Show CALL LOANS RULE HIGH Speculators Not Inclined to Buy Stocks at Diminished Diminished Dimin Dimin- Prices NEW YORK Dec 24 LIght Light selling orders carried opening prices down generally a small fraction Business was on a very small scale ecale There seemed to be no general disposition to take stocks at nt concessions Missouri Pacific Texas Pacific Denver Rio Ro Grande preferred Great Northern preferred pre pro New York Central Rock Hock Island Chicago Great Western preferred and Tennessee Coal fell tell a n point or more below below be be- lC- lC low yesterdays yesterday's close and numerous other Important stocks lost a large fra traction fraction c lion Strength In the local tractions led by Brooklyn Transit rallied milled the general market but the response was as moderate on account of or the high rate ruling for tOt forcall forcall call loans Brooklyn Transit rose over o 3 3 Manhattan 1 Met Iet Street nail Railway way 1 Su Sugar 1 and Louisville and Pressed Steel Car about a point over last night Anaconda lost about 1 Hi Bonds Donds were Irre Irregular at noon The Tho buying movement mo culminated when the general list Hat recovered to final figures Trading became almost sta stagnant nant but the top level leel of ot prices was well maintained all around St. St Joe Joo And Grand Island first preferred fell off oct 2 24 on disappointment over o the passing of ot d n a dividend Fluctuations FluctuatIon wera few and of little consequence consequence consequence con con- sequence In the afternoon dealings Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn transit reached a point on ta tn king but soon made mudo up the tho loss and Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- ne Coal ConI recovered an nn earlier loss los o of or ofas oras as much North American rose a l point Price touched tho the high level leel of or the tho day ay during tho the final hour In an exceedingly narrow and sluggish lu market Brooklyn Transit rote TOKO 4 1 I In all nil Net gains reached rc about a n. point or over 01 In St. St Paul Cana Cana- dian ilian Pacific Denver Den Rio Illo Grande Grando pre pro tho the Hock Rock Island stocks Wisconsin Central preferred and Amalgamated Copl Cop Cop- l per cro Cleveland Wheeling fold sold 13 point points higher than tho time preceding sale Ie Canada Southern lost 4 44 4 per cent on account ac ac- uc- uc cou count nt of the dividend rc reduction Clo Close Anaconda SS 63 AtchIson 63 Chicago Alton 32 Great Grent Western S 'S ern 21 j i Chesapeake OhIo IC 46 Erie Erlo pro pro- 62 i. i Illinois Central HI villo it Nashville 12 i New York Central Cen Cen- Pennsylvania l nl t Reading 13 05 first firm preferred SC 36 Southern Pacific 63 j St Sl StPaul Paul li Southern I Railway 32 22 i Union Pacific ro 99 DO preferred 93 United States s. s 31 m preferred 84 I i Wabash Wabash Wa- Wa aba ba bash h preferred d. 42 12 Gui Gaa North American Brooklyn Rapid Kard ld Transit CS Missouri Pacific Copper 69 WI Sugar Wisconsin 26 21 preferred 52 corn products 22 |