Show j RAILS FEATURE GENERAL LIST Bear Operations Attack Market But Are Defeated NEW YORK Feb Strength 4 4 and md activity of o the low priced raU rU- rU roa rall-roa road aha shares res Imparted a firm Irra tone 0 o the gennil Itt tn In toda e tock mark market t D Bear ar op operators tried to bring about a reaction b Intermit Intermit- Intermittent tent on can and loon Da Chemical but except In Issues the tailed to make mae much headway Sales approximated I 1 hares Stock prices dl l firm ton tone at the opening of today s tock stock market which was as aa featured demand dOmand for the low Ow hy by liy a 1 n nii ii v M tir- tir priced railroad hare preferred d A advanced 1 to 42 the highest price In months and I other non dl non dividend Ill I'll ers fractionally Sugars Sugar at- at al alto to 00 del eloped group strength Amer Acner- American ican Can yielded to tu taking profit S r G INS T A D U S LOSSI-S I I Marked weakness del de eloped 1 Chemical which broke 54 points and American Can which extended Its 10 loss loca to 2 S With Ith tile the of oC st St Louis LuI Southwest Southwest- South Southwestern st- st ern which Yielded 1 a point on prof prof- t taking the low priced lall tr d Erie touching A new nw Op 01 at 28 38 International Hams Hal es ea ci- ci ester ter ler tC advanced ad 24 and gains galna of 1 I to Z I points woe I eie e r registered d by a Ii of issues Including Ha to Wheel General Electric oil of California Mexican Sea Sea- Seaboard Sea Seaboard bOil board rd hell chell Transport 1 L S N Nand and Ligget lI f Miers ere tx cx- hanges ex open opened I lower demand 0 cents to H 4 33 The whole swarmed d Into a broad upward movement nt before noon nith the 10 low priced rail leading the advance Call mone opened at t 41 44 42 p per r cent Int TILI Buying shIfted to a a large extent nt onto the favo Industrials in the early afternoon U 13 S Steel climb climb- climbing ing ng to ant a new S high price for the sear ear Mr at and Studebaker and Bald ln touching and pI Am American Can h held ld nell ell In It Its recover reco erv to OIl shares hares also aleo were Heel bought particularly Standard Oil of Call Cali C California fornia the tho Pan Americans and and Refiners The Tho closing was nas firm A bullish In the oil group canted can led Houston more than rive five points abose aboe Saturdays clos- clos closIng clos closing ing quotation was sas a t i sod d a as a screen creen for taking profit In other sections of the list In the late dealings but the general market held uell ell |