| Show I Financial and andL L Commercial BY nY THOMAS S II C. C SHOTWELL New York March 20 Stocks O. Stocks were dull dul and barely steady today throughout through through- out the session A report that tho the thon n now w Steel trust might close 16 blast furnaces at Ensley had nad but little effect er- er ef effect teet on prices because the tho trust Is adding more moro capacity at a Gary than will wil close down at nt Ensley Ensle and the new capacity uc Is m more o profitable per ton c OI A revival t I l lm of t the old rumor r that Rock flock Island preferred would pay a dividend this summer met with an official off off- cial chat denial Dividend Increases are not popular Just now General news Is slightly bearish but no decided stand has been taken on either cither side of or tho the market by leading lending Interests Pool managers have contented themselves themselves themselves them them- selves with nominal operations A re report report report re- re port from Belgrade of an early eary settlement settle settle- ment mont of or the Balkan troubles also failed to affect the market market Local traction shares were hea heavy with wit the exception of or Brooklyn Rapid Transit Transit HI Highly lly speculative Int Interests re are ate full tun of or the Idea of tho time Steel Stel trust closing closing the Ensley mills mis In a n foolish attempt to Coh ress Into some soma modification modi modi- of or tho the tariff bill bi As a matter matter mat mat- ter of fact the tho Steel trust management manage manage- monago- monago ment is too Intelligent to Invite Invie the criticism such a course would naturally naturally natu natu- rally attract Seven mills will wil bo be closed because thero arc not enough orders to l keep running and anel largely ely be because because be- be cause orders In tho hands of or tho the trust can be 1 filled le 11 to better beler advantage at atthe atthe atthe the modern plant at nt Gary Independents have havo nothing better beter than those Tennessee Coal ConI Iron Steel does not care what Is I done with wih tho tariff because because be be- cause causo all al will wi come out of the w wages Jes of or the workers anyway and the trusts will wi be bigger after lUer a few tew Independents eats ha e have havo been crippled b by the tho tariff tariff- observers at attention at- at Intelligent are paying no attention to the talk of or the Steel trust trust tenton to The trust Is a adding more capacity at It Gary than It Jt will wil cut ot off In Alabama Alabama In the Street Number of or shares of stock sold to toda today to- to da day 1900 against last year ear Par value of ot bonds ag against a 1 year ago aJo Fletcher N. N Bags and S. S J. J Fearing were appointed receivers of ot the Embree Iron works Gold to tho the amount of or was waa wa en engaged a ed for shipment next Thursday naD e of Price Quotations received over private wire Ir of mf James A A. A Pollock Co bankers banker and brokers broker rokers 6 West est Second South street I H. H I I. I L I Salu Am C. C F. F Am Smelting 84 83 83 Am Locomotive 61 60 61 51 m Am A. A Su Sugar ar 1298 1294 00 Arnal Amal Copper 68 Anaconda Coppers Copper 40 40 0 IO Atchison 10 1021 1028 D. D and O. O IOn 1078 Ion Brooklyn It R. R T. T 71 2500 Canadian Pacific Chest Ches and anel Ohio 69 69 G C. C M. M I. I and St. St P. P HH 1148 13 1431 14 1300 Cob Colo F. F and 1 1 3 32 3 32 1900 Con Gas 19 B D. D and anel R. R 0 Hi 14 H 44 40 00 Erie 24 2 23 24 2 1100 Great Grea Northern 1 10 1408 14 1100 Illinois Central 1 12 12 Missouri Pacific 68 68 GS 00 31 I. I K K and T T. T 40 40 N. N Y Central lH 1241 12 1248 1300 N. N Y O. O an and W. W 15 46 45 45 4 Nor and West sn Northern Pacific 10 1305 1391 Pennsylvania 1600 1500 Peoples People's Gas 12 11 1112 Reading Headin Rock flock Island 23 23 23 00 do 0 preferred 20 01 20 Southern Pacific 1184 1178 1188 00 18 Union Pacific 23 1788 1778 17 18 U. U S. S Steel 43 43 13 do preferred 10 10 Utah Copper HI HIU U HI Tenn Copper 41 4 40 O 40 i ai 3 ai 3 Total sales |
