Show I I r Financial r- r 1 and andI andl andle I Commercial iJ BY DY THOMAS C C. C New York April 21 The Tho Tho stron strong un undertone un- un that has prevailed l In tho the stock market the last few tew du days dus s In the taco faco ace of ot the heavy realizing realising by trader was explained today when Steel trust earnings earnIngs earn earn- ings Ints for tor tho the first quarter of ot this year wore made public nubile The They showed net of or Tho street would have been much pleased had hal they been 21 and the tue larger largel figures were a completo surprise Tho The figures also show a 1 steady tead Improvement ement In lit business business busi busi- ness from January The un unfilled I 1 orders wore 3 tons on March 81 31 31 compared with wih on January 1 I but many dead doad orders or or- ders tiers were upon tho the books at tho the beginning beginning be be- 10 ginning of or this tills year ear and all al now ROW re recorded re- re recorded corded cordel there 1 are for real business Business has been Improving so much that the Carnegie Steel company has I announced an advance ance ad In the price of or bars bar and plates platt This Is tho tue first sign of ot a recover recovery since tho the cutting of or prices sonic some weeks a ago o. o Cheerful news came from Turkey to the tho that a decision had been reached In the war for fOI tho throne Today's news nes Indicates that tho the worst Is over ovel One more war scare has left the gold old surplus of oC the Bank Dane of or France undisturbed Harriman will wil get that gold old yet lie le needs It 11 In his Iet business If reports current In Wall nI street can cn bo be credited Cheap Explanation It I Is 18 a cheap explanation of or mysterious mysto- mysto noun rious buying of oC stocks to sa say that HarrIman and Standard Oil 01 are aro tal taking them but that ancient explanation seems ral really to ft It the present case Commission houses say SY they have o ha no tic stocks of or Importance and yet et Union L Pacific Southern Pacific and anti Central are scarce It I will wil not be safe sato to te Ignore the Now York Union Central-Union teL L Pacific combination yarns yarn arn however unsafe un tin- UI- UI safe sato It ma may nitty be to give exact dates and I capitalization Brooklyn n Rapid Transit and anti a distinguished distinguished distin distin- politician of or Brooklyn received a a. severe ere shock tOda today In tho market when the state Senate passed the law Jaw for tor a five cent cent faro to Coney Island Tho The shares brol broke e three pol points ts from Crom the hl high h figure but recovered slightly before the close cloge Mining stocks were comparatively steady both upon the curb and upon the Inside market Copper metal was In fairly good con con- condition and silver sl er advanced 3 of a a. cent an ounce This advance in silver Is attracting attention to the tho silver siver siver min In ing stocks s because It I Is duo to trade conditions that promise to show continued con con- Improvement with a correspondingly correspondingly corre corre- sustained advance In the price of metal In Street Number of shares sold sol today todY 99 a year ago Bonds sold tola today a year ago ogo 45 Range of t Price James A. A Pollock Co bankers and brokers 6 Vest West Second South street furnish Curnish tho following received over their private wire I I 11 I. I I L. L L I Sales Am C C. C F. F GO 60 50 60 50 Am Smelting 90 SS Am Locomotive 55 54 5 Am Sugar Sugar 1 13 fH 00 Amal AmaI Copper 75 71 75 Anaconda Cop 4 HD 44 1200 AtchIson 1081 lOa D. D and nd O. O 13 1131 13 Brooklyn rooklyn it n T. T 75 76 Can Pacific 1754 1751 4 00 Ches and Ohio 75 7 74 iH C. C M. M and St. St 1 P. P 1 1483 Cole Colo F. F and I. I L. L 18 1900 Con Gas 1363 37 1361 D. D and R. R G. G 30 Great Northern Norther 13 1434 51 13 13 2100 Illinois Central 1443 Lou and Nash Missouri Pac 73 73 73 2500 M. M I K and T. T 43 43 N. N Y V. O. O and Y W. 49 48 2900 Nor Kor and Vest 91 91 2200 National Lead 88 Si i Northern Norther 12 13 PennsYlvania 1358 1351 Peoples People's Ga Gas 1164 16 1151 1155 1600 Reading li 12 1 1431 Rock nock Island 8 29 9 15 00 do preferred 70 70 Rep 1 I. I and nc S. S u 23 23 Southern R Souther Southern Pacific Un 1193 1 1191 Union Pacific 1865 1859 1853 1863 U. U S. S Steel 63 B 53 63 do preferred 1151 Utah Copper n lH 47 15 1800 Tenn rena Copper 41 40 40 Newhouse 23 21 2 23 2000 T Total sales 29 Money Ione closed U 2 per pcr cen cent t |