Show SOME ACTIVITY I IN WALL WiLL STREET 4 But the Sales Made Were Mostly at Lower Prices Pr ces SLIGHTLY Y HIGHER OPENING 4 I T CLOSING QUOTATIONS WERE WR AT ATTHE T TI THE I LOWEST t New Now York Yok Sept St M The stock so market mak W was rather r more me active Aeve today but bt the U I Increased activity was W in many m instances iu I made ne at the U expense epen of prices pc The Te open o lag JCU though tame tam tm was lightly higher ble resuming to an a extent its J recent rent rentI leadership I IeA but bt later yielding to t the te Unit United Unite United ed e States Steel Stel shares sh The extreme weakness wea of the te steel stel stocks stok which were sold 81 in is I large l volume was w a disturbing feature te r Stories Sor concerning the next net Ac Action a tion t to be H taken on o the te dividend on Steel common coma together with wih adverse trade re reports r reports ports pW were freely rely circulated but bt neither neiter confirmation nor denial denil was a obtainable from authoritative sources su Another stock sto that showed showe marked weakness in inthe inte Inthe the early session Transit te erly was wag wa Brooklyn the result fell It is II said of a pool dissolution pl Norfolk Western scored a advance at the b opening Trading UI relapsed I Ian f rt into extreme dullness in the second hour and an the drift of prices pric was wa again agin down downward downward I ward wad The reduction in the price of I southern pig iron probably influenced the I 1 per cent decline in Tennessee Coal A AIron aIron Iron and was not without effect on other stocks of that class Colorado Fuel ad advanced advanced 2 S points for tor no apparent reason Business came almost to a standstill t in inthe Inthe n the early afternoon but there was some covering of short contracts contract and prices hardened in some instances In only to lose lo e their improvement later Forecasts of the government crop reports were conflicting and traders seemed disposed to hold oft off 1 in the absence ef of definite news For the rest of the day business continued dull and aside from the further large offerings and increased weakness of the United States Steel together with some liquidation of Atchison the late session ses lon was almost featureless s and closing clo prices were generally at the lowest lowe t Only Oay a A few l issues such as St Paul l and the th Pacifies t in the list l of standard d rail railway railway t I way shares share and some of the specialties displayed comparative firm firmness firmness ness nea operations operation here were nominal the only noteworthy feature be ing the heavy selling of Steel These is 18 issues 1 sues closed clo ed with a net loss of 1 for the common and 1 for the preferred The local money situation excited little Inter Interest est eat in spite of a gain of ot by the banks b making a 3 total since last Friday of JOO Call Can money continued avail avaU available at from 3 I to per cent but there seemed little Justification for the statement that da money could be had in large amounts under 5 Ii per pel cent Demand sterling starling broke 15 l 1 J at mid da day dav v the result rf of or a very light lI ht demand The bond market lacked feature and moved irregularly on a s small range To tal laI par value United Un ed States bonds were al nit unchanged on the tha last call |