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Show FOREIGN RELATIONS TEND TO AN IRREGULAR MARKET Drooping Tendencies Are Shown on Commodity Exchanges, Especially in Cotton and Grains; 1 Money Conditions Easier. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Foreign relations and other external considerations again accounted in part for today s irregular and occasionally heavy market, which also was affected by the droopiny tendencies tenden-cies manifested on the commodity exchanges, ex-changes, notably cotton and grains. Money conditions were easier, if anything, than any day thus far this week, call loans holding over till next Monday being freely made a.t 4 per cent. Estimates of the week's local money movement varied widely, but a partial, probably substantial, rectification of the adverse conditions of the past live weeks is probable. Another large consignment of sold was received from Canada, mnk-iug mnk-iug a total of more than $50,000,000 from that quarter in the last few days. Stock Trading Fluctuates. ! Stock trading was attended by frequent 'intervals of lassitude, but the total turn-jover turn-jover again approximated 1,000,000 shares. : There was much less activity in United States Steel and the low-priced rails, the movement-shifting to high-giade or dividend-paying issues, which made temporary tempo-rary gains of 1 to 2 points. Shipping- shares were more conspicuous and stronger than at any recent time, with Atlantic. Gulf & West Indies at the new maximum of 147;V', on its advance of 11 points. Mercantile Marines. United Fruit and Pacific Mail also were belter by 2 to o points. Munitions and equipments of the familiar fa-miliar variety were alternately higher and lower, with more stability in the later dealings, especially In American and Baldwin Locomotives and Bethlehem Steel, the latter at an extreme advance of 39 points. Rubber and Sugar Strong. Pool activity was reflected in the strength of Ajax Rubber ami some of the sugars, the former gaining 6 points, with 7 for Cuban-American tiugar. Coppers were under constant restraint, Chile falling with another decline of 4 points in the bonds and heaviness in Utah and Anaconda. Ohio Gas yielded materially on realizing and United States Rubber and Wesiinghouse were sold by traders on prospective financing. Irregular Irregu-lar rallies in the specialties marked the close. Concessions in international honds included in-cluded a new low record for Paris 6s. Total sales, par value, $4,225,000. i United Stales bonds unchanged on call. |