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Show PROrE58IONAL MARKET HALTS 6T0CK6' UPWARD TENDENCY Money Restriction Is Factor, as Also Is Retrenchment Retrench-ment for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign. NEW VOUK. Srt. 2i.--noMiropti'Mi nf pr-frsionill pr-frsionill soiling: on a rtronflr srnlc fn thf stork market today fhocki-d tli-1 upward toridvnvy which lia.l ti.n iu t-viilunor durinff tlio pnti week. OonvirtJon Is ptlll s:tqi in B'tnif ipiar-lera ipiar-lera that, nsidf from any sporial iiin;un.'OB whtoh nmy Injot ttioinsolv.'S ns Imts 10 raise prices, money restriction is s.tiU the paramount factor. IMnpositlon has boon sluiwn. also, toward to-ward r't r,m,hm,nt In punlinsinc with a tiiv to investing in the fourth I.ih.-rty P:in. Aftor a soniowlmt ninOived open inc there wtp sharp df-lint-n when generous offfnucs in many slocks, uotiiblr I'uited Sin u s Sltv t. wen not ohsorhed cxivpt n t marked mnoi"- ions. The irpne.-H 1 wpnknc' in steels was a tt ri lulled to prospect of Finnllr ennilni: a 9 a result of the decision to operate under an oilit-hotir d:iy. this plan foesiiadouiiig largely Increased priors for labor. Tobflccos. distillery phres, oils. rr.ot.KH nd eopprrs pnffpr-d di'ptrssions in sympaihT. Marine Ma-rine preferr.yl'B gn in. n mount lap to points for the d;iv. devplnpod after published reports flint an Announcement would n.in be nindp that the Hritibh t.mnnge would be sold under n plan ns.-urlnp hlRhef vrtlnnt Ion for b.itb rlfl9e9 of i; 9 sunk. Us today amounted to JHiOAKX) scares. An interesting feature of th operation was mute weakness In Anclo-Kreneh ."is. which d-cllr.ed d-cllr.ed - of n point, in contrail with the es-t;iblishm.'nt es-t;iblishm.'nt of high prices for the yenr in the vh rlous munirlpn I ippn.s. Libert y b-nd3 were affected en rly after unnouneemeot of Ihe ternn of ihe new 1due. btil si renpt honed later. The general -"id H't was Tariable. Total saloa. par Milue. $'.i.7.'.n.oon. I'm ted Stnies bond, old i$pu-s. trpre tn-I'hanired tn-I'hanired on call. |