Show Financial and Commercial BT Dr THOMAS C. C New Ner York lark Fob Feb 27 The Tho Tho advance In tho stock market today was wa flu 11 due to a feeling that J. J P P. Morgan had done hi hl his work well wel In Washington before starting for Cor Europe Inquiries made maden In n Washington ton t coda n by banking concerns con- con erns cerns of or Importance drew out the fact tact that hat the situation Is brighter although these thee houses sa say the they arc are unable to Specify In what particular The fact facts Js is s however that a better beter tone I Is rapidly rapid rapid- ly 1 developing This has not yet et had hadan an any effect on business but the tho big trusts believe beleve It will wi find H Its reflections tons In orders very ter cr soon One of or the tho fr first t concerns to on the political advice received was the he Amah Amalgamated Copper company which plans to reopen several of Us its Js mines at Buto Butte Butto In the tho near nar future Clo Closing of these mines minos was a a monumental menu menu- mental mistake from rom the standpoint of Amalgamated stockholders The Amalgamated people are arc saul said to feel tec very cr much a aggrIeved achieved that thit the tho Calumet Anti nel Heels Hecla the tho Utah Consolidated and anti other companies did not reduce their production The Tho management ement of or tho the Amalgamated I is sometimes tra and sometimes comical i Tire The company compan retired as a producer last November No In anger anSer because the world refused to topa pa Ja pay 26 6 cents a pound for tor copper and now It Is opening up Us its Is mines again tomake to tomake tomake make copper at 12 cents In competition tion with mines that can produce at 9 cents after having ln held hel an umbrella over these cent 9 producers all al win win- ter Those In close touch with the management sa say that the purpose of or orthe the Amalgamated Is to produce so much ranch copper copper as to take e a away the market of or i ithe the other companies Producing copier copier cop cop- ier ier at 12 cents for tor the purpose of Im- Im bursing th the companies that produce at I 9 cents may be a good policy If Ir tho the thomal Amalgamated mal directors are short hort of oC enough of their own stock tock to make it worth while Railroad reports are arc being held hade back New York Central let out its December report toda today but for the gro gross s only anti and this shows a decrease of or about for the month compared with the previous year The January Januar gros gross Is far tar worse than this Union Pacific and Southern Pacific will wil show a a de decrease do- do crease In the gross for the first time under tho the present management It I Is la said sald however that In spite of or the reduced re re- re- re laced earning of the Harriman lines there thero Is an a agreement among the di directors ill ill- rectors to not reduce the dividend 1 In Inthe inthe the he next quarter and not at nl nil all ni until the Investment stocks which th the tho company com coin pany owns have their dividends dividend In the lie h Sired SCree The total number of or shares sold on tho the stock ex exchange hanse toda today amounted tl to 2 1 a against 11 the spending da day a year ago The he hc total par of or bonds bond bo nils sold today was 0 o. o n against the tho corresponding corre flay day ra a year ago n o. o The r report port frequently current in Wall Wail nl street tr et tor lor the tho lC last t year year- of u a udeal I teal deal between the Amalgamated arul anji ar Senator William Clarl Clarks Clark's K Interest t In Butte was waR current again n In today of or the I Northern Pacific have rejected the proposition made by the tho company to reduce their waists of thc liou nr law far N. N P- P i j 1 f- f f. f u. u of ot Price Pollock Special l Wire Ire IreI I IL 1 Sales Ant Am 0 3 00 Am Sugar Su ar 1133 1 I mal Cop 51 49 41 Ann Ana Copper Atchison IS 68 1 1400 00 13 f. f and 0 78 I cOO n. n P. P Trans 40 40 0 1700 Can Pacific 1433 1433 1 3 C. C 51 and SL P. P IOn 1091 JOSI Irl St 13 13 1 Gt Ct Nor pfd 19 8 18 r. r I. I antI and N. N 90 90 90 Mex Cent 18 IS 13 18 1800 1300 Mo Io Pacific Cent 30 30 1500 SI K and T. T 18 18 IS 00 Preferred GI tG N. N T. T Cent 9 ni N Nat Lead 41 i Nor Nat ac l U 11 1213 1400 PennsylvanIa 1 12 1121 1000 94 9 4 95 Rock island Rep I. I and S. S So R J 10 n 91 9 n So Pac 68 68 1000 U. U Pac IH 1133 U. U L. L S. S Steel 9 13 OO 9 1 91 n 2600 Utah Copper 2 25 25 1800 Tenn Copper S 26 25 23 Newhouse i n 73 I 71 OO 23 22 2 23 21 Money closed cosed 12 2 per cent Total sales alEs 2 88 00 OO |