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Show MONEY RATE RELAXATION PROMPTING SPECULATIONS Heavy Inflow From Canada and Gold Consignment Consign-ment From Russia Are Contributing Factors in Stabilizing Market Conditions. NEW YORK, Dec. 6. Relaxation of money rates prompted fresh speculative ventures today, although the movement of stocks was hardly regular or uniform, some shares reflectinK steady pressure. The minimum rale for call loans was 7 per cent, with an abundance of offerings later at 5 and a final rate of 3 per cent. The easing of money was ascribed to another heavy inflow from Canada, a total of n7.00fl.000 being received here and in Philadelphia from that source. Further stabilization was afforded by the law amount of Russian gold recently consigned con-signed to local bankers and the reduced demands from the interior, insuring a favorable fa-vorable hank return at the closing of the current week. ; Price Movements Confusing. Price movements were often confusing, cheap rails moving to higher levels, while standard shares of that group were either hesitant or lower. Demand for the new Missouri Pacific issues, all record quotations, quota-tions, was a noteworthy feature. The recent inquiry for Rock Tsland. T-ake TCrie & Western, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Chicago & Alton, Missouri, Kansas & Texas. Wabash A and B preferred. Toledo St. Louis & Western and Southern Railway was well sustained, surface conditions con-ditions indicating steady accumulation. Petroleums as a class ve:e responsive in substantia! measure to the recovery of crude oil prices, and sugars were - better, bet-ter, with further strength in American Woolen. Corn Products, Gas shares, Western West-ern Union and numerous specialties, including in-cluding Owens Bottle Machinery at an extreme ex-treme gain of 94 points. Steel Shows Slight Advance. United States Stee! repeated its uncertain uncer-tain cour.se of the pending session, but closed at a fractional advance, with gains of 1 to 3 points in other Industrials. Equipments and munitions backed and filled, but motors were strong with shipping ship-ping shares, Atlantic. Gulf & West Indies In-dies advancing 5 points to the new record of 132. Total sales amounted to 1,075,000 shares. Further heaviness in international bonds contributed to the irregular tone of the bond market. Total sales, par value, "5.000. United States bonds were unchanged un-changed on call. |