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Show PRICES LEVEL" ON WALL STREET - - NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Advances in London over the ' holiday helped the opening prices of stocks here to a higher level. Some of the Southwestern Southwest-ern railroads were rather heavy. There were 15,000 shares of Anaconda sold st 299 Vi and 29S, compared with 295 on Monday. Canadian Pacific rose IV. and Union Pacific, Reading, Great Northern Nor-thern pfd. and Smelting 1. Realizing salea were without appreciable appre-ciable effect on prices, and the market went somewhat higher on a good volume vol-ume of business. Northern Pacific showed some heaviness. Federal Sugar improved 8 points, Lackawanna 5, Great Northern pfd. IK and U. S. 8teel 1. Anaconda touched 30014. a record price, and eagRed to below 293. The market became very dull before the first hour expired. i Prices slipped back when trading be- j came dull, and stiffened again with the appearance of fresh buying orders in new quarters. The Hill stocks. Union Pacific and Pennsylvania wpre later leaders. Important gains were Great Northern pfd. 3S and Union Pariflc and Northern Pacific The advance halted again before noon. Bonds were firm. An exceptionally larg demand for American Icomotlve which netted It 4 points. Induced speculative pun-hases of other railroad stocks and th entire group became strong. Extensive btivlng of the Hill stocks continued. Mlddav prices of the grangers and Pacifies were heavy. Great Northern preferred Jumped 6. with a reaction of :. Granby Si 1 -nlng. Northern Pacific and Pressed Steel Car rose 1. There was more uniform dlsplav of strength by the middle of the afternoon. Business Increased to some drgree and there was a more confident demand. Northern Pacific gained 2. The market closed irregular, with profit-taking In progress. Great Northern preferred was up 7. Northern Pai-lflr, 81. I'nlon Pacific, Til. American Smelting. Central Leather. 1 and Southern Pacific, 1. Profit-taking made fractional Inroads on prices In the late dealings. Sugar lost a point. |