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Show ORDERS ACCUMULATING FOR STOCK EXCHANGE OPENING Spirit of Optimism in Speculative and Invest-, Invest-, ment Circles; Prices Are Very Attractive. By BROAD AN WALL. By International News Service. NEW YORK. Dec. 9. Optimism is finding expression in the accumulation of : buying orders against the resumption of i public trailing in stocks on Saturday. Attention having been directed to the ; low-priced issues by the announcement that unrestricted trading would be permitted per-mitted in stocks seilinfr at $15 or lees, interest is focused on such issues as Rock Island common, selling at about U, the preferred around 3; Corn Products common, com-mon, between 8 and 9; Missouri Pacific at 9, Interborough Metropolitan common about 1 and Union Bap & Paper about 5, as likely vehicles with a minimum of j risk for speculative ventures. The prices ! are. sufficiently low to enable buyers to ! purchase outripht and assume full ownership, owner-ship, the - only safe way to trade in stocks at any time. Odd Lots Marketable. Odd lot dealers have been given new leeway and business hereafter will be handled by the specialists in odd lots who have registered at the clearing house. For the first time since the closing of the exchange the public will be enabled to find a market in fractional lots close to prevailing quotations. After a careful canvass of the leading domestic and International commission houses the writer is convinced that buy- ing ordora predominate and that no large amounts of - foreign selling will be encountered en-countered when tho exchange opens. Bond transactions made a new record today, ?;l,65S,000 changing hands. Texas company convertible fis rose to a new high figure, 975. Missouri Pacific collateral col-lateral trust 4s rose from 40i to 41; Missouri Mis-souri Parific convertible as were also active ac-tive at nn advance of H and Western Maryland 4s rose to 6U on reports ot improvement In earnings. Interest in Bonds. Consolidated Gas convertible 6s when issued graduated from the curb to the floor of the exchange and dropped in price from 1103 to 10J3. recovering to 110 at tho close. New Haven convertible Gs sold at par. Southern Pacific 5s were under pressure and declined from 054 to 95. Bond brokers report a widening interest in the semi-Investment issues. Busineso In stocks through the clearing clear-ing house was In reduced volume, with prices in manv instances showing sharp advances. Texas company rose lour points to 139, American Smelting was strong at 531 bid. Brooklyn Rapid Transit sold at 87 and Tennessee Copper at 2S4-Missouri 2S4-Missouri Pacific sold at 9 and Lehigh Valley at 131. Tennessee Copper directors declared the usual quarterly dividend of per cent late this afternoon. At 30 the stock nets I 10 per cent on the investment. |