Show I Financial and Commercial BY THOMAS C. C New n York May Ia 28 Hecl shares varIed today the daily monotony C f new hl high h records record by ad advancing more than points Into territory On- On nUrel n- n new Tho for Cor the limo Urel advance la is the tho report that time tho corn com pany Is booking orders at the rate of one million tons n a month montim which means at least east for 1907 The Tho exact cause or of today today's s ad advance nce was nas reported from that a pool or of rich men was short shares and Imad defied the Now York powers to put tim tho stock to 76 The whole market markot had the appear appear- anco of at tor forced ed purchasing upon the part c-C c 0 shorts Now high records were made In a dozen places laJ pro pro- be began n feeling for the tho top and although the tho outstanding short interest In in- terest was largely reduced enough nou h fresh tresh commitments on that chIc of the market w vern rA made mado to maintain the technical strength th ot of the tho list An exhaustive canvass can of specula specula- live tho and and investment houses disclosed the tho fact the public Is doing nothing In the te market and that niL aU the tho old traders are aro either out of stocks or actually short short Thc These c facts tak taken n with wih the tho open enthusiasm O othe the Insiders the improving business and op conditions and ant a flood tood or of cu h Into the tho Now York banks from Crom the West compels the statement that it I wil Ill take an or a t national na- na calamity to sto atoll the advance anco ad Just now flow Among stocks that attracted attention aten- aten atten- atten tion today by their strength and high ton prices were Amalgamated Copper Cop Cop- per Erie Eric Wabash abash and the tho independent steel shares In re regard ard to nearly every oer advance ad there was some soro definite reason renson ns- ns signed The Tho record corn crop thatis that Is certain certin tills this year promises to furnish fur fur- nisim nish material for the Corn Products company and this will enable can ena- ble time the concern to produce at lower cost than usual time tho of that lint the concern will wi sell seU to lIttle bo boys antI and girls through time tho hundreds of retail stores that It proposes to estal- estal lieu An expert estimates that there therl are In time the United States of the lollypop age If I each carh child eats one n a day that moans means a fn sale Ie of lollypops yearly Of OC course courso tio consumption would not be so 80 great reat but the tho lollypop trust proposes to malta mako tho enough to return nt at least lent net profit from Cram this depart depart- mont alone NeaTly Nearly aU all stocks on tho curb market market mar mar- ket were reactionary today not n a now new high record being The greatest greatest activity was In nay flay Central and Ely EI Consolidated ted II t Ch lii Street Crr of shares sold today 82 a year ago nO Tho par value ot of hoods sold today was year ago n against 0 ft e or of Price James A. A Co ant and i brokers 6 West el Second South street I furnish tho ho received over ove r their private wire I I II I H. H I I 1 I del Sales als Atchison 1091 0 Am C 66 66 2800 m loco Iloco 7 68 8 Anaconda Cop 51 60 51 2800 51 Am Smelt Oil il 9 61 Brooklyn n it T 91 79 79 Bait and Ohio IA 11 14 1141 lH 11 II Amal Cot Call ll Cann Canadian ac 85 ISO iSO 1001 N 1 1 Cent 1303 10 1301 1700 Cob Colo Fuel and I 42 4 41 H 4 Cues Ches In and OhIo 78 1700 D and R n G 5 50 50 2600 Eric 31 34 Con Gas 14 13 1431 14 Great Nor 17 SOl Illinois Cent 1 16 1461 17 1 17 Mo Io K and T 4 4 U 1600 do 72 72 72 Lou and Nash 10 Nan Lead 87 87 2900 MissourI Pac Z 75 is 75 5 I Nor and West Wesl 89 S SD 89 1200 21 2 21 26 oo ooN N Y V Ont and W V 49 9 S 49 Penns anla 1348 1341 Peoples Gas Gaa 18 13 1138 1301 1300 Rock nock 11 32 3 32 32 do pfd 70 1200 flop I arid S 30 9 9 I Reading 1551 Su Sugar ar 14 South Pac 1232 South H fly St Paul 31 1606 Tennessee Cop U Ill U 41 Union Pac 1891 U S Steel GH GJ 1501 64 do o pid pel 1191 64 Utah Uth COlt Coi 52 I 51 51 1500 Money Ioney closed per cent Total otal sh sales |