Show RAID IN N READING HOLDS PRICES DOWN NEW YORI YORK Oct 11 The H.-The The demand for stocks today toay was wes con confined almost almot entirely to professional operators who did not wish to Increase the commitments In view of the tha holiday tomorrow Prices soon shaded off or and tho the list became becam leless lifeless Speculation Speculation lation laton steadied for tor a time in the second hour but the g general recovery rc er was hindered hindered hindered hin hin- dered by persistent selling of Reading which went ent do down m to 15 1353 Bonds were I f firm Pressure against the market ceased after midday ay an and there was a sharp 0 fractional frac frac- rae rae- tonal rally raly In the te railroad list Union Pacific rose to a fraction tracton above e abo yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yester yester- i days day's close and Reading also made up a good portion porton of its is losses Whenever selling ceased and the market market market mar mar- ket made lom some progress upward a a fresh attack atack on Reading sent it down own to a lower level than before and the whole list lt reacted reacted re reo re- re to acted In sympathy Reading yielded the lowest o of the week and only 1 18 1 above the low level le el of the year The market closed stead steady The most moat significant movement of ot the da day occurred In the last halt half hour There TherA was a rapid up of all al the leading stocks on large transactions Union Pacific Southern Southern South South- em ern Pacific Northern Pacific Lehigh Val Vat ley Icy American Smelting and American Beet Sugar sold a 8 point or r more above yesterdays yesterday's closing and the loss in ReadIng ReadIng Reading Read- Read Ing was recovered United UnItEd States Steel rallied less les proportionately than the other market leaders and was one o of the first to yield when profit taking sales were begun beun The whole list eased off of before the close cose Stock List Close Cose Amalgamated Copper 50 5 American Beet Sugar 57 American Car and Foundry Foundry Foun Foun- dr dry 4 48 American Cotton Coton OH Oil 01 50 60 American Amen Ameri Amer- Amer can Locomotive 35 American Smelting and Refining American Smelting and anc Refining preferred American Sugar Refining 16 bl bid Anaconda Mining company cm- cm com com- pany 32 Atchison Atlantic Coast Cout Line 16 1261 1263 Baltimore Ohio 96 96 Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn hn Rapid Transit 74 Canadian Pacific Chesapeake Ohio 7 i Chicago Chiago Northwestern Northwester 13 Chicago Milwaukee St. St Paul 1081 1083 Colorado Fuel and Iron 26 Colorado Colordo Southern 48 45 Dela Delaware are Hudson Denver DEnver Rio no Grande Denver Rio Grande preferred 47 4 Erie 30 Great Northern preferred 1 Great Northern Ore Illinois Central Metropolitan US h Metropolitan preferred 44 4 bid Louisville Nashville 1443 Missouri Missouri Ms- Ms Mis Mis- Pacific 38 Missouri Kansas Texas 29 National Biscuit US National 46 bid N New w York Central 1033 1031 bid Norfolk Western 1051 Northern Norther Pacific 15 Pacific Mai MaU Mal SO 30 bid Penns Pennsyl- Pennsyl l- l vanla anla 1213 Peoples People's Gas Pullman Palace Car 1563 Reading Heading 1369 Rock nok Island Iland company 24 24 Island company company com corn pany preferred 45 Southern Pacific 1073 Southern Souther Railway Union Pacific Pa Pa- 1591 1593 United States Steel 59 J United States StatEs Steel preferred 1083 1081 Wa- Wa a Western bash lier Union Wabash r preferred Lehigh i Valley 22 1 1383 bid 11 |