Show I MARKET FIRM FIRMAND AND DULL I Speculative Leadership Deter Determined Determined Determined 1 mined to Await Outcome of the Election ACTIVITY H IN FIRST ST HOUR I ITHEN THEN THE BROKERS RESUMED WAITING ATTITUDE Nr w York Oct 27 ithe The occurrences of oft t I tock stock exchange today offer ma mal l for chronicle Th The characteristic f market markt was firmness In spite of or nse dullness The rate of or activity r 1 I at t times during th the session to the ther theu u Ii r idlene The first hour supplied f f the activity and most of the then thenn n nn 11 Some of the at that t I rn p aim aT from professional traders who pi r i sold SOLI Blocks short hort on the assumption I r hf hI demonstration dem last night i d Ken kei stocks today The 1 v vt i i ii id d on the analogy or of prOvi 11 us f 1 is of or Mr lr Bryan Bryau In New York YorkI r I 1 il n IT r of ot political campaigns which j JId id sm me subsequent liquidation of or fc kurt ui t U There was Wail no such selling to toU demand was sufficient 4 U di all I th light p t SHI 11 I Iric upward There Ther was no nor af r i lOr f u i Y large accumulation of ot stocks i a 4 i solute withholding of offerings lor ir k was very apparent IV Tn a alion ion of the market suggested a ion of the speculative leader jt Ip p 10 to stand tand by and await the outcome It vi the elections and what Is to follow litt 7 r t oJ diversity of or opinion over oer this q ic Ie tor of what is II to follow the tile elections ns of what there outcome may be belr Ii lr 1 is i not ot apparent how far Car present spec Mine fin holders may ma be Inclined to dis disI p I of oC t hir Ih ir holdings h at the th current level love i 1 pine as a there is I not sufficient out w ml 11 demand man to take uk ov over r these th c holdings 4 The future of the market It is isi i l hinges on the sufficiency of or ii 01 i MI after atter the tho elec elect electo t to rb sales No Nov NoL v L i 1 11 OIl ii were ere attempted and the ii I n ri slight as It was therefore 1 I i Iring the market ta t the high hight c t 1 i i in it II I has la touch touched d since the reaction it l f in W 11 h This reaction fol folI folt I a It th t Maine taint election and the denial i h 10 i E H ft J and James J Hill of ni c which had been boen kept In clr cir ii Ial i in n regarding the properties with i i h ili thy are connected with marked markedes f e es t 1 i ii iu tarrying arr prices to the highest I ti t hed 1 up to that time since the fin IM iU crisis rillis of or last fall tall Prices t Jay did not net in all cases nr f i r to the September level In II p eminent stocks however that i ei I w i LV L i Union Pacific Atch Atcho AtchI IH I o P United States Steel Am M Ioan in Car ar Colorado Fuel and Sl ss h Steel are the stocks which have haver haversen r sen to tu the highest prices of the year 11 m j tb Ih present movement news of the thu day had little ut f t on tm the market Breaking of or the dT uth on the winter wheat regions re cj some anxiety for tor favorable condi condl rias ra i MS to t scid td d that crop Wheat heat prices ad un td 1 on reports of or damage to the Ar Argent gent tn n la i crop The selling to take profits at In th rn l of the day although small w iii to reduce the narrow gars gains to te fractions except In tn a few ape j lung long lon stocks London securities were m rai I SAtes r Mi iv i States were unchanged un on CUll tal all Stock Quotations Sales High HI h Low Close nal Copper oP O C SO O stI SO SOe 0 MIP r O e F U 42 4 4 i erred io i IM HI 1 IO 10 A n O C C F P PI as 35 3 si H HII A II If I L pfd pd 1400 Sf 44 M 24 4 An Ai A Ic Ie JOO OO 00 25 I 4 t 10 Ami 2100 MW SO 60 49 i hf lt t f nod 0 1 Ii A Ao AT i S R B RI 91 9 I l f r Tod TodA 1000 1 S SAn A Ar An Sugar jugar R H RAn 1334 33 An i fob Tob n b pfd 9 93 A v W olen 2 2 I i t Mm Mm Co CoV 4 46 4 K 6 V 1 Liuti ll 99 94 Ij n t 96 9 9 95 Line 9 11 I H o 0 oIT 4 99 IS r 98 IT i ir d 3 ss SI 89 0 87 r ro Rap p T Too MOO 1400 O 49 ro 1 t Pi ifie 1600 1000 l DO 15 17 nt f I t ather 5 6 24 I Il l 96 I of N X J Js s o WO MO 41 m 4 42 42 I i W MO 1110 7 Z 1 7 A tI X N V V O 1 M v SI SIv t 1 p an to tot etL etLI v t tI t L M l I I 40 3 1 r 7 m 74 o 1 4 fila 41 41 r r I OO O O a 06 3 5 59 1100 lit 14 H 4 17 TT Del Hud Bud io ics lC r D R G OO 29 23 9 28 i Preferred 70 69 69 i iI I Dist 30 JO 30 ZO JOt 30 i iI Erie 32 31 31 4 1st preferred wo 44 44 41 4 44 4 I preferred 36 3 36 36 Gen Electric lU 1434 1434 Gt at Nor pfd I Gt Nor or Ore 62 6 61 61 til I III Ill Central 1300 1404 lID no 19 inter Met Iet 1100 10 9 9 Preferred 89 29 29 YI 29 Inter Paper 9 9 sv 9 Preferred 5 52 4 52 Inter Pump SOO 29 3 29 29 Iowa Central 00 25 23 25 24 H HK K C Southern 1000 28 28 2814 Preferred 00 29 28 28 Louis Nash 1600 1104 1004 loo ico icoM M 1 St L I wo 39 33 3 39 3 M 31 1 St P Sault Ste M 31 OO W 1 Mo 10 Pacific 2400 57 56 56 M JI K T 30 10 4 30 Preferred 4 64 64 National Lead 2800 SH 84 St 81 83 N Y Central N Y O 0 W V 00 41 U 41 Nor West 30 7 10 5 14 75 74 North IID 66 4 Go 65 Nor Pacific 1900 lU HH Pacific Mail Mall 25 25 25 Pennsylvania Peoples Gas 1200 96 9 96 f 95 96 P C C St L SO 80 Pressed Presse TS S Car sT 34 23 33 33 Pull Pal Car Ry Rr Steel Spring 39 38 38 Reading 1334 Steel 24 23 23 Preferred SIM 81 80 81 Rock Island Co 1000 20 1 15 19 13 Preferred 1500 47 46 6 45 46 St SL L San F preferred 40 30 04 23 III 30 St L S W V 1ST 18 Preferred 50 49 49 S S S I 71 67 6 14 l So Pacific i Preferred ais So Railway OO 22 2214 22 22 YI Preferred 54 51 53 53 Tenn Copper 46 45 45 Tex Pac 26 26 2 26 T st L w 31 3 31 31 I Preferred 58 58 57 Union Pacific 1 H Preferred 1000 1600 89 Sn 89 9 89 U S Rubber 3 34 31 34 33 1st preferred ro looth 99 U S Steel 48 48 48 Preferred 2000 2600 11 Utah Copper 44 43 4 44 Va Car Cur Chem Chern 32 2 th 32 3 34 32 Preferred Hi Wabash abash 12 Preferred 27 Zi 27 27 West est Electric 1300 83 82 82 2 West est Union OO 60 CO 60 j ro 59 roW W L E 9 9 8 Wig WIs bv Central iw 27 t 27 M 74 27 Total sales 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