Show STOCK MARKET MARKETIS IS IMPROVING Slight Expansion i in te the Volume of Dea Dealings and and Considerable Show of Strength MOVEMENT VERY UNEVEN PRICES DI DID D NOT OT HOLD AT TH THE E EI I CLOSE New York Mach March was as some expansion I In te the volume of deal ings on the atoc stock exchange today and considerable degree of strength In stocks Most of te the days business was done in the forenoon and by te the middle of te the afternoon te the market had re lapsed agn again ito Into It Its torpid state The continuation of the upward movements from yesterday broke the rule which ha had been in evidence for some time pat past of a reversal on one day move movement movement ment of the previous day Thi This fact together wit with te the larer larger and more ag aggressive bung buying today gave the market marketan an appearance of considerable improve improvement improvement ment The movement however was spotty and uneven and largelY due to the sympathetic effect of the hevy heavy op operations ertons in a few stock stocks This charac character ter of the market suggested the probability ability tat that the increased business was sti still largely In te the hands of profession professional al operators who traded somewhat more boldly Reading was the mainstay of the market bot both in the volume of transactions tons and in the extent of the move movement movement ment ment Its strong advance was supposed to reflect improved prospects of a set wIt with te the anthracite miners which would aver avert a strike Tere There was no notable the response amongst an as a group to the read reading reading ing movement and this left sentiment obscure on te the strike outlook As a amater mater matter of fact no defnie definite news was of te the probable final out outcome outcome come of the negotiations in the coal tre trade More Importance wa was attached to the fresh return from a a holiday trip of the leader of the organized pary party in inte inthe te the maket market whIch has controlled the movements In ReadIng for for many monts months pat past The vulnerable Interest in te the stock wa was believed also to ac accentuate the movement News of the labor outlook in the soft coa coal tre trade wa was equally vage vague The rIse in Coloro Colorado Fel Fuel ad and in te the West Vir VirgInia Virginia gInia ginia soft coal caier carriers wa was based on onte te the supposition that a soft coal strike woud would leave those regions exempt and operate possibly to their benefit Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania sylvania sylvania failed to share in the strength of is its subsidiary companies and the United States Steel stock stocks were also notably hevy heavy that corporation having much to reckon wih with In the soft coal settlement The New York Central stock stocks share shared this backward tendency Te The cal call money market worked decd decidedly edly easier and sentiment was inclined to expect a favorable bank statement Yesterdays transfers to the InterIor established a loss to te the for the week of But the baks banks estate estimate tat that they have currency on blace balance from the Interior on the express movement ad and about of the gold egged engaged in London has bas arrIved and gone in Into to bank reserves A re reported pored ported sale of a stock exchange seat at at a a decline of from the rec or oni price Drice wa was regarded a as significant of market market te the dul dull busIness outlook In the stock Prices were ere not wel well held in the ex cx extreme dullness of the late trading and the closing tone was easy at conces concessions concessions from the best price prices Bonds were ver very hevy heavy Total sales pa par value United States bonds were al all un unchanged hanged on cal call |