Show METALS AND CROPS HIT HIGH PRICES NEW YORK July 26 WEEKLY 26 1 FINANCIAL RE RE- RE RE With With the public coming Into tho market In large lance numbers stock and bond prices continued to seek auk new now high hll levels levoll this oele despite Intermittent profit taking and bear selling In various see sec sections sec sections lions of at o the tho list lilt ll t Total stock sales ules ran above obo the tte million mark marle In ever every full ull session Steady accumulation of at the roll rAil rail railroad road shares undoubtedly based on merger rumors and reports that wore running only slightly below the record record- record breaking breaking traffic of at last Jut ear w was again the feature of at the market markot Low 1 priced loed rails broke through their previous high prices of at the year Trade rade reports as a rule were They Thoy Included high prices tor for copper load lead and silver oU cotton and sugar u a further reduction In crude oil all production tind a 0 steady I-creMe I In gasoline consumption tending to stabilize conditions In that In- In Industry industry In Industry reports of o Increased im- im improvement Im Improvement provement In the automobile cen- cen centers cen centers toro and nd Imported ed dem demand nd for tor forthe the tho steel stool products from tram the tho selling centers contero Omission of at the common divi- divi dividend divi dividend on Bethlehem steel common while not altogether unexpected had hild an unsettling effect on the shares share and raised railed doubts doubt u as uto asto asto to whether the pelted State States Elates Steel corporation would declare an extra dividend of at 60 80 cents conti on the common next week In addition to the regular quarterly dividend at atIt It 1 n 2 |