Show Financial and Commercial BY rn THOMAS C C. j N New w York April 21 After a 3 day a ol of 01 dullness marked In the early eul trading with wih heaviness the tho stock market became be- be bt- bt j be-j I came fairly active In Izi the last hour today today to- to day and closed at the bo I tl the best t with nearly all al Issues sho ln showing ome some not net grains gains Union Pacific acI c ne Reading and the steel share shares were leaders I Increase by tho the National CI City bank bani of It Its dl dividend rate rato from 8 S to tn 10 per percent percent el cent attracted attention to the fact tact that the banks made mal enormous profits profit last winter during the panic This fact Is la being beluK used In lii a to prevent prevent pre pre- vent reforms In iii the tho ent currency system in an any case where tho the banks favor the tho proposed reform reforms Th Tho Pennsylvania Railroad company to float of ot bon bonds Immediately of which half will wi KO go o to t toJ J local local- cal bankers and half hal to Europe A rumor to lo this cf effect ct was set et afloat to today today to to- da day IJ by y agents of ot the lie Pennsylvania company following the usual ure It I Is 1001 looked upon as ns an attempt to get ahead of at Edward II I. I Harriman In reaching for Cor mono money that is I. wanted Harriman's Union Pacific bonds however however how how- ever eyer are to bo be e a straight 1 4 per cent first mortgage issue and the they will wil find finda a a roa ready market regardless of or the themon mon money 3 con conditions condition llon Harriman ther fore tore has hus little to fear through rivalry from th the e Pennsylvania Tho The Pennsylvania anlo Is expected to re reduce reduce re- re duce it Its I dividend to a C per cent cont rate and Baltimore 8 Ohio Ollo huts has also scheduled sched ulc 1 for a i t reduction lu Iu the he Street The total unmoor l of shares of or stocks sold on Oil the New York Tonic stock exchange toda today amounted to against the tile corresponding day a a year ear ago The total par Jar value of or bonds bond sold soIl to today today to- to la day was v n against a year eal ago Standard 1 Oil 01 advanced 13 points selling selling sell sell- sel- sel ing at which is the lie highest point touched since the panic The Thu price compares with 31 at which the the tho stock sol sold shortly hort after the bl tine line Ju big by Judge ge In Chicago The Cue advance means an Increase of or 1 Benjamin B. B Thatcher r assistant to President Henry B. B To Rogers ers of oC the Amalgamated Copper company re returned re- re turned from Butt HuU sal said l t that at the Amalgamated Amal Ama Is striving to produce copper cheaper chapel anti and in la greater values Certain mines In ill t n Butte nutte said he lie will during urh g the present year be able to produce ucc c copper per at t a pi price ice second to none in b the COUl country tr The Canadian Pacific Railroad 1 company com corn pail pany hn has han declared t open oien shop hop in In all aI of ot Its Us sho west W t of or Tort lort William c Pollock Special Irl Til nl Bales al Am o. o Id 33 Ll l 33 Am 9 l. l A Air I. I Loco Toco I I 4 Z I I H 1110 JO Am Mn Su Sugar Suar ar Amal Copper Coppel S 8 tC tZ 11 5 Z 1 i tOO Anaconda a Cop 36 1100 g I Atchison fG j Bait an und and Ohio 52 83 53 83 53 1500 Brooklyn It T 4 1 IC 46 Canadian Pacific 17 1553 C. C M. M t. t find and St St. lit nit 1 1111 I Colo Fuel tt und and 1 1 i 23 21 dOO Irlo u 1 IH OO oot GreAt Groat Nor or Pfd 11 11 1225 1225 1 1 IZ OO J l. l Na 12 g lOll M MOX x Central t f 1611 IG I lO ioa Missouri Pacific 1 43 3 1311 f 43 al 1600 O rl I Mo 10 K I. and andr T li 2 N. N Y Central 98 9 98 93 I 1000 Nor and Western H 6 CD 3 i J r 50 J Nati Lend Lead rI 5 1 3 1 31 Northern Pacific l OO Pennsylvania 1112 R lm 10 1 Rock Hock Island 15 15 1 1511 Rep I. I and S. S P. P K 1 16 11 17 Ii I i illi 2000 South Southern rJ Railway 14 2 1 1 H IH ZOO 7 73 1 Southern Pacific 7 11 1 7 Southern Union Pacific 1129 U. U S. S St Steel el 19 31 31 do o. o Pfd 99 1192 98 93 Utah Copper I 30 30 I Tennessee Copper Coppel 39 A 35 1300 1 G CJ 61 Ci 61 G 6 Oil Total sales Money closed at 13 I Q 2 per cent |