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Show TAKE MUCH COPPER J. A. Hoclo & Co.. IfiS South Man street, furrnsh the following digest of financial fi-nancial news received over their private wire : New York News bureau: Local Boston copper companies have been notified by the advisory committee of the council of national defense that the government will need 77,634,000 pounds of copper for delivery to the British, French and Italian governments govern-ments for delivery during the remainder remain-der of the year, for which 2j cents per pound will be paid. Tribune : The decline in United States Steel i3 said to have been accompanied ac-companied by a large amount of investment in-vestment buying based on the value that has been added to the common stock within the last two and a half years. This value ia estimated at 503 per share. New York curb stock letter: Trading Trad-ing on the Broad street curb was steady for a good part of the day, but thn weakness in Bethlehem Steel "B" oil the stock exchange had an influence on the trading in the outside out-side market. The new Bethlehem preferred stock sold during the greater part of the forenoon at 106 and 105 , and the rights were traded In at 3 and 2-. United Motors continued Its downward down-ward movement, ranging from 19 to the new low of 19 Independent oil stocks held fairly well, with Cosden selling at 9 and 9. Elk Basin at 104, Sapula at 10 and 9, Victoria at 1. Merritt was the most active, ac-tive, with large trading at 35 to 35 Vs. Wright-Martin sold at 8 and 7 . Maxim munitions was steady, with sales at IVs to IV. In the mining stocks business was small in volume, with Butte Copper & Zinc selling at 9 and 9Vk. Magnate Copper at V& and Big Ledge at 1 at 1 Vs. New York Financial News bulletin: bulle-tin: No new developments were disclosed dis-closed over night nor during the short session, although in the first hour rumors ru-mors of coming favorable news from Washington was instrumental in stimulating stim-ulating some professional buying for the rise and rather free covering by the timid shorts. The firmness quickly quick-ly gave way to weakness, influenced primarily by the marked weakness in the Bethlehem Steel issues. |