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Show STOCKS ARE UNSTEADY IN WALL STREET NEW YORK. Aug. I. Guided by London, Lon-don, where prtcee In the International Hat ranged from 1 point to 11 above parity, the local stork market opened actlvs and strong. Union Pacific waa the feature with a one-point gain on salea of 3oO0 sharea. Belhlehem Kteel gained 1 and material fractional advances were made by Southern Pacific, General Electric, Norfolk 4k Weatem. and other active la-pure. la-pure. Canadian Pacific waa off I and Colorado II. Stocks were offered freely on tha advance ad-vance and a large part of the Initial galna were aoon wiped out some Issues going under yesterday'e close. There waa a moderate pressure against the Hill Issues, St. Paul, tha coaJsre. Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania and Atchison. Trading diminished dimin-ished on the decline, but Uie list aa a whole waa ateady. The list again developed a sagging tendency ten-dency towards noon, prices fslllng all around on relatively small offerings. The ilaniman and Hill shares, Reading and other speculsttve Issues fell under the preceding day's close. The decline doubt - leee wa aasalsted hy selling for the snort accounts, which seemed to gathsr courage cour-age from a nlnertla on the rise. There were reports of private settlements between be-tween certain large hull operators and bankers resulting fnsra the market's recent re-cent reaction. Bonds were ateady. The selling Increased during the midday mid-day and further recessions were ecored. Weakness waa moat marked In some of the standard railroad Issues. Including Wisconsin Central, which declined 41; Toledo, St. Louie A Weetern preferred. Couorado Southern, Missouri .Pacific and othera In this same group. The presumption presump-tion wsa that theee stocks were being unloaded to meet pressing necessities of the moment. In' the list of high class stocks Canadian Pacific waa conspicuous for Its toss of 41 points, while Union Pacific. Pa-cific. St. Paul, Reading. Lehigh Valley. Great Northern preferred. Northern Pari Pa-ri fir. Chesapeake At Ohio and United States Steel were off 1 to t points. Ths market seemed to fair of Ita own weight, hue received material assistance fnom the ehort accounts, which became bolder aa prices declined. New low records rec-ords for the movement were general and the selling evidently waa of an urgent character. Amalgamated Copper fell with the rest of the Hat. deeplte the favorable fa-vorable July statement of output. Losses at I o'clock ran from II In Canadian Pacific Pa-cific to I or 1 nointn elsewhere In the active list. Fractional rail lee followed, but the -absence of anything denoting euhetantlal eupport waa dearly evident The market closed heavy. The list declined de-clined ngaia In the Snal hour, put did not reach the previous Kxw level. This waa followed by abort covering and some buying with ralUee of ltli In Unkl Pacts", Northern PaclAc, Great Northern n referred. Reading. United K tales Steel. Reading. Amalgamated Copper Cop-per and other active Issues, whils Canadian Cana-dian Pacific recovered 21 . Stock List Close. , Amakjpunated Copper, .141: American Beet Sugar, 111: American Car and Foundry. Foun-dry. 41t: American Cotton Oil, 44 bid: American Locomotive. II; American Smelting arid Refining. 731: ' Americas Smelting and Refining preferred. 1441: American Sugar Refining, Hot: Anaconda Mining company. Ift; Atlantic Coast Line, 1M: Baltimore A Ohio.- 1M; Brook, lyn Rapid Transit. 711: Canadian Pacific. 1401: Chesapeake aV Ohio, 771 ; Chicago A Northwestern. 143; Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul. 1121; Colorado Puel and Iron. 30; Colorado A Southern. II; Delaware A Hudson, 117: Denver A Rio Grande, ri; Denver A Rio Grande preferred. 44 bid; Erie. 121: Great Northern preferred. 128; Great Northern Ore Certlflcetee, 11: 1111-noie 1111-noie Central. 134: Intsrborough Metropoi-Itan, Metropoi-Itan, 14; Interhorough Metropolitan preferred. pre-ferred. 441: I.oulsv1lis A Nashville. 1444; Missouri Pacific. 41: Missouri. Kansas A Teias, I3i: National Blacult. Ull bid: National Lead. I7: New York Central. 1M1: Norfolk A Weetern. 1044; Northern Pacific. 1141; Pacific Mall, rl: Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. 121: People's uas. let; Pullman Palace Car. lilj: Reading, 1411: Rock Inland company. 11: Rock Island company com-pany preferred, 17; Southern Pacific. I1X: Southern Rallwaa. lnl: Cnlow Pacific,-Ull: Pacific,-Ull: United State Steel. 7: Uaitsd flares Steel preferred, 441: Wabash. Hi. Wabash preferred. 42: Weetsra Union. 7; Standard OH. aet; Lehigh V sissy. 144(. I |