Show FINANCIAL and L I BY Y THOMAS C C. SHOTWELL Pro 8 e Now ew york 01 k rO ov increased thO t I. I operations to today a In only l' l I In the mar mar- of an In Interest n t h hi In southern ket Tho Time short c tock tok Is Limo tho i Is so 80 great tho that t Uj Srn Som d lay liable lable to leap tn poInts are r Rt any i l' l caught t upon j operators very cr tong understood and l It is un short hort side l time tho iii i raid Id early II that tho n are II gl a r attempted ll l-ll time tho eo thet If tP this Ir raid tImes is it Il I It be one 0 of the tho wf to b buy absolutely will be lt to toI toot ot of Ic The Timo shor shorts 9 arc aro trying an any bomb l. I drill limb Into a most of Cono furnished G Gus Gais 8 h Consolidated wild wild- fluctuating ld I the tho excitement toc today Iy between and ana IG 16 the tho Insiders TI of I is a the thu merry merr steel war tr trust st st. Andrew gr lose by bya Carnegie la ln ha criticised nothing the to ont a 0 light has imas l of reat corpora corporatIon on tho to great of r g keep I rhe being compelled I to time the steel trust lell tI ro one eye oc on the stoe stock 1 t tI ticker to protect roone speculations ami another upon their mills to h hold their Jobs I are too I the busy to talk limit But t it Is said t Hint t the lie 1 of rails raUs has hail Increased several sev so cost eral ral 87 dollars a ton through h n a i I In labor c efficiency c I ene In the time 0 old du days I Charles M. M Ci Schwab am and II his 1 8 fellow Carles 1 contact I m managers were vere w r In personal tho timo output with every er workman and considerIng consider r I per Ing or time the man manas machinery was as much used greater cater than tutu it i IB Is to today to- to I of ot ct development The Tile Wall str street day ea time tho trust ha has al put tho the making of or steel Into tho time hands of or some able lawyers and brokers hancs leaving some of or the tho most expert steel moler makers malcer without employ- employ If Carnegie should round up tho the unemployed I steel experts ho could cou l start a rival trust and would tariff reform a n secondary tion t are ao vague ague hints that Morgan and ancl Carnegie are arc not working In iii complete com corn piete harmony harmon Carnegie's magazine article on omi tariff reform was 1 a body blow artcle at nt the tru trust t Carle Carnegie's lc's refusal I Ito to testify before berolo tho the tariff commission Is believed to have ht been In iii answer to appeals from Wall Val street to keep still Tho he present directors of ot the street trust have had hac their opportunity to got get t rich and It I does not necessarily follow that they shall shan Inherit tho lImo kingdom of or steal forever I In II the Che Street Number of shares of stock sold to today today tollay to- to day ago was against a n year Time The par value of bonds sold was n agaInst a a year eaT ago ngo Silver metal dropped half halt a cent to 48 45 cents an ounce ounce In explaining tho the reason for tho the continued decline In sil silver silver sil- sil sl- sl ver Mr Handy of oC the firm firm of Handy Harmon dealers in bullion and specie said today Tho decline oelno In the price of ot silver has hns been been duo dot principally to the commercIal commercial com corn mercial conditions in India and ammO China China Indian famine last year ear ane and amid consequent consequent con con- COI- COI sequent failure of or crops have resulted In a decreased demand for sliver sIlver ship ship- ments and time the accumulation of ot silver in tho the India banks bunks causing a n large larco Increase of or metal reserve and a a consequent consequent con con- conI I sequent withdrawal of oC the time India mint from the tho market as a purchaser of sl silver r. r On the other othol hand hant tl the supply of silver has continued nearly constant con con- stant from froni time the United States and Mexico and with wih the time added output from the Cobalt regions has resulted In a production of or silver In excess of of commercial demands Tho The effect has hns naturally been leen a n falling market market Silver has not touched so low a n aprIce aprice price as today since March 2 2 1903 when it I was quoted at 48 8 cents of Price Quotations received ov o nr r private wire Ire of ot James A. 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