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Show OH UILL STilZa NEW TORK, Feb. 21.Railroa4 stocks started a fraction higher than Iitet night amid light transactions. Among the industrials there were some declines. Operators who did not care to carry stocks over the prolonged holiday hol-iday lightened their holdings and there was a general relapse to below yesterday's closing. Beading was weak and sagged 1. Anaconda reversed ita course and converted its initial gain of 1 into a loss of VA. - Dealings were hardly more than nominal, nom-inal, but prices crept slowly upwards,' restoring the average to pear last night's level. Bonds were steady. Between 13 and o'clock, when the grain carriers, lor. by Union Pacific, advanced, the market returned to Ha atate of lethargy. leth-argy. - . ' ' The market closed steady. The -late at- . tack on Baltimore A Ohio carried It down 1 to 1J. Reading sold down to 2 and moderate recessions- were made In sympathy. The bears bought to cover shorts and rallied prices slightly. |