Show FInancial I and 1 al alDY BY DY TH THOMAS C. C ELL lT New York March 23 Further Further action aton by tho the pools worked upon the te fears rear of ot the tho short Interest In Wall Vall 11 street today tolay and caused a continued advance led b by specialties Chicago Alton was vas ns conspicuous being spurred upward upward upward up up- ward by the tile rumor of or Increase dividend Kansas City Southern was as active on buying apparently for tor the hawley In- In toresia Consolidated Gas made another another another an an- other rise when the tho election of or George e B. B Cortelyou was announced Standard Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard shares are arc not materially changed but all al showed considerable stron strength t. t Further cutting In steel prices was was a further development of or the day days day's s news A surprising amount of or vitality de developed do- do on the part of or the tho dents This Is 18 duo due chiefly to the tho fact that tho the greatest experts In the tho sh stool steel el trade are Identified with the independent n- n dent ilent companies because skill kil no longer qualifies steel men for tor high positions In the trust There Thero also are aro rumors that some omo experts of or tile tho steel trust not satisfied and amI will wil transplant themselves themselves them them- selves and their families from Pittsburg to the new city Gar Gary I Certain it Is I that tho the cutting of ot prices Is 18 developing an ugly aspect and whatever whatever whatever what what- ever may be tho original Intention It ItIs Itis Is possible that a real war In steel I trade may develop This possibility Is counteracted b by tho the belief belot that that tho sen senate Son Son- Enato EnI En- I ate ato will wil not permit any anything thinS thinS' more merc than thon thona thana a perfunctory revision re of the tho tariffs on steel products or Iron ore A good feature aturo of or the tho steel stool situation Is that labor Is keeping a cool head and doing Its Is full ful dut duty In nearly over every Instance a n test 1 Is made One pitiful feature of ot the thc stock market market mar mar- ket hot toda today was the tho advance of or Eric Erk- stocks on Oil official announcement by the company that formal action has bc en taken regarding a new acton bond Issue The street imagined It saw a loophole for tor forthe tho the I Erlo In the report of tho the public service commission as as- m tiled filed d at Albany Persons with wih complete completo knowledge o of l Eries Erie's condition know that it I I Is an nn absolute ab nh- nb- nb solute impossibility for Erlo Erio to comply with wih conditions imposed by the public service commission and persons with witha a full u knowledge e of or polities politics know jho commissioners have already alread strained their authority to tho breaking point in tn order to help Erie out nut and thy thoy tH have ha C as much regard for tor their own political future as they have f for r Erlo Erie Chairman Stevens who Is re regarded as on the strong strongman strongman man on the tho commission refused to vote voto to permit nermit Eric Erie to hsue bonds based on Its Is own unpaid debts Wall Vall Val street Is bc beginning to wonder whether J J. J P F- Morgan an company who ho are arp buying up Eries Erie's unpaid coupons are getting ln any security from the tho company compan In the shape of short time notes Morgan I I company have never been known known to to do anything without double security Increased Increased In In- creased earnings s of or tho the Erie are aro brou brought ht about b by 13 shipments of ot coal through tile the Pennsylvania Coal com coin company pany which Erie owns not the tho hur burg Coal Coat company as erroneously stated slated last Jast week In excess trade com coni- m i tm en ts The Tue market mat for tor copper metal remains an unsolved mystery except on the theory that speculators with wih an imperfect imper Inper- Inper knowledge to the rate of or production tion ton are buying metal believing they can make a turn In It I at the expense of or the consumers consumers Amalgamated and Anaconda are dan danger er spots In tho tIle stock market because of ot the official report of ot speculative Interests In copper Lon London on was waR strong In early trading but toward tho the close of or the tue session there thore was heavy taking profit In American s securities that closed them un under er the best prices of the tile da day In lii the lime tr Street Number of shares share of stock sold soll sol today to- to dav day against a year ao asro Par value of bonds londs sold today 3 42 against last year er Placing of or equipment orders b by Pt St t Paul was waR reported In the thc street today These orders are arc ore said to Include 25 com corn na lon mall mail mal cars ar 15 passenger r car cars I 10 sleeping and ana live five Vl dining carsA cars cars- carR A remarkable showing was made marie by hy the tile Think Dank of England toca today which in increased In- In increased creased the total rc reserve er e while bullions Increased Bankers tb do 10 donot not believe these those two Items Increased practically tho ho same amount h by accident acci ned dent dent It was was- was the Bank Dank of or orIn In England and coded codel a 0 c amount and that some joint stock banks made good goodon on demand ool Don UI f rin 1 Copper Stock tod James A A. Pollock Com Company pan bankers bankers bankers bank bank- ers and brokers No 6 C I West Second South street furnish tho the following re received ro- ro their over private wire r I Bid I Asked Davis Dal Daly 5 Ahmeek 1 Giroux I SI Globe SH National 00 I 5 Ita Raven ve n 1 00 00 Allouez 50 4 I Arizona CommercIal Butte Bute Coalition Coalton I 00 2425 C. C and n. n Copper Range 50 1450 Greene Greene-Cananea Nevada No Con IS 18 G Quincy u. u 37 I Superior GO 1250 Tenn Copper HOO 1100 1160 United Copper COper 1250 1275 Utah Copper Boston oston Con I 1125 1 East Butte Dute 1475 Lake 1710 1700 1725 1 M. M C. C C. C 5 00 Oil 01 no Utah Apex Begole 1850 1900 no Boston ton EI Ely 13 Cumberland gl 7 1 87 7 1 9 Dominion Copper 1000 1 1200 00 First National Z t fOO 6 Majestic 00 11 00 Ua Ray Con Coil 1260 I 1300 1 Shattuck 15 1525 5 I 1600 Queen Atlantic i 1300 I 1325 C. C and A Central 2900 29 2950 0 DalS Dal West Veat 1050 I Granby I 96 00 I La Sale Salle 1475 Mexico Can I 4 I North Butte Bute I 69 7 Parrot Shannon 1450 IL O i. 1 Hi 75 0 I 1850 Trinity J 13 50 Utah Con 1050 I 1 00 Victoria 41 ou Wolverine Vol I C. C Zinc 1100 2300 2350 Corbin 1925 I 1950 2550 2600 ll Miami ml 1362 I S. S and P. P 1400 I 1425 1387 U. U S. S S Smelters I 1125 15 I I I do preferred I 8 Sand and U. U 1100 I H. H 1425 i I Boston March The Tho market Interest In- In Interest terest today centered In North Duto and Parrot Mining with general steadIness stead stead- mess Iness on quiet dealings s otherwise Close 36 31 OJibwa Ojibway 13 Wyandotte 29 8 31 |