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Show Stock Market Letters. James A. Pollock & Co., stock and grain brokers, fl West Second South street, mako public tho following letters op tho stock market: Logan it Bryan, Now York, says: "The continued ease In money stimulated pool operations, and bull points wore so Humorous Hum-orous It was difficult 10 make a choice. A soiling movement near tho close caused prices to ease off. but the undertone still seems strong Tho weakness of Rock Island Is-land issues and Metropolitan arc said to have caused the selling movement, but no doubt a great deal of realizing took place during the session under cover of manipulation in specialties. The highly manipulated character of the market makes trading at thl . level somewhat dellpate, so that watchfulness and conservatism con-servatism should bo In order." T A. Mclntyre & Co.. New York, say: "Pool and ollquo manipulation was mainly responsible for most of today's advance and tho artificial character of this movement move-ment was apparont In the later trading when the whole market was under heavy soiling pressure. For some days we hnvo taken tho view Hint tho market was not In a position to warrant any sustained upwnrd movement from tho present level on the ground that the money situation was not sufficiently elastic to favor such a movement, but tin manipulators continue con-tinue to mark up prices Intermittently In order to cover selling operations In other quarters Until after the money situation Is clearer, which will not bo until the enrlv part of November, and on any sharp rally wo would take the selling side for a turn.5' Hutton. New York, says: "Great, ac-tlvltv ac-tlvltv In the coalers was the feature today." to-day." Concentrated buying of these Issues In heavy volume caused deal rumors. However, there was no authentic news for those reports. The market became unsettled and heavy selling was scon In tho tractions on political talk AVo aro of tho belief that banking Interests here were averse to another advance in the markot at the moment and chocked the speculatlvo movement by throwing some good lines of stock on tho market. The market has had a big advanco In many stocks In the last week und such reactfons-must reactfons-must be looked for. However, the general gen-eral trend Is upward and we believo that the market should bo bought on these recessions." Dick Bros.. New York, say: "The market mar-ket opened a shade bolter, followed by three points rlso in Reading lo 127. the highest point on record. Cooper rallied to SO and Union Puolflo to 135, but later on all the good feeling was lost, duo to the drive against Metropolitan and Metropolitan Metro-politan Securities, based on political talk Toward the cIobc stocks seemed to bo wanted mid last prices showed a slightly |