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Show STOCKS ARE DULL IN FIRST WEEK OF YEAR NEW YORK, Jan. 7. An Impulse given to the opening stock market of the year by the fall of Port Arthur'and the Northern North-ern Securities decision wss not held and the later market became sluggish and Irregular. Ir-regular. The January Investment demand de-mand proved disappointing for stocks, although al-though there was a broad market for bonds snd money continued very easy In spite of the free outgo of gold with promise prom-ise of Its continuance. News of conditions affecting values was generally favorable, especially that of railroad traffic, which reported larger offerings of-ferings than could be - met without resulting re-sulting seriou3 car shortages. There Is a feeling that capital resources are being conserved for expected large offerings of new securities. |