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Show OPTIMISTIC CROP REPORT GIVES STRENGTH TO MET Price Fluctuations in War Issues Are Less Erratic and the Leadership of Steel Common Increases Confidence By BROAD AN WALL By Inlernat onal .News Service N"EW YORK Aug 9 Publ cat on of an optimistic crop report by the govern meat today lmpar ed strength to the stock market nh ch was mirrored in gains of from 1 td 6 po nts the max mum increase be ng in t e specla ties Price fluctuat ons In the war stocks were less errat c and the leadersh p of Steel com n on n the afternoon dea ings Increased confidence in the probab e stabl tty of In t al pr es d sp ajed f act onal trains th oughout t e 1 st Cru b e s ad ance or 6J po nts and Beth ehem s ga n of 10 po n s attract ng attention Tennessee Copper a so made a new high for th s mo ement, a though the other copper she res were heavy ow ng to a further de c ne In the price of copper metaL Fractional Gams A hough most issues showed fractional gains the upward movement was not pronounced until the afternoon dealings when Steel common assumed leaders!) p and rose to the highest price e nee 1912 when it sod at 80S Today It touched 74 In the last fifteen minutes p out taking caused a fractiona recession from t e best but final prices were within tract ons of the best An ana yes of t e crop eport s ows that the combined ind ated y e ds of spring and winter wheat com oats bar e r e flax and potatoes amounted o i 6 000 000 000 bushe s wh ch is 644 000 0 bushels In excess of the 1914 harvests In add tion the ndicated yield of ha a so shows a substantial increase This bu 1 ish showing caused brokers and banice 8 to re terate the r adv ce to buy the ra road shares .for such yields mean a rge haul for the common arr era Fo a time t e ra roads d sp ayed strength but th s was qu ck y d spersed by offe ngs Pressed Steel Leads Equipment company stocks we e n de mand t roughout the session Pressed Steel Car being the leader and closing with a net advance for the day of 6 po nts American Car and Foundry was also higher as was Bald ft in, which ga ned about 4 po nts Automobile stocks continued to' touch new high prices General Motors advancing advanc-ing more than 13 points and WI lys Over land gaining nearly fi points New low record prices for sterling er change and francs attracted atten-t on and rev ved rumors of Impending credits for France and England Local bankers, howeve dec ared there were no devel , opments wit regard to cred ts for those I countr es j |