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Show PREVAILING PRICES HURT . BUSINE5MNWALL STREET Stocks Are Weak and Declines Are General; Coppers Cop-pers Reactionary but With No Attempt at Liquidation. By BROADAN WALL. By International NeWH S'-fvl.'e ternpornry Hiipport. " c CfrSJKfn?!! H-Id "P ,l" This wks 0 f?r u fcw nlnutcs, lint sfllltur ciPMn v:rlcd V,c ,,sl Jown- Union I -, 1 s Vn,, aotlVf nl tlio price toVoVn n';- H,,.OU,Cr "lnklnK K gS w.0'1 f SCllln' ll,at tlffirlT.nt f'V?,0111 Vr market will be opened continental markets will liave Facr holidays until Tuesday, and I tills may check the downward movement. Statement Due Today. (..aT,1 lccI cornoraflon stutcmont to bo "S, tomorrow Is expected to show a i flc 'fnft b. "V1 .00'000 t0,,n "nnnlsliccl nninffi' i r,,n- buslncHK Is sorely dlsap-polntlng dlsap-polntlng Is connrmed by rumors of the niAvl rJP ?ntp the discharge of em-pIo.ee em-pIo.ee and the reduction of wascs. Sfel iaSHwwra heavy. Bethlchom SteI. Lackawanna Steel. SIohb Shcfllcld and SR,.mon a11 ,0Et !l polnt- or moro-poppers, moro-poppers, too. wore rcactlonao'. although there was little disposition to liquidate in fills ijuarter. ,LndAIs.lr,!?,!: KPncrally were heavy. Mexl-,Srnr,r.e.tr,0,PU,n Mexl-,Srnr,r.e.tr,0,PU,n 0Ft 23 Rnley preferred dropped four pointjf and the common sold cl , Vm fl.5"r? ,'r Si' Greal Northern Ore terlltk-atCH fell to 32J. The market poor" ClnSS wn:' Partlcularly Break in M. K. and T. Missouri. Kansas & Texas preferred ,iki , f,;01n 1?S t0 noi ,L believed that dividend will be enllroly suspended; In fact, a drastic reorganization would not "ft wholly unoxpectcd. Canadian Pacific slumped to the new low price of I08S. and a further drop in the price ic expected. Rock Island common com-mon sold at 3, tho preferred at 5 pricca that suggest, a hopeless future Standard shares suffered with others. Great Northern preferred fell 11. "Soo" common was weak and tho preferred lost lj. Southern Pacific sold at 01 "ex" the rights to subscribe to the new bondf. Texas company dropped from 143 to Mil. with rumors current that tho deal to sf.ll control of the property had fallon through. But perhaps Insiders wish to accumulate some cheap stock. |