Show 0 I I Wall Street Briefs I S 4 Several large brokerage house attribute attribute at attribute at- at tribute the recent weakness O 0 oJ the stock market to a. a av combination of dev developments develop develop- lop lop- m ments wh however has hall r resulted in an orderly recessions Little forced liquidation has beep been noted It St wes was said but there has been a great deal of short selling with the result that the short interest l is now l larger than it has been blen for some time Heavy selling sellIng sell sell- ing lug by toy professional traders was report reported ed in such Buch issues as U. U S. S Steel Am Amen Ameri American rl- rl can Can Radio Baldwin U. U S S. S Smelting SmeltIng Smelt Smelt- ing Texas Gulf Sulphur U. U S 5 Industrial Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial Alcohol and some of the oils The bullish attitude of large interests Va was said to have hae shown no change chanG j I The financial district distrct hears hears' that the annual report of the tile U. U S. S Steel corporation corporation cor con to tobe be made public In a week or two will show the company's strongest strongest strong strong- est financial structure since its organization organ organ- twenty-four twenty years ears ago I of heavy melting steel in inthe the tho th Chicago district have been reduced 25 cents cent a ton actuations ranging from tram I 1675 1615 to 1725 1125 the lowest level this year Compressed sheet scrap Is also 25 cents lower at 1375 1315 t to 1425 Wall street bankers look for continued continued con con- d tightness s in money rates rate Into next month anticipating that Commer Commercial commer- commer cial cia and agricultural borrowing by the Interior will be at least thirty days das Operations involving Interior withdrawals tax payments and treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury financing all all' tended It was said to give the market a firm Inn undertone which would be felt until after 20 5 Bookings of structural steel last week dropped to about shout hOtS tons compared with about tons ton th the week b before lore New inquiries inquiries' were were placed at about tons Stocks of slab in tho the hands of American producers on March 1 aggregated aggregated ag as- tons a a. decrease of 2298 1193 tons compared with the month be be- be fore l February February- shipments were tons against 52 In January Production Production Production Pro Pro- in February was yas tons against 50 60 In January Januar |