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Show BETTER CLASS RED METAL STOCKS FIRM .Tames A. Pollock & Co., bankers and brokers, furnish tho following, received over their private wlr0 yootcrday afternoon: after-noon: Paine, Webber & Co., Boston The whole list looked bolter today. The volume of transactions .was not vorv large, but (he buying was steadv and at gradually advacing prices. The" demand at present seems to ho confined to -the belter class of coppers and we cpcct to see much higher prices for tho producing produc-ing mines. The metal is strong at 16 cents, -with an Increasing demand, and It will soon be possible to flguro tho earnings on good mines which will Justify at last a 50 per cent advance from present pres-ent selling prices. Logan & Bryan. Now York With the elimination of politics and the uncertainty uncer-tainty with which foreign investors re- j gard same. If It were possible for some sottled policy Instead of a campaign in personalities, t lie American people would see an old-time bull market hacked up by business conditions which justify same, as all our underlying conditions are propitious for better prices. The bank statement today -wa3 good. The reports from crops both north and south are more assuring. The continued demands for copper and Iron products, together with Increased prices, Is favorable fa-vorable to the Iron Industry. The anticipated an-ticipated early settlement of the coal strike is reflected by the strength of the coalers, and the Improved situation of the New York tractions, combined with the anticipated summer earnings of the D. R. T.. haa had a mont favorable sentimental effect. The action of today'3 stock markot, while a half-day, will no doubt crystallize crystal-lize sentiment to such a degree that should nothing new develop between sessions ses-sions a higher and broader range will be expei'tcd next week. The presidential presiden-tial primary contest In Ohio will bo closoly watched, as foreign Investors regard re-gard the action of a president and an ex-president more seriously than we do at home, as we aro looking for Issues hero and not a campaign of personalities. |