Show LITTlE DOING w IN WALL Bears Made a Sortie at the Opening but Losses Were All Recovered MARKET SETTLED INTO RUT BROKERS UNABLE TO SCALP SMALL FRACTIONS i New Nev York Dee Dec 14 A brief demon demonstration was made mane against the mar market marlot markot lot ket at the tho opening but the rest of the brief session was wa given to repairing the tho moderate losses then inflicted In On only a few stocks was the decline enough to t call for tor notice and the narrowness of the days movement effectually frus fillS frustrated trat d some trading operation The ac action action acon tion on of or several stocks st ks which have re been market factors revived the that they were oversold aa as they the rallied easily when the bears found out they were not bringing out any long stock Attempts to reach orders did not meet with suc success success cess less which caused the early abandon abandonment abandonment abandonment ment of the movement Recent weak features such as Amer American Amerlean Amerlean lean ican Sugar New York Central and the Hill and HarrIman stocks were fore foremost foremost foremost most In tho early earl decline but they In common ammon with most other stocks sub subsequently subsequently subsequently recovered fully tully Most of the limited business originated on the floor and when the market settled Into a rut the traders found It difficult dU cult even to scalp small fractions Today bank statement ment bore out the tile optimistic entertained yesterday regarding J V the expected showing and the more r p general uplift in prices at the close cose to today today today I day was t as due to this belief belle With a In the deficit of ot over 6 and a gain In cash of the position of the banks is slowly reaching Teaching a level at which the retire retirement retirement ment ent of ot the clearing house certificates will be agitated The bond market during the week showed evidence at times of good in inquiry inquiry inquiry for tor active speculative issues as aa aswell aswell well as securities of ot a more stable ter The market in general con conformed conformed conformed formed rather closely to the develop developments developments ments meats In the stock market U e I S Ts advanced 21 the 1 and the 1 per ver cent on call |