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Show ALL RlCENT RECORDS FOR DULLNESS ARE SURPASSED Total Dealings in Wall Street Amount to Only 290,000 Shares; Prices Drift Downward. NEW YORK, Feb. 15. All records for dutines:s since the stagnant sessions of l;it summer were surpassed tochiy, total dealings aniouutine only to 290,00 shares. i this amount one-third occurred in tlie first hour, the later periods being marked by frequent parses. Price movements were in keeping with this state of inertia, standard stock? drifting drift-ing slowly downward, while speculative hmies were more variable. Lending industrials, in-dustrials, inclu ling United States Steel, yielded 1 to 2 points, similar tendencies t-eing man if est ed by most of the equipments equip-ments and munitions, with a 10-point hreak in Bet hit hem Steel (old stock) on a sin-le transaction. Motors, metals and utilities made extreme ex-treme recessions of 1 to 3 points, gas shares once more showing conspicuous weakness with other Issues of less definite defi-nite strength. Some Irregular Gains. Intermittent strength in sugars, fertilizers, fertil-izers, Continental and American Cans, Loose-Wiles Biscuit and Acme Tea, which registered Irregular gains, seemingly on support from pools and cliques, failed to attract more than passing attention. Fed- era! Mining & Smelting preferred rose 538 points cm declaration of an increased ( dividend, but in many other instances specific causes were altogether lacking. t-u-'h firmness as was shown by rails , at the outset was nullified later by fresh : selling of New Haven, which fell to 37i, ' the lowest level ye t recorded. Canadian ! Pacific, Lehigh Valley and a few other 1 stocks of the highest class were subject j to further moderate pressure. Another Loan Possible. Indications of another International loan, probably in the form of commercial credits to French banking interests, were furnished by the visit of a leading financier finan-cier to Washington. An additional $7.0mt,-000 $7.0mt,-000 in gold was received from Canada, and the weekly statement of the Bank of England showed an appreciable recovery recov-ery in reserve liabilities. Remittances to Ixmdon and the continent conti-nent were generally easier, but transactions transac-tions were nominal, both as to purchases and sales. Aside from slight irregularity the bond market was featureless. Total sales, par value, $2,435,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. |