| Show BUSINESS LIGHT PRICES VARYING Dealings Street Insignificant Insignificant Yesterday 4 CONDITIONS ARE EXPLAINED S 45 OPERATIONS OP THE DOMINANT PARTY New York Jan 47 The lassitude which began to itself manifest in yr y o trading In stocks was still moVe moie In evidence today The dealings fell at limes Umes to rath rather insignificant proportions and the mo movement of prices was narrow and irregular The more favorable turn to itt the war news today did not avail to sustain the marke any more than the depression in the foreign markets yes yesterday served to hold hohl back prices in tha h face of the operations of the speculative party That party was wan rath rather er quiescent today or in n the field of Its operations In view of the cessation of the upward movement it was wag argued that the th light pressure of selling offerings was In favor of the market but it was suggested on the other hand that the light realizing on the tut went to remonstrate demonstrate a very smell small speculative following for the speculation which set about lifting prices as an invitation to the outside public to come into the market and Secure the benefit of rising prices The rising points paints wets were attrib attributed to operations by the bull party to sustain prices for lack of other explanation tion The Pennsylvania group was eec con conspicuous and the advancing tendency of the Goulds WItS was called sympathetic on the assumption that a harmonization was involved The sp ap cu en party bases some seine of its hope of advancing prices on a confidence of the ability of the Rock Island Inland party to fur further thee ther its bond Issue The Rock Islands Shared in the day days strength so far as sa asit sait it went United States Steel preferred and Amalgamated Copper were wre heavy Thel former was affected by rather rathOr let less encouraging reports of trade prospects and by the reported failure of the South Southern era ern Iron Tron Interests to come to an en agree agreement agreement ment as to prices or output The firmer tone of the time money market was aas again conspicuously in evidence today and a renewal of the trans transfers transfers fers to New Orleans attracts attention in view of the customary check to time the accumulation of reserves in La New York which shows itself about the end of January The firmness in time money hero with the easier tendency of money in foreign markets conduced to the de 1 clino elino in exchange rates The feeling is 1 growing that th period of abnormal ca money Is not to be prolonged and tHat hotter better rates for time loans wilt will rule for forthe fo the future Bonds were dull and rather irregular Total sales par value M U Sv S bonds were Unchanged on calL Bond Quotations S SiT U iT S ref s con conDo conDo Do coupon sot sol gold t U S reg Mar Cent 46 70 Do coupon 1st Inc 1 U 17 S n a 43 4 31 St L 4 9 97 Do coupon M K T U 17 S o Is reg 1074 I Do s SI 81 Do coupon Nat K R R of ofU U S Ss Sa reg Mex con 76 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pit crowd that so long aa as Gim toady ready to buy all that was Ut May delivery it vas as u uit use useless less to it trading Easier caW cable a loss on oj Initial sales May Mayle being a shade le to ic low lower r at 89 4 tw to 4 cents light offerings with a fair scattered demand soon caused an ad advance vanes vance to 86 PO There was fairly good corn com mission house boutte selling on the upturn anti ana the soon r reacted act d The July de tie dery livery ry however retained much of the the supposition being that it warn laff J the control of the long operator r extreme cold weather the tha winter wheat belt brought out a geen demand far fer this option with buying freely Front From t tim ii at the opening the price advanced The close on May was and c lower lowr at t e H cents O re was good buying of corn com early by leading commission houses Ne due partly to the strength hi wheat and partly to the tho strong tIme of cables Oa OatS firm the greater part of the tho day on sh a fair commission bouse boue demand 4 but the late weakness in wheat caused n a reaction end and the close was about abent steady May opened e at sold be between between tween 42 4 and closing at 42 by small holders and nd selling by pitchers packers caused some weakness in pro provisions provisions visions TIters There was wag souls some support f rom from houses on the decline which resulted faulted In hi s a slight rally The close was wasu u ier with Slav May pork TH 7 cents tower lower at 12 May lard and ribs ribe were each 69 i 7 cents lower at and 77 Estimated receipts for tomorrow 36 31 cars carps oats c hoes head The leading futures ranged as follows 1 1 Open i High Low Close oro 5 1 i Open f I High LOT Close Jan 4 i iMay May July Low I 12 l 4 Poel Js foa Per barrel 1 Si Open High Low Close Jut Tatt f 1 1320 1830 jl K KrO M pounds 5 rO att High j L tow w dose Close Iani 7 poids 1 I High T Low i Close Jell kr I Me em Cash quotations were as fellows Flour Dull iud nd steady No 2 red 88 4 rn No a 2 48 No 2 yellow 48 43 2 WW No 3 whIte 59 Rye No 2 feeding 38 38 fair to choice malting 4 Flax Seed No 1 No 1 northwest northwestern ern em 5 Timothy Seed Prime 32 Mess Pork barrel S Lard Per pounds 72 Short Ribs Sides loose Sides Short clear boxed 7 Basis of oi high wines Clover Contract grade 1125 Articles I Flee j Ship Flour FloOr barrels j Theat bushels I Corn bushels 2 WO I Oats bushels Rye bushels Barley bushels MUO |
