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Show 16HT SCALING DOWN OF a PRICES JNWALL STREET i .Met Continues Dull and Listless; Four Stock Exchange Firms Quit w Business. , : ' W YORK', Nov. 23. Conditions , ftunlly unchanged today in Llic bhErkot, whfch continued to move with a small volume of busl-jjLE,rcscntatIvo busl-jjLE,rcscntatIvo stocks barely moved, ifc, thoro was Blight scaling down Kt which gave the market un easy (lMlifcnly movements or Importance uJHong tho specialties, a number of Here weak, Tho most conspicuous Bod rich preferred, which fell 5 molSt, a new low rocorcl. Suhuc-Kt Suhuc-Kt recovered part of Its loss. Tho fcB . stock dropped nearly 2 points vKdgo a new low record. Earlier BJ"fcar tho preferred stock sold at the common at 6S. The pro- weakness of these shares gave U jfYumors that the dividend on tho ifcd might bo reduced, but the ru-, ru-, q denied authoritntlvoly. Tho Can "'' Rumely and various other Indus-'irere Indus-'irere heavy. In tho railroad list fi Pacific was weakest, equaling record of the year at 2ih tffc&nk Statement. fBircek's exceptionally heavy out-k out-k Movement of currency to Canada T Pacific coast was chiefly rc-'lMe rc-'lMe for the poor showing mado In 'ii,i.mv statement. Predictions of a i E of S20.000.000 were realized, tho Hreachlng nearly $21,000,000. Loans ktJMl down $10,000,000. Shrinkage In .''of nearly 53S.000.000 did not re-8lMrvo re-8lMrvo requirements sufficiently to v thr wiping out of tho surplus. ,H(ult ms a small deficit. :jE ravlows Hhowed retrenchment 4lpwrnitl8m In business. Canadian firs f0?C?v,tJ?,(, an "ncreaso In net earn-"land earn-"land hoSiori m n-00. "t Rock Bond a dccIIno of J23S.000. valuen.d5.12Oe0r060 Ttal Sa,e5' r Review of the Week. thf rSfnRrCS-e,Ued by 11,0 railroads for ino proposed o per cent Increns. Xr LEh,H 'noffclal classlilcat Ion torrltor? luSfirv0,rf1lercd s?f'clently strong to SlSns' nffiK" crcaso for Boston & Maine was regarded as another Indication or good chances for success on tho part of the roads In speculative estlmaton this is ranked as kit. m ln,Prtnt 'Jeot for tlio mar. Bud newfl from the steel and copper &ar.' r?duc1t,,on of railroad shop forces, decreased railroad earnings, October's Cnj2' "Cultural exports and the neavj, excess of export values offset the domestic trade recessions. nT?e?lHLr 80Ul01ent requircmcntH con-fnrffJ con-fnrffJ iM. I??ney, markot- Canada's largo gold taking for thc season and tomporap' needs. Stock assumption of money burdens protected tho London market. Discounts cased abroad. Delay or nxlng the terms of tho French loun jas disappointing and held back relaxation relaxa-tion everywhere. Material easing of money markets Is expected after the turn of thc year. Four Firms Dissolve. .v.0". sto.clr exchange firms announced tholr dissolution today. The business of one of tho firms will bo continued by a reorganization of the partnership. The other concerns, It Is understood, will wind up their affairs permanently. , A largo number of partnership dissolutions disso-lutions Is expected nt tho end of the year. Dull times In Wall street have reduced the price of stock exchange scats from $00,000 to less than half that amount and hnvc made It difficult for many stock brokers to earn a living. Trading In stocks for tho month Just ended was tho smallest for any month since May. 1S97. Tho total number of sharos exchanged for November was 3,777,449. Closinrr Stock List. I .Sales UtlslilLowl cia. Amalg Cop Ci200 69?1 69 Amer Agrl 43x4 Amcr Boot Bucar 23 Amor Can 7,000 2Stf M 27(1 do pfd i,.00 90 SSU S9 Amer Car A Foundry ...... 0O W- Sii 43 Amor Cot Oil 37 Amor leo Sco 20 Amcr Unseed ;00 9 0'1 5 Amer I.oco zw ;ou 25 Amcr Smelt & Tlo '.' 01', do pfd ssvi Amcr Sugar P.of 107''. Amer Tol & Tol Amor Tol) 231 Aniconda Mln Co 700 33'.J S3Vi 33 Atclileou J2 do pfd 07 Atlantic Coast Lino 117 Unit A- Ohio 200 02 52 02 Both Steel Brook Rapid Tr 200 SIT Si SflS 1 Canailbn Pacific , 1.S00 2251 123 22S i Contrnl Lcatlior .'. 23 I Chcsa Si Ohio tKJit CidiiOEo Great 13t nm Chi Mil & St Paul 1.000 07 0751 07H Chicago .t N" W 125H Colo V & I , 25 Con Gas lEGy. Corn Products 0 Dola A: Hudson HO D A H G 17 do pfd 27H Dirt Soc m 1.JS 1G1 lf.ii Erie 600 2514 26H 24H do 1st pfd 40 do 2nd pfd 33 Ooncral Rlnctrlc 13$ Ortut Nor pfd .12iH Oroat Nor Oro Ctfa 800 3Hi 311 31U III Central m'i Inter Met . .N 13 do pfd tOO 67; o"tl 57i Inter Hnnester .100 IMJj 100H 100V4 Inter Marino pfd 13 Inter Paper i , Vh Inter Pump fH K C So U Laclcdo Gait 6S Lehigh Val 600 HCK 1 U6V4 & Nanh ISO Minn St P & S St M I2fi Mo K A Tox 300 19-i 10i 101 Mo Pacific isC00 25 21H 24"i Nat Ulccult 119 Nat Load :!?. Nat Uy Mex 2d pfd SCO 13 12 HTfc N Y Central N Y Ont ft West 25 Norf & WMt 102U Nor American 70 Nor Pacific m !Mfc 10iH 1WU Pacific Moll it Pcnnnylvanla SO0 100 10$v 105?1 Pcoplo'a Gas HO'.-s PltU C C tt St Lou S2U PltUt Coal '. 13U Prised Stcol Cat 21 i Tull Val Car 152 Heading 7.0CO 160 160 VVM Repub I & S W.i do pfd 70 Rock Il Co 200 13H 18K 13H do pfd ' 22 Et Lou & fl V 2d pfd 7U Sea Air Lino 1 do pfd Slo5 Slinf 0 t. I 2v'! So Pacific 500 S7H S7.l 7H Southern R7 H 21H 1U du pfd I Tenn Cop To.x & Paelflo Union Pacific e.SOO 151 1S1U 151H do pfd a mm 82 am 17 S ReaUy 8W 61 M M U S Rutibor SO0 r.3 63 62; n S Slecl 16.3 65H 66H MS do pM ! JM "'H Utah Cop 47 47H Va Carolina Chcm JH Wobeh do pfd .v Xixi fffilcrn Md iH Western Union Wfgrlnt: Eltrlc Wheel & Lake Erie ": :;,: Now Unvcn 77 Totxl nalea for th day. 7.7Q0 aharrg. |