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Show era favored sellers, it was pointed out, to the advantage of other concerns having ores to sell. There seems to be a sort of harum-scarum way of regulating quotations, quota-tions, as brought out at the meeting. In which but little credence can be placed. . Recent attempts to buy lead or copper at market prices, made by George W. Riter. lead to the fact that not a pound of either metal could be bought at quoted prices, and that neither of the metals could be bought at any price. Similar experiences were related by ethers present, although a number, especially espe-cially those representing the greater buying buy-ing industries, tried to evade the Issues. Another meeting will be held Monday night to determine means whereby market mar-ket quotations can, be made reliable. ARE QUOTATIONS CORRECT? . Inquiry Into the reliability of mining quotations published In Industrial Journals Jour-nals and by press associations was held last night In the Wilson hotel by the House special committee, composed of Harrv Joseph, Kuchler, chairman. Robinson. Robin-son. Long and Barnett. and developed the fact that the American Smelting and Re- fining company practically controlled lead and copper prices, and that some quotations quota-tions as published could not be taken as authoritative. Oscar Lachmund. ore buyer for the United States Smelting, Mining and Re- i fining company. A. M. May, local manager man-ager of the Western Union Telegraph com'panr: M. C. Morris, secretary of the Bullion-Beck Mining company; Sidney Bamberger, Tony Jacobson, of the Columbus Co-lumbus Consolidated Mining company, end George W. Rtter, manager of the Eureka Mining Operatos e association, gave their experiences and their views on the subject. New York, prices as quoted In the En- " glneertng and Mining Journal, which seems to be the standard among mining and smelting men as far as quotations are concerned, the Associated Press market mar-ket prices, private wires received from New Tork. Boston and other mining centers cen-ters over the Western Union. Instructions from the New York Metal exchange, and prices offered by the A. 8. and R. company all these, according to the testimony tes-timony last night, form a general basis upon which ore buyers frame prices. There seemed a suspicion as to the way prices were regulated, aa the experiences of those present were given. Some buy- |