Show t. t STREET WONDERS rr ABOUT HARRIMAN r Will Edward Tell Things o oj of f 4 Illinois loi s Cent Central al to Startle r 4 I Natives P PUBLIC TOLD TOL TO KEEP OUT OUT t Unsettled Conditions at PI Present Pres- Pres es- es l ent Mo Morgans Morgan's s Actions Cause Much Discussion r n By Th n C C. C ShOWell New York YOlk April D. D Reports m orts that Edward II U. HarrIman would 1 be e put on the thc witness stand bland tan and compelled to a answer questions which he refused to J. J answer In the Interstate commerce i hearing caused a reaction In the stock market marJ today toda Wall Vall street Is brave bra but It Is ls afraid to stand for tor Harrl- Harrl r mans man's answer It Il is the general beLief be- be Lief that no ho Is anxious to answer sev- sev I I c crai tat of these those questions out Due wants TOd TO 10 todo i I d do so under compulsion to relieve rello I r f. f r himself o of or an any charge of or gh giving giving- away awny r 1 business secrets Not Nol half the truth t. t has lias 1 been cen ma made c public regarding nois Central for tor Instance and It maybe ma may maybe be lie a sad d shock hock to the small circle of professional honest men when thc they r z hear It all S Another depressing factor today was the fact that J. J P. P Morgan lorgan did not nol r want an Increase In the steel trust dit dividend div di t Mend 1 because It might excite wild speculation In the general market The true rea reason on which Is moro moio likely Is 19 that Mr h Morgan has not had time to t Pick up enough of the thc stock to make mal the tile dividend dl attractive c to himself I 1 Morgan and his friends s have 1 been een burIng buying buy bur ing lag stocks s Industriously of or late but thc they have ha not III liked ed the way the pub- pub Ho fo Insisted on sharing In the bargains 1 1 1 May In Let It 1 Down Again l j f It may 1 be e that they will let the market markel down own again to teach the Coli folly fr r to hope 1 of getting gelling anywhere near the 1 bottom For this reason It behooves those who have been buying stocks stacks re recently rc- rc to be bc cr very sure that they watt wan these securities before they 1 buy U them Leading a 1 bankers think it may b be just as well for the public to l tree cep p out of the market for fOl a few tew days as There is a se serious lous family quarrel on In 26 Broadway John D D. Rockefeller has re reduced the available n cash b by making his present to the tho thoI I I cause of e education nn and has therefore 1 hurt Williams William's feelings eel William ViiI feels t f- like selling stocks blocks on an any a advance andi andt an and 1 l' l J i t John D. D is Js working working- in harmony with I I Morgan This may be a n rich mans man's mansi r conspiracy to frighten the public awa away i J from null thebe tho the bargains bars but it is Js better to tobe 1 be e frightened than ruined l. l In III Uio tiro Street r. r The fhe total number of shares of stocks toek u c V lo iota lol l amounted to lo 30 last lawt year The rhe total par value aluc o ot of bonds old nold today toay today to to- day ay amounted d to 1 a against 0 W Wt t OO the tho same day a a. year ago O. O money went tumbling lum today to a ai anew i new low record for tho the movement Call Can l funds followed ro Into u a bottom at 1 per pct percent t cent as against t 8 per pcr cent for thirty dasi days days' i time monc money was quoted today al at per pcr percent t cen cent t. t t Now o that the desired e ease e In money moncy Is 18 Isa Isa r a fact the business men have been lIcen able to restrain their anxiety to do more but bus loess Iness than thc they should political In fallt Wall fall all ate are coming to the Iho front Cronl t street t. II i j Selling R of Southern Hallway Hanay and antl Eric n I had hail a very er bad lIali effect effect- The merger of the Bethlehem steel cor- cor with the Republic Iron and Steel mind Tennessee Coal and Iron Is said to tobe tobo at hand be bo vcr very near ry The Southern shows about l 1 13 per cent earned on Its common stock Rank anc of or The range of prices was as follows g Open Open i- i Coo Am Aul Car Fay b ai S 3 S 36 31 35 1 i 37 n bv vi w Am m. Smelt 13 m 13 t 13 13 lN ft 1 Am 1169 oco I w W hr w Gj Am Loco HU lIr 1 fj 2 l i Am Wool 31 31 n 31 0 T. T Amah Cop COIl 1 Mft 8 97 H 96 Anaconda Il 3 Gli I 6 C. C 6 VS ia ian a I Atchison St Si Ci n II to 16 B. B and O O. iOp 1011 S I B. B R. R Trans fa 1 63 Wt 60 61 61 t r 1 Can Pacific li iii ri n-ri i C. C and Ohio 11 the lift 11 m JU C. C M. M I nr and d St. St P. 13 S 13 1 m I t C. C I R F t and 1 I. I 37 3 37 35 h W 11 b bj Erie Brio i m z j Ill III Cent 4 1 11 1 b i I. I and I. I U l 1201 ISOJi 1151 Il 1131 J J Alex Mex l 1 ex K Cent 22 4 3 w 22 t 23 Mo AIo o. o Pacific I ac I I c 77 II 77 a 6 w 1 y M. M K Ie and T T. 7 3 i 37 t J 1 Preferred 69 I 4 GI Co Gi 4 N N. Y Cent 1 1 1 IM 4 2 lW 1191 i J r N N. Y O. O and and antl W. W 8 3 Si 38 34 9 t Nat luL V Lead to 63 Gl- Gl 61 61 Nor Pacific 1351 I 13 17 1 13 i Pennsylvania 11 1178 1 13 1 v W ij Peoples People's Gas 92 te 91 n 9 f o Is 31 3 it io Reading IWi lIn UI 3 IIO Hock Island r t 2231 i 2 2111 U R 2 Rep I. I and S. S 30 tIA f 20 L- L So o. o Ry- Ry z 2 22 f W I 21 II So o. o Pacific So iv Sl lj SIh S 81 I k t. t Union Pac Pae lW a ll 1 12 n Y U. U S. S Steel 37 3 SOli 37 h 1 Preferred II loois i Money Mone oney closed 2 per ner cent y 4 Sales to noon X y r Total wales sales J |