Show NEW YO YORK K REGULAR EUl STOCK EXCHANGE M MAY Y OPEN AT AN ANA A EARLY l Y DAE DATE X New W York stock exchange echane authorities appear apper to r regard the turn tur of or tho new newy y y year ar r as the tho probable time f for or r r resuming trade Pr Present indications ar are ar that It ray may J bo be started up before the time set b by who viewed hm the results at the close te cOBe of ot business bulnes la last t week Late Lato tc reports Indicated Indi cat rated d that tho the curb brokerage buln business u has 8 opened on a moro more liberal scale scab EClo than tha thawn wn was anticipated and the tho resumption of ot business seems to come as ae a a complete complete com corn surprise to those who had tho the matters matters matters mat mat- in hand band hand and dl did not expect to see sec el any of ot tho the exchanges exchange opened this year ear earNo No reports as a to th volume of or business or tho the prices quoted Quote were ere given ghen during durn th the morning morninG hours hours hours- In a general way the tho commercial wires announced that there was a fair amount of ot business and that prices were better maintained than tan had bad hd been seen been generally Those who thought that tat the reopening of ot the curb business would be ruinous h have he e been beeD pleased to note nota the of prices and were cre surprised to learn that more moro were not anxious to part frt with their heir stocks While the average price pice I Is slightly lower than the closing quotations of ot July Juh 30 the difference In IB is II not as great as was indicated by tho the gutter gutter gt gut ter quotations Curb traders will wi not touch the regu- regu Jar lar ar stok stocks listed on the bi big exchanges Thus the local people who hold hoMo some of ot these higher priced Issues have no definite deft deft- def def- nite knowledge of ot what prices price prevail 1 rt at this time Tho rho regular exchanges will J watch natch tho the movements mo of ot the tho market on I Ithe the he curb with wih a great deal of ot Interest as asit ast I it t will wl reflect to a largo large extent what i conditions will 1 have havo to be mot met b by the tho considerable regulars There has been a a. improvement In conditions recently and th he the change for tor the better heter has hs been touch to such uch an ext extent nt that no grave Ion siona are Krc felt as 88 to serious results atI attendant at- at upon reopening the larger ox- ox I ch changes hanges ng for business s A canvass of ot the bl big brokerage hous houses s sIn In n the East Est reveals the the- fact act that tt repeated calls havo have been made mado on customers to either elthor pay up in full on their thelt stock com commitments corn com py or to mar margin ln them down to a safe ste basis basis Some report houses all their ther locks margined down own to about abut 10 per percent percent cent ent and Rn practically all aU claim that their ther customers have their stocks safely mar- mar for tor an any conditions that may my arise This will wi leave o the tho to short Interests to como come Into the market maket and fill tm their or order orders orders or- or ders at tho the te b beginning of business and the he der execution of the these thesa orders ordeN should help the he market from the outset |