| Show TREND IS TOWARD V TO ARD ARDA A 1 LOWER OER LEVEL LEVEI Speculative Activity at Lo Low Ebb in Wall Street CLOSE IS AT THE LOWEST Jit St Paul null and the thc Steel Is I Str-clI Str Strength lh Other S Securities cur cur- Itle Decline J New v ew York Sept 22 Speculative l activity activity ac ac- ac U lt was wa at a low ebb on the lie stock exchange today arid and the general tendency ten toli- dency of or prices was toward a a. lower level lo The rhe opening quotations showed some Irregularity and fluctuations were wore confined within comparatively cl narrow limits during the lie first half hair of the days day's short session Some Sonie semblance of strength th of tho lie market was displayed 1 In a few rew issues but t whatever movements mo occurred were wert not maintained main tamed long St. St 1 Paul was one of tin the early curly strong features advancing all to toI I 1794 The rhe Steel Ster cel shares likewise were WIt comparatively el and Brooklyn Hap Hap- Id Transit showed a moderate move move- ment of or these stocks R mentioned men men- prices showed general Jeneral declines s. s an and even cven those which exhibited early earl strength gave e wa way sway to the lather rathel sharp selling pressure which occurred to toward toward to- to ward the end en of o a II business sC session slon A rather peculiar incident however was the lie manner In iii which the stock market accepted the bank statement Immediately mime Imme after Its Hs publication prices rallied ral Ial ml- ml I lied feebly but soon a good deal If If f stock was pressed for fOI sale which re- re re resulted in III decided weakness all ull along the line A Average erale losses of oC a point t or more were sustained throughout the active list Reading made an nn extreme ene decline of 2 Union Pacific Southern Pacific St. St Paul and Pennsylvania lost over ver a n point while Baltimore and und Ohio suffered to the same extent In tin tilL Industrial quarter Amalgamated Copper Copper Copier Cop Cop- per ier which has been the lie lead leader r receded receded re re- re- re ceded eded 1 li 4 American Smelting H and Steel common nearly a point The market closed weak nail and under tinder considerable pressure with prices prieN at al about the lie lowest of or the day ar Government Govern Govern- nent ment bonds unchanged railroad and other were quiet The Tue range of prices was as follows 5 Open High Low Close Cioe A mal Cop Copper per IW IH m. lm Car and IM Pd 43 43 43 4 43 43 m. Am m. m Locomotive 75 75 73 7 j 7 5 Vm Am m. m S. S and 6 3 preferred u. u ll 1154 11 m. Am Su Sug Ref i L 4 Ann Co I mi 2 29 0 14 Atchison lOC Vi IMi 1064 preferred n. n 3 I and 0 O. i. i R. R T T. SO 50 SO 0 TO Can an Pacific Im 1771 1767 C. C and II d O O. 63 ri 63 63 t ChI hi iii Gt at West 17 IH 17 IH 7 4 17 li C. C M. M and anti SL L PIS l Ui Iii I C. C P. P a and n ii 1 I. I Ci rr r.r. I 5 Kii CG 56 G il C. C and S. S 57 n 37 37 37 D. D and R. R G G. 12 12 I 1214 I 44 I 12 preferred s 8 2 55 85 85 Nil Ill Central Ii IiI Ri 14 I. I U I. and anel N X 14 Mex Central 21 21 I 4 21 21 Mo lo io 97 OS IS In i 97 4 M. M K antI and T. T 3 ai 25 3 35 4 Nati I euil 10 0 O fcO 80 73 79 79 N. N Y y V Central H l 13 fI N. N Ny Y O. O W MO II 6 I t W I k tI 4 41 49 Norfolk Not and V. W. 93 93 93 3 93 03 Pennsylvania 1121 J H HI Peoples People's Gas Gus f. f 9 89 89 fc 9 19 2 S St 4 Read Reading In p IH M i 11 lISi HO Republic Steel IS tS i 38 33 37 37 Rock Island Co 2 G 27 Mft 27 Southern 9 00 96 9 95 95 I- I Sou Southern them R fly Ry 36 37 51 H 37 Texas and Pac luc 3 Ih Mj 36 36 3 30 3 Union Tn 1011 Pacific i 5 U. U S. S Steel 45 4 43 41 aH 45 4 43 preferred lOWi l 1064 lOG 1004 i Wabash 1913 19 13 11 19 13 19 15 Western estern Union 87 si 57 87 Northern l Pa Pac Pae lIh i I |