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Show RESTRICTIONS ON COPPER UNSETTLE STOCK MARKET Severe Declines Registered by Important Industrials, Indus-trials, Equipments, A'otors and U. S. Steel; Shipping Shares Irregular. X1-:V YORK. Dec. P. The stock market mar-ket wds somewhat unsettled today, mainly main-ly in eons-ennence of the latent iuHn, of the Iliitish UDVcrnnieni placing severe restrictions re-strictions upon imports of copper metal. Shares uf that particular primp wore de-pic.-scd 1 to :2 points. American Smelting. Smelt-ing. l t.ih and Anaconda being moat af-fo.-t-.-rl. Declines enuaH severe were registered by important industrials, equipments and , motors. I'nited States SieH falling more than - points. Shippinc shires were hinh-I hinh-I ly irregular. Marine prefe: red losing a i point alter an oarlv substantial advance, while Atlantic. Gulf & West Indies yielded yield-ed a considerable part of its ad wince ol the previous clay. Specialties of various descriptions, petroleums, pe-troleums, leather and paper issues, sugars and a number of unclassified stores shaded 1 to 2 points with such seasoned slia res as Readinc. Cnion Pacific. Norfolk Nor-folk Sr ,Vestern and other dividend-paying rails. Ajax Rubber Rises. Ajax Rubber was the only exception to the general decline, rising more than 6 points to the new record of s43. Final quotations for many stocks were a point or more nhove lowest levels, short covering cov-ering contributing to the irregular rally. Total sales, liTO.OOO shares. The most favorable developments of the day. the November tonnage of the I'nited States Steel corporation showing an increase in-crease in unfilled orders of more than l.tVo.Oon tons, and the weekly bank statement, state-ment, which disclosed a large cash gain and corresponding expansion of reserves, were not available until after the markets closed. General news bearing upon the financial situation embraced number abrupt decline fn exchange and further weakness In lire:-. Trade advices were of the usual optimistic character, though tempered by niudcr;ite aj prehension as a result of the further advance in raw and fabricated ma tci ials. lionds were lower with Anglo-French 5s at the new minimum of fO'-fe. Total sales (par value). $2,340,000. United Suites bond issues advanced to z of 1 per cent on call during the week. Developments of Week. Quoted values were perceptibly influenced influ-enced during the irregular week in the stock market by numerous important developments, de-velopments, such as the 15 per cent call money rate, higher commodity prices and political and military events aeioss the wa t er. Significance also attached to the attitude at-titude of the British government respecting respect-ing further exports of copper and the possible effect of this regulation upon the country's general export trade. Metal shares suffered sharp depression in the week's later dealings, which witnessed many prbx readjustments in other quarters quar-ters of the stock list. High money proved to be of hrlef duration, dura-tion, being almost immediately alleviated by the additional heavy Imports of British Brit-ish gold from Canada. In the stock market the most interesting interest-ing movement centered around the cheaper cheap-er rails, including what are popularly known as reoi ga nized proper! ies. These embrace chiefly roads traversing western j and south western territories, mid gains in these issues, ranging from 2 to 5 points, 1 were well sustained. |