Show lOW VR LO R RON ON WAll STRUT STREET NEW May ay 23 Opening Opening pi prices Ices of or stocks moved downwards from last nights night's closing level on a meager volume of dealings Canadian Pacific lost 1 lg I Brooklyn Rapid Transit U 11 New York Central and American Amerian Smelting lnA a point and Union Pacific and Northern Norther Pacific I largo large fractions Some fractional recoveries ries from the I opening d decline brought prices to a level where selling was renewed and values of active stocks fell tel oft off of shar sharply Tle metal I group led by Smelting and the grangers I Reading and the Harriman Harrman and Hill Hi I stocks were the weakest features Average Avet Avel Ave Ave- rage l losses approximated ed a point for formost formost most t of set the eaP favorites C Chicago lc g Great Western Vester preferred B gave way 3 p pots posts ts Canadian Pacific Smelting 21 Northwest Northwest Northwest North- North west 1 IS 1 Northern Norther Pacific 1 Ig Ii New York Central Centi-al 11 U. Southern Souther Pacific and Atchison Atchi- Atchi son eon 1 li U. and U. U S. S Steel 1 I Prices slowly recovered on small smal dealIngs dealIngs deal- deal Ings logs wh when n the selling pressure b became came lighter The buying in turn diminished m at fht the hl higher gr level and d the tone o became heavy again Buffalo Rochester Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg sold at an advance of or 3 3 Pullman 2 and North American 1 Bonds were easy The market t closed 1 weak and dull dull- It r required but 1 light offerings t to O cu carry lr prices back to the low level of the morn morn- r ing esA Amalgamated i i Copper showed d a 11 loss of or 11 lj 1 Unfed United States Steel teel preferred 1 and American Cable 3 31 Losses that were Incurred during the morning declines were restored and a considerable margin added through the buying that began after midday ReadIng Reading Read- Read Ing Union Pa Pacific and Smelting were wera most moat in request and also the best best gainers but the movements In some oth other r stocks were verc also Important United States Rubber advanced 11 19 1 and Union Pacific Reading Northern Norther Pacific Smelting International Paper and United Stat States s Rubber P Pennsylvania was pushed up to 1209 before the time market began to fall fal back owIng owing owing ow ow- ing to the dearth of or bu buying Ing orders The trading was semi leml Atchison 88 A Atchison pfd Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- Ohio Canadian Pacific 17 Chicago Northwestern Northwester 19 Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Northwestern pfd pM Colorado Southern 23 Denv Denver r Rio Grande 24 Denver Rio Grande pfd 67 Erie 22 Illinois Central 1359 1351 Louls Louisville le Nash Nashville ashle ash ash- yule ville le 13 1331 Central 19 Missouri Pacific 75 New York Central 19 Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania 1191 1198 Reading Rock Island lal- lal and 69 Rock Island pfd St. St Paul 1271 1270 11 Southern Pacific Southern Souther Railway lit Union Pacific 1361 1565 Union Pacific pfd 86 Wabash 12 Wisconsin Central 1 16 Amalgamated g Copper e 88 X rc a t American n Car and Foundry Ameri Amer American m can Locomotive 89 59 59 American Smelting and Refining 16 American Smelting T and Refining t l pfd 1060 Brooklyn r Rapid Transit n f Colorado Fuel and Iron a 30 International cl Paper National Biscuit Biscuit Bis Bis- 75 National Le Led Lead 61 61 Pacific Mail Mal i 24 Peoples People's Gas Ga 90 Hi Pressed Steel Car i Oil It 5 Pullman lr Sugar Palace i Tennessee Car e Coal Standard d and andIron andIron 1 Iron O United States 33 United United Unit Unit- 1 e Steel ed States Steel pfd r ets 97 Western e U Union r 81 Northern Norther Pacific Great Great Norther Northern II 1271 i Int mt Met 29 Int mt Int Met pfd 53 I Mackay Macka 69 Mackay pfd 68 i |