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Show RENEWED SELLING CAUSES DECLINE IN STOCK PRICES Wall Street's Attention Attracted to the Struggle Now Going on Across the Ocean. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Renewed selllns of stocks at the outset of today's session ses-sion was in such volume as to bring the average of prices down to the lowest level for the present movement. Speculative favorites and various specialties declined from 1 to 3 points before buying appeared, ap-peared, and the downward movement was arrested. On the recovery, tradUig became be-came dull, with an irregular close. On the whole, the case with which prices "ere restored suggested considerable underlying un-derlying strength. VVall street's attention was again directed di-rected across the water, latest developments develop-ments offering little Immediate hope of any diminution of the recent strain. I-ondon s markets were dull and Americans Amer-icans were in light request. Local conditions con-ditions were further complicated by re-ui re-ui rent weakness in foreign exchange and extreme nervousness in the cereal mar-k!. mar-k!. ,' There wern intimations that our Mn . ? .ers, ""'"nulls their negotiations negotia-tions for the placing of large foreign cred- 1 Us here, but definite or conclusive details de-tails were lacking. Loose-Wiles first preferred was the only stock to register a new minimum price today, declining 6 points to 86. Southern Railway preferred fell almost 3 points to within a fraction of its established price of 4n. and Harvester corporation dropped 15 points to its minimum of 55. Alter the close of the market the stock exchange announced these new minimum prices, effective Fehruarv 23: American Car & Foundry, 40; American Locomotive pfd.. 80; American Steel foundries. 24; Baltimore & Ohio, 65; New Haven, 45; Federal Mining pfd., U; Loose-Wiles second pfd., 74; National Railways of Mexico first pfd., 17; Pressed Steel Car pfd., 94; Seaboard Air Line pfd., 34. Tho bond market was heavy, a contributing con-tributing cause being the further selling of investment issues for European ac- S?-!'Jotal saJes Ijar value aggregated $l,ii 0,000. United Stales registered 2a advanced i to I per cent on call during the week. |