Show ACTIVITY 0 ON N NW WALL W ALL STREET Prices Higher at Opening and Lead Is Well Sustained Sustained Sus Sus- tamed to Close v NEW NEY YORK Aug 13 Prices Prices started upwards with some ome show of ot vigor In Inthe Inthe inthe the opening dealings There were shares of or Manhattan sold at to 13 1351 compared with sith 13 last night nl ht St. St Paul Patti gained 1 but ran at oft off a a. point A number number number num num- ber of the grangers and arul Pacific show showed cd gains of as much as V 11 There were only a n few unimportant losses outside of or a decline of 91 In Amalgamated d Copper Colorado Fuel opened 3 points higher at 91 Norfolk Western Vestern was actively active active- I ly 1 hou bought ht later and touched 70 but the general trading was wa languid The transcontinental stocks weakened when Rock Hock Island declined 3 Heaviness also developed at other points but there was a mixture of at strength which made the dealings Ir Ir- Ir regular Colorado Fuel Chicago Indianapolis In In- Louisville preferred and Pacific Coast fell off ort a point and DesMoines Des Dos Moines Fort Do Dodge l e sold Bold four Cour points below the previous pre sale with a raIl rally of or 9 The lead le stocks rose roso strongly 1 H for tor the common and 24 for the thc pre pre- An upward movement in the Wabash stocks led to advances in the Gould stocks The grangers generally general hardened in sympathy United States Express rose 1030 8 and American Express Express Express Ex Ex- press 4 H Bonds were steady The Tho buying movement shifted Into various priced low-priced Inactive stocks re resulting resulting re- re suIting In gains of ot 1 to 2 points Rock Island rallied 2 and New York Central Central Central Cen Cen- advanced a n point A feature of the market was a comparatively elY heavy y demand for tor United States Steel which advanced to O 40 The general list held steady |