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Show ENTIRE WAR LIST SHARES IN"-GENERAL IN"-GENERAL ADVANCE ON MARKET I Decided Strength Rules at Very Active Close; Rails Affected by Report to Interstate , k Commerce Commission. v,. XKW YORK. Dec. f. Second only in importance to the president's stirring address ad-dress to congress yesterday and even more potent as a market stimulant was the report submitted to that body today by the interstate commerce commission bearing vitally upon the future of the railroads of the country. It is yet too early to forecast even vto an approximate deirree the effe.-t of the commerce com mission's recommendations, but the i-ourse of the stock market, following fol-lowing the. publication of the report. left no doubt of us immediate sisrnifieanee. Kails weie little more than irregular during the first half of the session, with a new low record for St. Paul preferred ai tiS. Karly reports from Washington were ntther conflicting-, but the first intimation in-timation of the proposed suspension of the Sherman law 'resulted in a rebound i'l which prices were carried 2 to almost 5 points above lowest le els. Industrials and the entire war list, as well as shippings, coppers and specialties. ' shared in the advance. United States i Steel, for example, rallied from its low of I 86 to 8S78, with corresixmding gains elsewhere. Decided strength ruled at the very active close, total sales ayyivgating S","0u shares. The news from Washington was especially espe-cially timely by leason of additional unfavorable un-favorable .statements of railway earnings. Money rates were relatively e;usy, but time funds were in smaller ,-uipply. Bonds were heavy for a time, but strengthened with lhe stock list. Liberty 4s ruled at 897. 30 to 8lT,62 and the 34s I at S'e?.50 to 898.72. Total sales, par value. I amounted to $5, 150. 000. United Stales bonds, old Issues, were unchanged on call, Loupon 4s losing on sales. |