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Show REVIEW OF THE STOCK MARKS! ' .New York, "March 16. Weekly- mar-L H ket review: ' H The week in the stook market wa H one of almost uninterrupted rise, do-, H spite a "deal of profit-taking. Many, jH minor industrials and Jow-prlced rall-'j H way shares wero promlnont In thm IH movement, but of the leaders, Roadlngj jH almost alone oxcopted, displayed con-" IH sistent strength. H Copper shares mado further gains,, IH Amalgamated Copper selling welt H above the highest price in ovor a year, H and In the railway division Erie com- jH mon came within a fraction of sharing jH more distinction. Buying of the Erlo H has been a feature i'or some weeks and H tho absorption indicates accumulation bv substantial interests. jH Steel shares improved thoir posi- H tlon on announcement of higher prices JH for some finished products. Demand jH for stocks was broader-and suggested lH Increased public Interest, Aside from IH the threatened domestic conl strike il and tho deadlock in tho English coal IH situation conditions in general appear 1 to bo improving. ThiB is especially H true of many mercantile lines. jl Railway earnings are not very prom- H i6ing and tho outlook for this month is H rather discouraging, because of the sq- H vcrc weather In the west and south- H , , ., Money rates hardened during tho jB week, duo to further drains to the-Jiw UM terlor and better demand for commer iH paper. ''Il |