Show LITTLE DOING IN WALL WALLSTREET STREET Stock Market Continues Dull and Lifeless BEAR ATTACK RESISTED BUT THERE THEE E WAS NO ATTEMPT TO BOOST PRICES New York Pe Feb 11 Only three Hires er or erfour four stocks of the first Importance got gotas gotas as much as az a point away from lEst last nights level at any time today This serves to illustrate the lifelessness of the trading and the sluggishness f the stock market The imminence of ofa ofa a holiday was in part the cause of this stagnation The smallness of the spec spee speculative position now new open was wait thus thu clearly indicated the approach of the holiday usually prompting speculators to close up their accounts This would be especially true with the extra un uncertainties certainties of a time of war The un uncertain uncertain certain wavering of the market during the week has discouraged speculative ventures entirely and asid news of the day was wa practically ignored whether of a favorable or oran an unfavorable character The market again encountered sturdy i resistance to the depressing j of 01 the war situation abroad making an effective rally froth from the opening d de I Idine dine cline But there was no disposition to I follow the Advance While the readi readiness readiness ness of effective support to appear in face of an attack upon values leaves no opportunity open for profitable op tsp operations on the short side there is an inclination to sell stocks on advances which snakes makes the long side equally un unattractive unattractive attractive The stock market feeling toward railroad borrowings was ex cx expressed pressed today in the persistent of New York Central owing to the prevalent rumors that the company was issuing notes for means to con continue continue Its betterment projects The de dc denials nials of the truth of these rumors did not help the stock much owing to the recent experience with the Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania vanla borrowings which were admit admitted admitted ted beforehand The Th admission that orders for some tons of steel rails had been placed on behalf of the liar Har Harriman riman lines was accepted as a favor favorable favorable able factor the more so as it was be believed believed that the schedule price was to tobe tobe be paid But the stocks affected re responded responded but slightly to the news The firmness p per Which was aver a the late dealings was nominally fue to trade conditions condition and it Is tear that the outbreak f war will cut off the Japanese product from thE market thus thue appreciably affecting supplies was easy and ad time rates yielded slightly Call money fuse maintained its notable not bi ease A can canvass n vase vass of the banks snows that the movement of curr still in for of New York in sprite of the ex cx that a thA at hand The market ci l ny at dy near the tsp tep but the t w L Bonds biR bt ii irr tar lar i Total sales pea 1 United States new Is deel ed yc p pr r cent on call |