Show INVESTORS ARE FIGHTING SHY j Wall Street Has Few Attra For Speculators I GAME JUsT JUST NOW 4 4 I SMALL SALES ON A SLUGGISH MARKET NEw York ork bac subsIdence of activity in stocks wa wavery 1 very marked t today lIay the total sales aIes for forthe forthe the day In a smaller ller to total al than for foi months A dull anO marketis th t natural lc c sequence of such a DS as prIces have re recently recently sustained and the of this subsidence has been beon the of som surprIse It was evident that the urgency urgency of liquidation was greatly moderated and practically completed but attemptS to force prices upward met With rith continual chocks checks The rhe nb ab sence or of an any selling pressure left the pr price CO level constantly above ast nl nt aid nd afforded t to persia persis persistent tent renewals of the advance At the opening Ute the rl rise e was pronounced and nd the market most anImated largely on 01 account of a reversal of views which caused the sharp relapse in yesterdays yesterday ate mask the t hEll b by the tho market to the light c currents of rumor wu ws lin an In hn eto jl ji the spirit i or of 1 ruled I J The course t Amalgamated Copper was un or Of In uen e and andre re reactions actions In the course of its brought quick at other in the list The U lt d d States Steel sloe stocks e the preferred were acc accumulated There Thero were reports report of very large orders for lines of products Including steel rails The l conclusion of the Lou Lon London Loudon don sto stock k market settlement about Jl some anxiety had been felt was to market Negotiations were In progress looking to gold ship shipments ments to Berlin and the was a small engagement for South America Money Ione was easy both for tOl call loans and on time and confidence was felt that with th the lightened dema demand for 4 speculation In the stock market there y ps ne danger dang r ot of any stringency In the future so far as described The sud sudden sudden den dullness gave rise to some rumors that some Important development wAs hanging OVer the market such as a in the Northern Securities case or it a more definite formulation of the plan of dealing with the regulation or of railroad freight rates rales J In n the same vague category was the that assistance had been extended to a financial In Institution re regarding regarding garding which rumors yesterday weak weakened weakened ened the late stock market The un uncertain certain tone of the market continued up to the last but the closing was steady It and nd tome some considerable advances for the day le resulted Bonds Bond were dull and Irregular T lal par value United States honda bonds were unchanged on call |