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Show pRKET ADVANCE iiTLICpEfi, flloostcrs of Stock Prices Find j Many Obstacles in Their gP Path. ipSULT IS IRREGULARITY 1 AND CLOSE AT DECLINE implications in Financial Sit-PWion Sit-PWion Principal Factor to H Puzzle Traders. HNEW YORK. Oct- 21. The advance In locks which was pushed with vigor dur-m; dur-m; th earlier portion of the day, on-teuntered on-teuntered some obstacles, which later gulled In a hesitating and irregular tone. EfA tflirogradc movement In the latter rf of ly day left final .prices lower Man the previous day's close. How far he halt in the speculation may have wen due to misgivings over tho money jMdtlou did not appear In any action of Ho money market Itself. UsThc call loan rate was unaffected and fie ton" of th" time money market Itself P88 called somewhat easier. Estimates i the week's currency movement, how-tcv, how-tcv, Indicated another subHtHntlal Im-fclrnicnt Im-fclrnicnt of tho cash holdings of the mts. through the renewed demand from he Interior. The sub-treasury absorp-lon absorp-lon proved smaller thun last week, baching only 51,217,000. but the total cren.se. with the Interior shipments In-luded, In-luded, wa: much lurgcr. sotno estimates unnlng to over J5.000.000. Tho probability probabili-ty thus Is that the only way tho banks an have avoided an impairment of tho urplus Is by continuing the policy of ransfor of loans to tho trust companies, 'ho process servos to keep up the 'bank-ig 'bank-ig position on its face, but the onqroaeh-lont onqroaeh-lont on available supply of credit is olng on, even though no actual Increase f lo'.ins occurs. The London discount farkot was strong today, and tho effect 'as to carry foreign exchange rates an thor degree nearer tho level of protlt n gold exports. This combination of Ircuinstances bearing on tho money tarket position seemed to arouse I ho so-cltude so-cltude of the speculative clement. 'The pronounced pressure against the opper Industrials gave color to a sup-ositlon sup-ositlon of clearing In market sentiment Rtwecn grout llnanciul groups. Tho de-llno de-llno in coppers was in sympathy with tiarp advance In the London price of iio motal. which was accompanied by a Drrcspondlng advance In tho price of jpper securities In that market, Reports f labor troubles on tho Missouri Paei-c Paei-c hurt that stock. jBonds wero firm. Total sales, par Blue. S3.51P.000. United States bonds were unchanged n call. New York Bonds, S 2s rcg . ..1007 Inter-Met Us .. SU fdo coupon . .100i Intcr-M M 4.. Ml , S 3s reg 10H Japan s S9 do coupon ... KM j Japan lis 011 S Is rrg . ..Hi K C So 1st lis.. 722 ido coupon . ..ll.lj Lake Sh d ts.. p:i$ llls-Ch 1st os.. I Si L &. N un 4s... 9S in Agrl &S....102J Mo. K & T I 4s. l74 in T & T cv I -IS I do gen -51s ... S'5 m Tob la .. SO Mo Pacif Is ... S do 'Jr lOGil N Rys of Mx li 9t!J Kf Armour & Co ii 021 N V C g ::js... SPJ 'Atchison g Is . 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L S Steel 2d 5s.lQ3g I TJisti'lers" :s ... 73 Va Car Ch 5s..lOS r5 Erie pr lien 4s.. SGi Wabash 1st ;5.i 'Sifedo gen Is 7r.ii do 1st .t is. S6C Ml Vdo cv 4s ser A 76 i Western Md Is. 0U 3I?do scr R . . 71 W Klec cv oa.. 03X J Gen Ele. cv os.llOS Wis Cent 4s . . . 031 J ni Cent 1 r Is.. OS'J.Mo Pao Co 3s.. 03i Isfii- Treasury Statomcut. MJF WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. -Tho condl-ll.tlon condl-ll.tlon of the treasury at 1 he beslnnlng of fl ibuslirss today waa as follows: IJF.Trusi funds--iGold coin $S0S,923,6CO Silver dollars 1S7.131.000 ySSIlvrr dollar of IS'OO 3,520,000 Silver ccrtllkatcs outstanding 1S7.131.000 )I RTCcncral fuud Jtatidanl alKer dollars in gen- JFcfal fund 2.S 11,13" I 'Current liabilities 104.23S.22l Working balance In treasury PK'Oftlces 30,895,040 S!In banks 10 rrodit of treasurer treasur-er of the I nltcd States S.i.ilGO.rWfi ifcubsidtai-s- sliver coin 1 ,301.10s jjllnor coin 7r.l.rii2 ;rotal balano in general fund. S6.02J.3S2 ' Now York Mono; NbW YORK. O.-t. 21. Close: 'aP'l'c mercantile paper, D" to G ncr iccnt " ' Stirling cscliange steady, at an ad-rVance, ad-rVance, with actual business In bankers' Jjllls at ?4.S2.5o.S2.C0 for sixty-day bills land at 5t.SC. 70 for demand. f Commercial bills. ?4.S215j' 1.S28. "Bar silver, 5GI cents. Money on coll steady, 3f31 per rent r.ullng rate. 31 per cent: closing bid. 3 ncr ixcitf. offered at 3 per cent, f Time loans easy; for Mxty davs. U i,r.r Sn?i,u0r,l,lrll5aly dQySl H pcr CC1'-5 f"i- lx jmonthu. li'4J per cent. J New York Produce. li'En" . 19RK". Oct. 2l.-Buttcr and I ;.chcesc steady. unchangoO. 1 1,,m; nnsylvania and nearby hennery, white. 12450. ft St. Louis Wool.- MT., louis-, Oct. 21Wool. unchanged. 1 ijlcdlutn grades, combing and clothing. I Jk,?-2 L: V51'- ".""' heavy lino. 15 I iC'lc: tub washed :l(ti:i:u . |