Show r Financial and 1 L- L Dl BY THOMAS C. C IL New Ne' York Aug Aug 4 Stocks 4 were strong and active a again aln today with wih Pennsylvania steel preferred American Amelka n Tobacco and anti Ore amon among the record makers The character of or bu buy luy- luy In Ing was still sti good hood and ami l al Indicated ll In Increasing Increasing In In- creasing public piddle Interest In the thc market Tho TIlo selling was sas scattered an and did cud not indicate liquidation of by hy hyan an any stran strong Interests Time The clo close chose e was waN strong with wih the lie advances well velI held hll The most Important of oC the da days day's developments de do- was the tile advance o of December Decem ber bc wheat in Chicago o to a bushel bushel The Tho break Is 13 partly duo to the fact that the crop is coming coining up to tile the government govern govern- rn o ment meat expectations and somewhat better hot bet t- t tar ter tel and largely tho ho fact that farmers are rush rushing In It to the tho market to seize the tile hl high h prices that have ha been leen prova prevailing pro pre va II I I i n g. g Farmers sold millions of oC bushels milons through h their a agencies and are now making deliveries on options Operators Operators Opera Opera- tors In Chicago did ld not nol get ct all al of time the thE In tho the hl big advance nd The Tue operators operators opera opera- tors tos who have hare been Leen short shor of the tho market market mar mar- ket are helping tho the downward movement movement move move- ment mont all nI the they can Cheap money and bumper crops are arc tho the keynote of the lie place to check th the market With Hh the tho crop movement mo now under wa way call cal monc money remains under two per cent cent It I I Is iii tho the first time In the time history of America that such uCh cheap cheal money has been had at this tills time of the year In Is I. I Pennsylvania stock la is proving pro a popular popular popular pop pop- ular leader It I is I so O widely scattered caterer that hint brokers do not hesitate to pur put their clients Into limb I. I It One Ono fact tact of or great sl significance o developed eloped toda today Tho The Pennsylvania Penn lenn sylvania passenger traffic at West est End N N. J. J has been doubled since the McAdoo Mc- Mc lc- lc Adoo tunnel under the Hudson river was open At the tho samo time Jersey Central trains from that place are running running run run- ning ring light This shows what the Pennsylvania Penn Penn- Pennsylvania sylvania Is corning coming to when it I opens I its Is terminals through Manhattan Number of or stock sold toda today a IlL year ago Par value of bon bonus bonds lIs sold toda today 60 n a year ear ago no Directors of tho the Sloss Sloss Steel and Iron company arc are scheduled to meet next week to take action acton upon the quarterly dividend of ot the time common common com cent mon stock It I Is understood time the present present pres pros ent ant rate of one and quarter one per percent percent percent cent will wil be declared Image Hanne ft ct t Price Prices Quotations received recel ed over private wire of ot James A A- A Pollock Co bankers and No 6 West Wrest Second South street I H. H I L. L L I Sales AtchIson 1194 1182 Am C Fd 01 69 70 Am Loco 67 GH Anaconda Cop 60 50 19 49 2900 Am Smelt 99 Brooklyn R It T 81 99 Halt and 0 19 1198 19 1191 Amal Cop 85 85 I. I Canadian Pac Pac 1868 ISH N NY Y Cent 1411 10 1401 OO O.-OO Colo Cob F and I 8 48 17 11 47 47 Che and Ohio 78 78 2700 2100 D and H G so 50 Erie Eric 37 38 Con Gas GIS 1450 1128 31 1320 Great Nor 15 1531 1531 Illinois Cent 1551 Mo 10 K and T 42 1551 4 42 do pfd 7 7 Lou and Nash IC 1 1 1000 Nat Lead 89 89 Missouri Pac 75 1400 Nor and West 95 95 Newhouse 1 I Northern Pac Pac 1558 1558 1551 N Y Ont 1111 W 52 51 51 2300 Pennsylvania 1 HI Peoples Gas Gns ila lG l 1158 Rock Island 38 do fd 76 1161 76 Rep nep I and S 3 35 36 2300 Heading Sugar South Sugar Pac 1351 15 1351 Southern Souther f fly 31 2000 St. St Paul 1591 Tenn Cop GOO O Union Pac 2011 01 2021 02 U S Steel 75 7 1 1 a 75 7 do pfd 1286 Cop 1 I 6 52 52 closed 1 Hi 1 I per cent t. t Total sales 8 Tota |