Show WALL ALL STREET ENOS STEADY Fi Firm Tone Develops in Stocks s NEW EW YORK YORK Sept Il 11 Stock Stock prices I displayed a a. firm undertone In today loday today's q quiet matke market a Except for a a temporary s how show of oC weakness by some lome of oC the grangers granger grangers gran gran- ger gers there ere wal was seas a I marked absence of nt I selling elling s pressure Short covering towards toward t the he close brought about a a. a moderate advance ance coso In a number of oC Industrials the the rails fails 1111 improving In sympathy Sales Sale ap- ap I Stock prices price pointed upward at the opening opening of oC today's stock market Fitts- Fitts pits pits- burg bUrS West l Virginia common common opened I a point higher and the preferred sold som old above Us its Is rice at U. U S. S Steel leel common Improved fractionally the increase in on buying Inspired by unfilled tonnage Bear traders trader uncovered uncovered uncovered ered another weak w k spot pot In National Enameling En Enameling En- En ameling preferred which broke 3 points to lo a a new low for the year at t a 67 61 6 The undertone continued firm I through th the early trading tading depie despite a. a a renewal of oC selling pressure against the tue St. St Paul issues the preferred dropping jl S a a point and the common half a point Davison Chemical wa 0 pushed up Z 3 points Oils OIl gave gao a a good demonstration I lion tion of oC group strength American Tobacco TOI Tobacco To- To To TO- I bacco fell 01 back 2 points and nd Hartman Hart Hart- I I Iman I man Corporation and Wiles Loose Loose lost and 1 respectively a c F Foreign I n exchanges ex cx- I I neU d I I changes change ng opened p firm I and then eU eased Weakness of oC the St. St Paul eventually even even- even I extended to the other grangers granger Great Grea Northern preferred dropping 2 points point II and Northern Pacific and Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- i cago Northwestern more than a a. a point each Lackawanna Delaware Sc Hudson Hud Hud- eon son and Seaboard Air AIrLine Line preferred also yielded 1 to 1 points Fresh selling I cropped out our In U. U S. S Rubber issues each of ot which fell t 1 11 below their i I previous closing quotations The rest t i of oC the tle list held well wel during this thIO selling selI sell sell- sel- sel HIng H- H I Ing and eventually headed ed upward a again I II I n when e buying for both a accounts account u t took I place In a number of ot specialties Baldi Baldwin Baldwin Bald- Bald i win American Woolen e Coca o Cola I U. U S. S i j 1 i Alcohol l h reca U. U S. S Cast Iron o Pipe p General e Electric and American Ice were marked up 1 to 3 points Call money was renewed renewed re- re at 2 per pel cent Disappointing earnings were wee responsible ble for tor renewed selling of oC Great Northern North North- em ern preferred which touched 60 Y a aIns Ins ot of 3 Northern Northern Pacific also yielded 2 in all al and alid Northwestern 1 1 Eaton Ron Axle and Spring sold old at at 9 8 9 a 8 new low on the omission of or the quarterly dividend Speculation was vas dull dul In mid mid- I afternoon and there there were few changes of oC consequence eh elsewhere where outside of oC gains of In Union Tank I Telephone and Telegraph Telegraph and andi Ge General flaking Baking i The closing ga was steady Rallying tenI ten tendencies tendencies ten ten- again predominated in the late trading Products preferred I tallied rallied 5 S points In reflection fo to the di directors directors' dl- dl rectors rectors' proposal to retire the U ue ue and General Baking Jumped 8 |