Show BUYING ORDERS EMBRACE LiST Steel Shares Find Money EC- EC Hc mains Easy NEW EW YORK YORI Feb Fob By H-By 14 By The Associated Press Iress Press Higher divi divi- dividends dividends and dissemination of a bull bull- bullish lob Ian Interview by William C Durant I market operator pro pro- provided pro provided 1 vided the tho background for another advance ance In prices In today's stock market Buying orders were spread I over a II fairly broad list but spec spec- speculative Interest centered largely jn In Inthe I the industrials and specialties I The Tho recent In Increase in the Gen Gen- Gen Gen- General eral Motors followed b In tho announcement today ot of an In Increase crease from Crone 7 j to 8 In the annual rate on Du Pont Font and ond from from 4 H to 1 on Youngstown Sheet Tube In- In InspIred inspired In Inspired hopes of another special dis distribution In the tho near future Money Ioney rates continued relatively easy and business news as a rule was favo have favOrable favorable rable Despite the recent softening or oC steel prices the shares of the lead lead- leadIng leading leading ing producers found a good mar mar- market market ket keto Gulf Gul States Stales was run up I 4 points point and Republic and United States Steel common each sold at least 2 I points higher the prediction lion tion of President Vauclain of oC Bald Bald- Baldwin Baldwin Baldwin win that operations of ot hi his plant would average e 60 50 per cent this year as against 40 per cent in 1926 coupled with reports of or large rail rail roal roa roaS orders accelerated the do- do mand dc-mand maud for equipments I de-I |