Show REVIEW OF SPECULATION Ebb of the Tide Welcomed By the Brokers New York Feb Bradstreets financial review tomorrow will say Although the stock market las been active the volume of transactions has fallen from the high records established estab-lished in the preceding week At the close of a month attended by a phenomenal phe-nomenal amount of trading and public participation which naturally resulted In a large increase of the detail work which was already almost overtaxing the facilities of the average brokerage establishment the change was not an unwelcome one In fact it was suggested sug-gested that in view of the facts the larger interests connected with the market her concluded to give Wall street a badly needed respite At the same time after such a remarkable exhibition of strength and speculative excitement as the preceding week has afforded a reaction was considered due by many experienced observers and not a few of the professional traders have shown a disposition to take the bear side at least temporarily J cannot be said that the course of the market has corresponded with such expectations It has been strong intone in-tone there have been no marked declines de-clines concessions in prices developed buying support and heavy sales by London produced little Impression On Friday in particular when the declines de-clines were sharp st and the traders seemed to be successfully raiding the market the end of the day brought with it renewed buying support and 1 Sharp recovery of Josses Yet it has ilso been evident that the eager public purchasing of stocks has been meas iirhbly exhausted The fresh buying srders that come Into the market are I J e 1 I largely limited to figures under current cur-rent quotations and on the other hand realizing of profits on a large scale has been one of the most prominent promi-nent factors in the weeks speculation In fact conservative houses have gen erally advised such acton and the public has not been slow to follow It This checked the general advancing tendency and caused irregular declines In many of the standard stocks and hoa which l led I f weeks rise On i I the other hand bullish activity has I been mainly turned to specialties and securities manipulated by the many bull pools which are usually organized when the market Is in Its present condition dition As already stated the larger interests inter-ests have not been aggressively active whether for the reason suggested In the opening sentences or because they were prepared for a measurable reaction re-action In some instances support was extended from such sources when the realizing sales or the pressure of short selling by traders seemed likely to cause declines which might be serious There were no declines of striking importance im-portance and the rumors of the week while mainly of a favorable character produced no such general effect as the talk of a new Vanderbilt consolidation deal which was one of the chief factors fac-tors in last weeks exceptional bull 1 market i Strengh and weakness were irregu arly displayed this week and while the former has predominated the opinion opin-Ion seemed to gain ground particularly in Wall street professional circles that the bull speculation culminated at least temporarily In the wonderful activity ac-tivity of Jan 23 and the succeeding days |