Show I Wall Street Briefs o The average price of eight les lea lea-di steel and iron products is 53 33 is Ii a ton below the high avers avera of last year An All Increase of that amou would mean a potential gain of 10 In the annual net diet income o oft tj United States Steel corporation Maturing railroad obligations in 39 are estimated In excess of the largest amount store 1921 AY I higher prices obtaining in the stock rh m ket it is thought a large part of t stew new financing will be accomplish through stock Issues aa as many c cant are tro selling above par pax Improved earn ear earnIngs Ings an cumulative effect of of-IT of of roads and equipments equi recent years are being felt it Is and are realized as placing the railroad in a substantially better position th for many years 1 The largest export movement of gol from New York since June 1919 or In the first twenty seven da of December the total of comparing with November exports of 6 for the entire countrY the Fed Fec eras Reserve bank of New York report The largest shipments went to German representing withdrawals proceeds of the German loan of in the same period car cam chiefly from France and Argentina The outlook e for larger activity an improved earnings is betas beter today tha tile the steel trade has seen at the af at any since the war war Iron A Ag says cays Some mills entered 1925 it requirements of buyers and the firs fin quarter bookings of the SIte mills seem B be fairly in balance so that further 0 oj ders for that period would add to t tj firmer position of prices Both of the Iron Ag composite advanced this w week fk pig iron gol 2217 2237 from 2209 and finished SIC SICto to 2 56 cents per pound from 2 cent |