Show closing quotations OF WORLDS MARKETS I 1 MARKET SEMI STAGNANT prices dropped with very little sign of life new york feb 24 at the tion of business after the two day hollday holiday interval of the stocks selling belling fractionally lower than on friday orders on hand were p executed within a few minutes and the dealings sank into extreme dullness american smelting smelling Sm elting and western union decline declined I about a point and brooklyn rapid transit 58 5 8 mexican central advance ad vanc ed 58 5 8 the rhe complexion of tho the market underwent a change the scanty selling orders at the opening encouraging tho traders to bid prices up for a turn this operation sent american smelt ing and northern pacific substantial fractions above last weeks close closed ami 1 reading great northern preferred american sugar and pressed steel stcl car preferred I 1 to 1 14 1 4 trading had become almost lifelessly lifeless by southern pacific preferred fell a point new buying orders appeared shortly before noon carrying up reading 1 58 5 8 amalgamated copper and anaconda 1 14 1 4 and union pacific st paul and american smelting smelling Sm elting 1 new york chicago st louis sold at an advance of 2 pacific coast and great northern ore certificates 1 12 1 2 and pressed steel car 1 bonds steady i the market failed to hold the advances of the morning signs of weakness in united states steel preferred inducing realizing and short selling elsewhere which cancelled the gains atlantic coast line lind and united states steel preferred yielded 1 erie second preferred 1 14 1 4 american agricultural chemical preferred 4 NEW YORK STOCKS atchison 68 atchison Atch lson pfd pad 84 baltimore and ohio 79 70 canadian pap pacific chicago and northwestern chicago and northwestern pfd pad colorado southern 2 22 2 aj denver and rio ido grande 16 denver and rio grande pad pfd 43 A erie 13 V illinois central louisville and nashville 1 91 mexican central t J 17 17 missouri Misso url pacific 32 new york central 95 pennsylvania I 1 1 2 at reading aey rock island 11 root 1 asland 1 d ped pfd FT W 4 11 1 I I 1 0 y I 1 st vaul paul T 1 I G 8 W southern pacific 68 8 southern railway 1 10 union pacific union pacific ped pfd 81 dabas h 81 11 Wiston wisconsin sIn central 13 northern pacific 1 12 ij 7 great northern preferred miscellaneous i amalgamated copper 49 Ameri american canCar car and foundry 26 r 12 american locomotive 32 2 america n smelting smelling Sm elting and 59 amer ainer smelting smelling Sm elting and pfd pad 90 brooklyn rapid transit 40 fi colorado fuel and iron r 16 international paper 9 national biscuit 75 national lead pacific mail 28 peoples gas I 1 84 pressed steel car 1913 19 pullman palace car standard oil sugar united states steel 2 28 8 3 a united states steel pfd pad 91 western union 4 46 6 A met 6 met pfd pad 17 1 mackay 62 52 mackay pfd pad 60 t chicago livestock chicago feb 24 cattle receipts about market ste steady a dy to strong beeves cows and helfers texans calves westerns we sterns stockers and feeders 1 HOGS receipts about anaf markot market strong lights mixed heavy roughs boughs pigs ilg bulk of sales SHEEP receipts about 25 0 0 0 market steady natives westerns we sterns year yearnings yearlings lings lambs westerns we sterns 1 chicago close chicago feb 24 chosei wheat may 94 july laa september 86 corn may 60 00 july 58 september 57 oats oate may old S ja may 49 abo july old la lla l aa L july 42 september 36 pork may abay 1130 july A 1170 lard may july ribs may 37 july cash brley barley cash 0 timothy march 1 clover march 1920 I 1 r sugar and coffee now york feb 24 sugar raw firm fair refining gal 96 test molasses sugar 22 9 5 Q 9 S I 1 I 1 refined steady crushed pow derail granulated coffee quiet no 7 rio 6 11 14 4 t santos 8 3 aal 2 t I 1 wool I 1 st feb 24 wo wool steady territory and western mediums ala 1 23 3 flub fine mediums 0 O flue fine I 1 |