat prices and the circulation circula-tion of further reports of dubious crop prospects were among the > mattel s which aided in checking the appearance of a renewed buying power An advance ad-vance in foreign exchange rates was another factor while Wall street to a certain extent developed a nervous feeling about the appearance of yellow fever at the gulf ports The weakness in copper stocks both on this side and In the European mar kets was effective in hastening the declines de-clines in the industrial group and the New York local traction securities were subjected to selling pressure and experienced ex-perienced bad breaks attributed to a belief that the new franchise tax law is considered a serious drawback to the prosperity of such organizations by the insiders S The street at large was also disposed to give heed to the suggestion that the pending gas war in New York City had disconcerted the plans of leading Interests Inter-ests and possibly inlluenced their position posi-tion and action in regard to the general gen-eral market |