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Show MARKET BUOYANT DESPITE ! HIGH RATE OF CALL LOANS Flurry Occasioned by Interest and Dividend Disbursements; Dis-bursements; Steel Shares and Allied ' Securities Strong. NEW YORK. Sept. 30. The money market supersetleil the steel strike as a factor of primary pri-mary importance on the stock exchange today, although yesterday's flurry In call loans to t lit? highest rat; in many wvks effected no diminution diminu-tion of bullish operation!. Cull money opened today at fl per cent, soim nilvunciuK by rapid slat-'S to ID and 12 jut cent, but dropping to its initial rate just b.-t'ore t ho close of the market, when ull demands of the day hud bfin met. These 1 1 not nations -were not considered unusual un-usual by ni"n'y lt-rnlers, in view of the Interest and dividend dishursenviitN nffKretfu ting upwards of SlL'.j.OOO.fKJO, whicii marked the advent uf the fourth quarter of the year. Steel slm res nnd the many stocks which come more or less within that en li-Kory were t lie strongest and most active features of th' session, ses-sion, I'nitt'd States Steel mounting to slightly over 10S, its best price of tiie present movement, move-ment, before the higher money rate caused a reaction. 1 Crucible Steel was njrnin the stnr performer on its further ris-e f almost 17 points to the .new hiiih re.-ord of 217, thai event bfin ft concur-j concur-j re ut with the announcement of the ivMualion ! the company's chief executive. Other steels and related eipiipmerits. Pitch ns I Itethleinen "li." Sloss-Sheffield. lUpuMic and . rennsylvania Seaboard. Ha Id win and American L'coniotives. New York Airbrake und I'ress-d Steel Cur, registered extreme tains of - to i) ) j i n t s . Motors, oil nnd food shares comprised the other prominent and strong stocks, with shippings and ruils. top prices in these various issues being to S points over the previous day. while American Ameri-can Tobacco featured the final dea lines, at a net advance of 1-1 points. Sales amounted to 1, oOP, i too shares. The bond market was Irregular. Liberty nnd internationals easing, while domestic rails, especially espe-cially convertible or underlying issu-s, were strong. Total shares (par value) aggregated $1 MoO.rVK). Old United States bonds were unchanged un-changed u call. |