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Show WEEKLY FINANCE REVIEW. , Bonds Become Stronger; Railroad Securities Se-curities Rather Doubtful. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Financial opinion found more interest in the commodity and bond, markets this week than in the movement of stocks. Towards the end of the week, however, prices of most securities se-curities broke sharply, partly aa a result of home and foreign liquidation Induced by Germany's proposed extension of the area of naval warfare. The finding of a resting place for United States Steel after the succession of new official mini-mums mini-mums afforded sentimental relief. Advances Ad-vances in prices of finished products by i a subsidiary helped that stock. Ease of money and success of railroad bond issues is-sues promised increased demand for steel and stimulated hope for the industry as a whole. A further rise in copper metal contributed to this feeling. 1 The five-fold subscription to the Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania railroad bond lssue and its rise to a premium over subscription price was considered 'decisive assurance of investment invest-ment conditions. Plans were shafted for other Issues and widespread Investment demand was revealed. 1 Poor net returns to the railroads for i December brought some dividends into question. The wild wheat market was the natural consequence of government measures abroad to control l'ood supplies. Sharp responses to rumors of peace or of the opening of the Dardanelles proved the paramount Influence of the war on the wheat market. In consequence of these conditions, foreign for-eign exchange dropped back near the lowest low-est with partial recovery. Remittances to the British commercial purchasing agent also affected exchange. |