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Show STEEL SHARES ERRATIC BUT " ADVANCE LATER IN SESSION Upward Trend Is General During Day for Security Secur-ity List; English Strike Affects Foreign Exchange Unfavorably. NEW XORK, Sept. Steel shnrfs Trere Bfialn the pivotal feuture of today's very nctlve stock market, evincing or rati: tendencies In tlio early dealings, but ri"ins vigorously ltr:r, when advices from Industrial centers were more encouraging. Equipments reflected the nneertatn trend of steels for a time, but improving materially Inter, motors also rising more moderately with oils. Variable strength was displayed by food shares, especially sugars, with substantial gains in lea t hern, rubbers, 1 obaeco and pa pur issues, and rails strengthened on revival of speculative specula-tive interest In several of the low-grade stocks, transcontinental also coming forward. Highest quota t ions wen: reached in the final hour, when Crucible !S teel t.hov.l an extreme advance of 21! 1 -j points at the new high record of L'.'iTl-j, while United States Steel rallied from its low of 104's to 107 , closing unchanged a point under its top price. Bethlehem "B" added 3Mi points to last Saturday's Sat-urday's gain of 7 points. Harvester was exceptionally ex-ceptionally active and strong, and General .Motors, .Mo-tors, Studebaker and Baldwin locomotive were freely absorbed with Endicott -Johnson and a few other speriultie-s at gains of 3 to points. Maximum prices were reduced by 2 to 7 points just before the close, when call money, which opened at G per cent, mounted steadily to 11 per cent, as much as 15 per cent btinif paid by belated borrowers after the end nf the session. Salts amounted to 1,375,CMJ0 shares. Foreign exchange was unsettled by the' heaviness heavi-ness of bills on London, cables from there indicating in-dicating uneasiness in financial circles because of the British railroad strike. Liberty bonds eased aft'T showing moderate strength, and the general bond division, including in-cluding rails, was irregular. Total sales ("par value) aggregated ' SH!,S7..,000. Old United States bonds were unchanged on call. |