Show F LOW LOWER MARI T TON ON Wj ET Nl NEW W YORK YORI July 18 Opening 18 Opening prices of stocks for the most part pursued the declining tendency in force at tho the closing last night Exceptions were St St. Paul with a gain pf nearly a point and United States Steel Stee a small traction fraction Baltimore Ohio fell 11 n. Otherwise changes were small The volume of dealings was light The Tho desultory support of ot prices was not long pursued Small advances were followed fol lowed b by reaction and extreme dullness Northern Pacific United States and American Woolen ros rose 1 New Haven 1 15 11 and Big Four 21 28 Colorado Southern IMo Eric first pvc pre erred and New Yoi-lr Yoi Ah Airbrake brake lost Jost 1 1 and Union Bag preferred li H. Northern Pacific rose rORe an extreme 22 This held the general list firm although the prices generally got no higher Buying orders In Home some volume were re recorded reo re corded for the Western Vestern stocks and Pacifies Pacifies Pa Pa- chles today and tho the gt general list rose rosa In sympathy St. St Paul and Northern Pacific Pacific Padde Pa Pa- were marked up lip 2 and Union Pacific Southern Pacific Great Northern preferred preferred pre pre- and Atchison 1 Pacific Mail Mall fell 1 1 Federal Sugar 21 25 and the preferred 10 Bonds were Irregular InT T The completion lp of large b buying O orders li in Northern rt Pacific left the e market t without without with with- out adequate support and prices sagged back The reaction ran to a point In a afew afew afew few conspicuous stocks The rise of 1 11 in Amalgamated Copper pulled the list up but the market closing dull and irregular Copper reacted a a. point and the price movement became confused Northern Pacific's renewed advance to 41 over last night caused prices to harden again Amalgamated Copper rose an extreme 13 U. |