| Show DECLINE IN I Wall Wal Street Shows Fair Degree of Activity in Securities l l LI New York May Ia There ThErl There was wa a n fair I I degree of for activity a n half haI holiday In the stock market today but marktl tola as compared i j with yesterday the there W was S a decrease In the volume of t tle business Reading declined ell i I H Hi per cent and ant Delaware Delaware Lackawanna and anel Western sold off 5 points further Lehl Lehigh h al Valley al also o reacted of a point ErIe I received a fractional I setback and PennSylvania Penn Penn- 1 Sylvania ruled most of the time I abo above above- I last nights night's close closE Union Pacific declined a point but recovered fractionally In I the general railroad list recessions lons writ wet 11 generally fractional fi and easl easily accounted acco I for Cor b by end of enl t the he week co closing of t ton ion tracts As a rule the Industrial list held fairly hel well wel taking Profit In Colorado Fuel and anel Iron caused only a small smal setback SmeltIng Smelt Smelt- In lag Ing and Refining declined over o a n point but bu then made a partial 11 rally National Lead nt was strong and OntI fractionally higher A Amalgamated m tec Copper suffered a small lal loss lose A Anaconda was under tinder pressure fallIng fallIng fall fall- falIn fal- fal In Ing 2 n 2 points and regaining ani only thud the frac trac- tion timi The wc wet weekly kly bank hank statement was not liked but only a small mal bear Lear demonstration demon Stratton was Vas ma made e on Its fJ publication In the late dealings there was some short covering because e of the slight supply of stocks that came out on receding figures and the market markel ended Slen steady Railroad bonds were wre fairly steady lm gov-lm government nt bonds unchanged The I range elinge of or prices was as follows Open High Low lAW Close A mal Copper H l lS 10 i lOS J 1 Am C. C and P. P 40 10 Wi 01 I lOft lOr Am Lo Loo G I C Gt j Am S S. and anel R R. R ISO 15 Am I Sug- Sug SIS Ret Ref Ref M i 13 Ana Ann ln Co 1 6 Atchison W S' S 89 S SO 89 Bait and 0 O. I lOS 10 Vi 13 U. R. R I Transit 81 S1 sn 81 SITf SI 81 XIV SE C. C and G Gt Ct l W W. S 57 55 C C. C M. M 1 and St St. 1 D G If 16 C C. F. F wild nod I. I I 1 Wj 19 2 1594 C C. antI and S South uli 23 3 I- I 3 H 33 3 m 2nd Preferred 47 17 47 47 il i. iY D. D nn and R. R G. G W J 13 15 1 13 13 3 Dis Ds See Sec G t GU G fe Cl Erie IW 15 1 li 1 2nd Preferred 71 71 ft il 1 il III Central li l ll I. I 1 1 Vj 1 L. L and Hl d S J 11 Hj liSh 4 Missouri rl Pac Poe 9 6 l JU 11 W i Olty 11 M. M K IS Kant and T. T m S Y 6 t National Lead 77 7 4 77 it i 77 1 N. N Y 1 Central lm I iK IW 1 13 N N. 1 Y O. O and W. W Gl 51 51 71 51 1 N. N and anti West Si 3 05 89 t 89 89 h Pacific Mall Mail lal 2 39 Wi Pennsylvania 13 1384 1334 P. P Steel Ca Car r 51 61 St lt Gl 51 1 51 l Reading IF 11 1 HO Rep Hep Steel Y 2 27 27 Z Prefer Preferred led 1023 03 Rock nock I I. I J Co 2314 2 1 n 5 Preferred GJ 65 G GJ 65 G 65 f. f TM Ci r. r St. St L L. S. S W. W pfd r Y KV tY Zu f Southern Souther Pac Poe w 63 or U. U s G r. r Southern Souther It H Ry 28 S' S SSi 4 38 SS' SS T. T C. C an and Iron Il i 1515 i T. T and Pacific 3 32 3 32 2 V 1510 3 32 Union Pacific e 19 H 19 III 19 j U. U S. S Steel II 11 II 1 l luVA 1014 h 1 4 Pr Preferred i 1054 1051 Wabash Wabash 21 21 21 21 2114 Preferred MIA 19 4 49 West West Union f 1 92 h 92 92 2 92 Nor Pacific os 2 rates rah have not yet dropped to their at- at al- al level at this thiu season eason of the year Hut Buit th thi- thi extraordinary demand that have b- b n lo n pressing so o hen heavily 1 on 1 the h market sInce the disaster of oC April Apai is 15 are art now Inal in it all al probability at an nn end The fhe routine In Interior In- In tenor exchanges are Cre yielding Iel ln a fair gain each ach week week for fOl this his city and with no offset In tn the shape of oC withdrawals by hy San Francisco Fran Frau cisco eleo these receipts go toward steadily strengthenIng local bank reserves Crop Sen res p Prevalent Pm J n The adjournment of or cong congress sg which J Is Jk ly to occur betor before the end each of ot another fortnight Is another event that tho ho financial financial fin tin ancial community will wll JeW Y with antis satis sats sats- faction facton The first ln t of the seasons season's crop Jc cares U- U till duly Its appearance rance JIt In the Gart Ita days lay of or thi t tw w we ek ck and ond for for foi a time Um ant panned al t more moro or oil f l s si stir lr fn In the grain r Complaints of or drought In the th central west and sonic some ome of th the hit O I ern In states appear to have ha had lac considerable consider consider- able foundation a ton While not relieved en entirely en en- the thc dry was waR broken J Jy rainfall rain fall fal In the thue latter part part of ot the week before It I had time to do o an any serious Injury The sharp advance In grain options It I I Is worthy to note found little reflection In Inthe Inthe Inthe the stock market and ant It Is worth remembering re re- re- re that al Wall all street has learned to be lie suspicions suspicious of crop damn i tones set et afloat at a time lime when bullish speculation specula specula- lion tion lon I Is active ii in the grain pits I |
