Show I F Financial nanc a I and andI I Commercial l WELL SHOT B BY THOMAS C. C Now New York March Steel Stoel common of or trading In tn Wall Wallstreet wa was tho feature stock rising above 18 street today tho the transactions This advance ad ad- ad- ad on very ery hea heavy because of tho impressive o. vance vanco was wao small not net earnings expected for tor March arch placing them as low a as some somo estimates small net nd Is IR duo a Tho Tine emal great deal to tho tim fact tact that P prices hoa e-hoa had hado Iel t to o bo reduced on orders placed before loore t ine public cut cut The Tho advance was undoubtedly Undoubtedly Un- Un un un- caused eouse 1 by shorts covering t tho he short Interest in tine the street having to unwieldy Proportions g Part of ot the tho strength of or stool Is s un- un of ore ore oro due to tho the being placed upon the tho free tree list by Con Con- gross ress Tho The great deposit of or Bessemer oro ore In Minnesota extends across tho border Into CalR Canada a. a In fact act lie lies Hes closer to Lake Lako Superior la in n Canada than Inthe in tho the United States Should tho tIme tariff bo be removed the tho Steel trust would take takO only a a minimum from Its Is American I mines thus throwing thousands of or men out of or work In the United States States and employing as a many thousands tn In Can Can- ada Trust officials are wondering bowlon bow how howlong lon long the American people would woul endure en on- on I duro dure tho the spectacle o of Canadian oro ore lands being developed at the expense I u of the tine United States This explains their popularity when tariff reform is mentioned Judging from reports of ot operations b by tho the leading copper producers the output of or the tho metal for March will vim break all ni records Consumption Is growing and speculators seem to be buying copper metal more freely wih with tine the result that the tine unsold surplus inthe lu in luthe the tho hands of or original producers producer Is no not t expected to sinew show a nR as lar largo large e an increase this month as it I did last Activity In tho the stock market today was as not caused by an any new developments developments develop develop- ments but rather b by a a. u gradual gradual growth of or an optimistic feeling Just as tho th e feeling of or panic gradually grew and Cre swelled Into a tumult eo so the optimistic tic tc feeling is i now beginning to mako mak e Itself felt Many lan Wall street bankers believe th the tho o situation In Washington ton has lias a a. 0 grea great ot t deal to do with wih this matter mater They Insist In Insist insist In- In that assurances have been bean received receive d that the tho tariff will wf be bo revised re in n a wa way y entirely satisfactory to tho the corpora corpora- tons An evidence of ot the better teelIn feel feel- In Ins ing is the revival re lal of or rumors that th the e Standard Oil 01 will wi revive its Is long ex ox increase in capitalization so a as us s to make Its shares lower Jower priced to induce In in- in duce public trading In them The Tho mergel mer mar ger gel of ot the National City bank with wit h CI wih the tiro National Bank Danl of or Commerce I Is 19 hs s another possibility of the tho cheerful fu fu- turo Profit Prof traders tonight say that th the e list had a tired tred look an and while the they y ey it I would woul continue to advance ad e they favored a reaction London con con- strong In the American depart ment meat tol today 0 with wih Atchison tho tim ls Harrl- Harrl man mau shares including Now York rork C Cen n- n tho most active n-I n lit In 11 Din Street Number r of or shares sold today 18 a year ago Bonds sold today a yea r ago a Anaconda declared the tho divi regular dead of 50 cents a u share sharo for the time ter No chancre chanSe had been linen I I I or of s James JameZ A. A Co bankers banker an an d brokers 6 West Second South t dt their furnish private the wire following received over ove r I H. H FL I L I Cis I Sale s. s IeR Am C. C Fd 60 50 50 1000 0 Am Smelt m 87 2370 0 Am Loco 54 4 53 54 4 Am SU Sugar ar Cop 73 4 74 Ana Cop 4 45 1 1 44 Hi 44 D. D and Ok 44 lA Il lI B. B D R. R Trans 76 Con Can Pacific 1714 ico 17 1711 C. C and Ohio 70 70 69 69 69 C. C lL L and St. St P. P 1481 C. C F. F and I. I C 31 31 Con Gas D. D and it H. G. G 18 45 40 6 ra 6 Gt Gt Nor or pM i 1443 1 Erie 91 1451 Ill Il Cent Cent 1442 L. L L and X 1316 1311 Mo Io Pacific 72 M. M K and T. T 4 1 Preferred 7 X N. Y 1 Cent 1291 1291 N. N Y V. O. O and tV 47 ip 47 N. N aud West 91 90 Nat Lead leal 81 Nor PacifIc 12 1421 1 1428 91 Pennsylvania 1331 Peoples People's Gas 12 1122 12 Heading 13 j 1341 Rock Island 26 25 24 a U. 13 24 Preferred GH 64 CH GH n Rep p. p I. I and S. S 2 23 21 22 So 26 26 25 r So Pacific 1 Union Pac ISH 1831 t- t t. t S. S Steel 48 Preferred 1129 1222 Copper Copper COPIer 42 41 1 2 i 3 32 3 AtchIson 32 Total sales |