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Show EXTREME DULLNESS MARKS WALL STREET OPERATIONS Day's Turnover Amounts to Only 104,000 Shares, Call Money Offered Freely at 3 Per Cent By BROAD AN WAT L Ey Into "nat o al News Service NEW YORK Dec 16 The stock mar ket today dropped Into extreme dul ness Tl e day s turnover was on y 104 000 shares ess t an half of Tuesday's total Reports of the Gern an bombard nent of the east coast of Eng md checked specu at on but d d not br ng fo e gn se ing This was encouraging as llqu da ion rom London is the one th ng v. hlch everyone is watch ng c ose y On t e floor the markets acton was ca led good W e are i a constructive per od said one keen t ader and periods of extreme du n ss are to be expected Pub c buy ng may not be resumed at th s leve but n my op n on wi 1 come to the front on any react on Specialties Strong Specla t es were s rong Central Leather mo ed up on revived rumo s that t e com mon di dend wou d be increased iust bo fore Chr stmas but on t Is po nt it is unde stood directors d ffer Beet Sugar rose fron 9 to 30 the buy Ing hav n" been good a d in trade clrc es the outlook for ext jears business is considered usua y promising Copper stocks were barely steadj The meta hods v. el at 13c per pound Do mest c buj rs are ho d ng off but their reau rements are known to be heavy United States Stee common hung around 51 W eek y trade reports were in the main d scouraging nor is material Inprovement looked for unt 1 January A reduction In wages would Blosilybe reflected by h gher prices for the stock New York Central Down Several 1 sues had the r initial trading today Goodr ch preferred sold at 9o an advance of seven points from the Ju y ns ir es Kansas Cty Southern preferred gained 98 and Nat onal Lead common was up 48 f om Ju y figures New York Cen tral Norther Pac flc and Baltimore & Oh o each lost about a po nt The pos t . on of all three wi 1 be enhanced by a dlvi d BondsawCereneasler United State. Steel 6s sod beow par and Wabash ef una ng 4s were forced from o to 8 ) This looked Ike a traders move and was not con sidered Ind caUve of any change in the status of t e security Copper bonds were filIn t e outside market short term notes were Just a tr fie eas er although the undertone was good On the curb pr ces cosed weal , 4 Ca 1 money was freely offe eel at 3 per cent and time funds for al dates are of fered at 4 per cent but investment buying is s ow and specu at on and se ur ties are curtaied by the war news Underneath a th s ies a good brand of made in Amer ca optimism. |