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Show I MARKET EASILY IS AFFECTED BY NEWS 9 La(. 3ronday. on a report from "Wash- H Ington that the United States supreme jj court had decided the Minnesota rate S caae favorably from the railroad stand- i point, the big stock markets for a mo- a ment look on quite a decided, optimis- g tic llavor, and several Issues appreciated I Instantly several points a share. But it h T-'os merely a flash in the pan, and when 5 tho truth beenmo known that no decision 5 had been handed down at all, the situa- k. Hon automatically dropped back to its r former notch and the pessimistic shadow 0 again fell across the threshold of the big 5 exclianges. fj This momentary appreciation on a very K weak market Itidicatcd what some real B sood news would is capable of doing for U the stock markets. Everything that is B known to be scheduled to happen of an fl adverse character, and everything that t could possibly be Imagined, future wars, P resilience, cold, heat, flood and drouth, R have boon dldcountcd during tho past L cw weeks markctwise, and the countrv B Home of theso days will be willing and B anxious to got back to a normal basis, i The above is merely apropos in noting i opinions In certain circles that the stock markotH have gone to tho everlasting ; now.womi eternally, and that there is no 9 j rm beyond. The best authorities agree jf lhat & fluctuating market can be cxpect- iiff od until after tho xfra session of con- S i cress, nnd -that the Intelligent trader has i an Ideal opportunity to indulge In quick lurns meanwhile which should not bo i . iicuJccted. JR Be this as it may. one thirjj- is sure rajs t'o have had slump markets before, and I Ml they will come again, but there is going all to be an ndvance some of these early j B jlay from the present ranges also. The m high-claw copper issues are cJ.'pted to H tako the Icaxl. |