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Show In CONFUSION Kill STKUURtET sizzled Speculators Adopt Atfi-Bfudo Atfi-Bfudo of Wailing for Dc-K Dc-K velopments. IDBNTLY SUSPICIOUS m OF MANIPULATIVE WORK Bees Go Up and Down in BRapid Succession Without B Good Reason. pBW YORK, April 21. Extreme confu-n confu-n of the speculative temper w:is tscd by the action of the stock market ring- the earlier part of today, and the kilt was a tloclinine: tendency In the nJIngs and tlio adoption of a waiting ituac to sec what the mysterious vcmont might portend. Suspicion of inlpulatlve purposes hi some of the Bet obvious movements Inercused the lliiR of doubt and uncertainly. Altcr-tlns Altcr-tlns declines and advances kept the trlcet in such wavering' state aa Is rnrc-witnesscd. rnrc-witnesscd. Some of the early selling Stocks was reported as coming openly jm sources credited with leading the vancinpr movement. The suspicious idingr element saw in this selling a bull Ice to tuko the market away from iiucars and to force the latter to sell rt at low figures. Khe bears, instead of taking courage n this appcaranco of liquidation, of i stock, thorefore. took alarm and Shi to cover their short contracts. At periods when prices were advancing ire was an equally suspicious scrutiny thc selling and signs that long stock ' coming out would be followed by ck reactions, .tiilouncemont of plans for a summer y abroad by E. H. Ilarriman and allied restrictions 011 the Erie bond 1s-Jby 1s-Jby the New York public service common com-mon were unexpected developments. 0' rumors regarding U-- llarrlman's lth caused some selling of shares In it companies with which he is most pcly associated. The effect on Union bllic was pronounced and the wcak-m wcak-m of New York Central also was tracc-to tracc-to the large expectations that have m formed of the effects to be looked Wrom Mr. llarrlman's future activist activi-st In the management of that railroad. : telaxed requirements to be complied Si by the Erie to secure permission for I proposed bond Issue were considered I elont to ensure the success of a pro-d pro-d financial plan. The Erie stocks onded and there was some sympa-lo sympa-lo effect In other parts of the list- A lal source of speculative conllrma-was conllrma-was the erratic fluctuations in Read-stocks, Read-stocks, icrc was considerable comment on I he ng of gold hero for shipment to llol-, llol-, a very unusual proceeding. It was rred from this gold movomcnt that :h Investors In American securities, iictcd by tho high level of prices here, been sending their holdlncs to mar-The mar-The Incident made a decided imprcs-. on speculative sentiment, because Lhe. substantial character attributed ho Dutch Unancial insight, decline In the sterling exchange rate ?arls was toward the point calling for exports from New York, but the ling- exchange rate here made a cpm-satorv cpm-satorv decline. Weather conditions s we're more favorable on grain crop ipectK and anxiety was less acute the fate of the winter wheat crop, jnds wore irregular. )tal sales, par value. $7,712,000. lilted Stales bonds, were unchanged lifcall. , Hft New York Bonds. yS rof 2s rep... 1011 Lake S 1 Is 1031 or.2 ItfS ref s cou... 1013 111 C 1st r -Is. ..1001 IlS'Ss reg 101J Ipterb M 4Js "SJ flSs'-Ss cou 101j Inter M M -ls. 72S Utevls reg.. . .119 Japan is -SSI lK4s cou.. ..1201 Japan lis 03K 3fa-C 1st r,s... 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I81T2 per cent; 4 lng rate, closing bid and offered at 2 JirfrJcont. JjrTlme loans qttlet. with easing tendency b.slxty days. 25'21 p"r cent; for 11 1 n -15 Tdavs. 25 per cent; for six mouths. 2J (Mtpcr cent. Treasury Statement. BSVASmXGTOX. April 21. Today's '5ftiteinont of the trca.aur.v balances In the Wfirieral fund, exclusive uf thr- $ir.o,(iO,000 Mld reserve, shows: Gold coin ami bullion. f5B.M09.27S: gold certificates. SSC.SSa.SJO; tllablc casli balance, 512R.221.00::. fjfl Dairy Produce. ll&UirAGO. April 21. Uu Iter stwidv; JfffBmerles. 22fj2f!c: dairi".". l.TyZSc. ' Bifcgss steady at mark, cnacs Included: VVts. 21c; prime llrsts. 22-. SjCheesc steady; daisies, lf.jc: twins, lfj 34Sc: yomig Americas. Mjfi JTic. |