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Show BETTER TONE SHOWN IN EASTERN MARKET .lames A. Pollock & Co.. hankers and brokers, furnish tho following, received over their private wlro yesterday afternoon: after-noon: PaJne, Webber & Co., Boston The Now York list showed a decidedly better bet-ter tone today. The local market rallied In a small degree and n majority of the list showed slight advances, with very few stocks offered. Hancock, which sold yestorday nt 2 it, opened today the first sale at 236 and next at 26J. North Butln was strong and active all day and closed at the top. Lake and Old Dominion were also notlceablo for their strength. Wol-verlno Wol-verlno was steady and its effect on the other coppers Jias been already discounted. dis-counted. Igan & Brya-n. New York It has been maintained by many for quite a porlod that what tho stock market lacked more than anything else was leadership, so after It developed today that strong forces were committing themselves aggressively to tho side of advancing prices, owing to rather wl! defined reports that government dopoplis to the extent of about SoO.000,000 would be deposited In the banks to facilitate the financing of the crop movement, (Continued on. Following Paget). Mining (Continued From Preceding Page.) shorts became nervous and covered freely, free-ly, with tho result that advancing tendencies ten-dencies were displayed by almost the entire en-tire list. As we have etated from time to time, monetary conditions Jiavo been ugalnst a materia) expansion of loans for stock market purposes, but owing to rather wall defined prospects of government govern-ment aid, It Is not unlikely that se-curltv se-curltv prices will start to reflect tho strong fundamental conditions, though It, perhaps, is too early to expect that a rampant bull market will be In order. After the lnltlul enthusiasm, gradual advancing tendencies should be tho order. |