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Show uu MARKET REPORT FOR PAST WEEK New York, Aug. 31 The week in tho stock market was dovold of Important Im-portant developments and prico changges wero mostly nominal, except In certain specialties, notably the tobacco to-bacco group, which displayed decided decid-ed heaviness. Crop news and advices from leadini? industrial centers -were again oncour-agiug, oncour-agiug, also numerous railroad returns for July, those of Atchison and the Harrlmau lines being especially favorable fa-vorable Canadian Pacific was under restraint as a result of the increaaiug opposition to its cupital Increase and Louisville & Nashville fell back after announcement of the $12,000,000 issue is-sue recommended by the directors. An advance in the English bank rate from 3 to 4 per cent was effectivo In calling attention to the Increasing prominence of monetary conditions as a factor of the immediate futuro, this finding reflection hero In a general hardening of rates, with call loans going to the highest quotation in somo months. The triple holiday beginning today caused a gcnoral curtailment of operations, oper-ations, which yesterday fell to tho lowest level of any fnll day thin year. Trading continues almost wholly professional pro-fessional with a tendency to loans. |