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Show securities YoRTr'nuaPI OF THE FRIDAY ADVANTAGE; Some Important Issues Among tlie Utilities Mukcj ; Lower Price Records; Metals Are i j Also Inactive. j i 1 XKW YOHK. rier-. i:..-S;o--ks today fni ffit--r in in h, if v r.!t. oj" t iieir ail- aulas' e uf ll:e pi-pviou." riay una a few Piif'-rtorit i;suc.-, fspp-i;i li utilities, wio adrit-jd to tli Ions I'J't "f er-i-tri'-e r?-:-, orils. r'(nf lie tine rpot ts from Wa'iinpt.on rr;t riling tin1 t h ilronii sinia t ion a nrl thn n-iH W-y u r:rter.-fi vine for st rH. c.-,ppf r. '"its Hii'l ..tiifT iniporiHit c-nrooniti"S in-' in-' (hico-l rcaiian? f"f pi"nt jmi.J sis-Tt sr!l-! sr!l-! ins. Ha )!---. nnt.tti! c ra-.if :--s. St. I'au! and 'f.'H'inc ....... I.;i. .le-Onrd I '-' 1 j point In';i-ii i.'d!.- STjf;er.-f siMiilariy. a Is.j op-per op-per p. !ii rT'io-. i-.uW'rr; a no t he more a r-t i vp pij uipnieti ; f, r'nitcl Staffs Sie"l nror-l""" - Li T'Oiiu P to a on" f ' 'nsoiiia t cd Has pimI Amer ican Telephone wtp :inTt?ual!y active, vipkiins poirifs to nw tniuiniums at 7 V T j and ftft'-i. rr-spe- tl f; Tevas coiu-m coiu-m iiv fea tnred imp semi-wa r pTonp at a In.ss of 5 points and tobacco, leathers and xnaifl tanc-d 1 to J point! rlnwn. "Sales, -S'i.OPU shai-fs. Tbp hank stalTiienr reflei'td Hip week's general Fliiftiofr of loans ineMput lo paj-inenta for account of the n ern-nient. ern-nient. Aftiial loans deereased by J20rt.-OOfi.ooo. J20rt.-OOfi.ooo. reset vp,s of memi-ers in t !ip fedora fed-ora 1 reserce .hank iuereaserj by $fsM,OOft,000 and reserves pained almost ?T2.0Ofi,0nn. Domestic and foreicn bond were aain heavv. Uheriv Is sold at ?7.2 to a7.34 and 3 Vis at 0S." 2 to s.r,6. Total bond Kales par value, S2,22:".nnO. t'nlteri Stales (.. uid issues, Iot 'i Per eent and Panama 4 per cent on call riiiriiiR tho week. Nl-.W VtlSK. I'c-. C . Pelay ill at-i rr. ice .'il ' i-'-iy,on hpiwc-u thrt alter- ; n:- the pMi!?, tile iiilcrstalr coininei-f" -dihoiiM,.';, in rojici t tr, the operation "f; raihna'ls. !V,n s of another Teutonic of-; feic-'ive on tile wcstr-in front nnd the ; actual wit h lr;i cnl ,,f time funds from the; 1 -a! iiiail.et were the main factors of an- ; other ren,-t ionn rc week on the stork cx- i , hange. I P.eiief is :nii, ins In well-1 nforincl quar- I trs thill the goerplpeut will decide 10: ,'r.eiHie the I th n'si ort a I ion lines. Man, p f cir: '.ic ii-han- cd in ev- I r-1 .'i 1 1 .1 I i " i 1 I i"3 further serious deprccla-: tin,, ,,r iaihoi,d sto.-Us and bond".' I n - ! rartipi opinion held thi-' i nips i lent vas nor uhollv 'due to pi ospect i.e federal control. con-trol. VVonkness of the foreign flotation, notable Aiilo-Frenih iis and praoiicallv all the' F'rench issues nnd Russian government govern-ment bonds, was sissociated with tlie uncertain un-certain drift of evente abroad. The moe-mrnt moe-mrnt niigiu. have excited greater appi-e-hension Imt for similar declines in many domestic bonds of tlie highest prado. t'nited States Steel's furlher sctbaik to almost the lowest level In t.w-o reins caused concurrent recessions in a.ll classes of Industrials and other shares com-prisinz com-prisinz the war division. CoppeTs, motors a nrl oils were relatively steadier, but the bnik of specialties yielded sharply. Monetary conditions were influencer to an unwonted desTee by preparations attending at-tending Hie payment of SfiR.-,0ct0,0O0 treasure certificates, a 4n per cent in-slallment in-slallment on the ?3.sno.noii,0nn Liberty 4s and the first dividend or coupon on tile Libel ly 3i2s. |