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Show WORLD'S MARKETS Heavy Pressure on Market New York, March 8 The stock market was uder heavy pressure at the opening today and the leading issues gave way rapidly. Union Pa-Olflc Pa-Olflc dropped 1 1-2 to 150 1-4, below the low point touched last December Decem-ber at the time of the supreme court decision in the Harrlniau merger case American Tobacco fell 4 1-2, Reading 1 6-8. Canadian Pacific 1 1-2. Beet Sugar 1 14 and Southern Pacific. Amalgamated and Rubber a point Acute weakness in prominent railroad rail-road and Industrial shares caused II-cjuldation II-cjuldation all through the list with short -eiiing on a large scale Un-' ion Pacific sold at the lowest In five years touching 14f 7-8. Reading ami Canadian Pacific fell 2 points, beet Sutar .'J 1-2 and other artive ksncK a point or more. Tobacco slumped 9 1-2 and Liggett ,v Myers 13 points on fears of renewed renew-ed anti-trust prosecutions The market closed weak. In common com-mon with the other greater financial markets of the world the home market mar-ket showed weakness today, owing to the stringent money conditions abroad especially In Berlin. Kfforts to obtain funds here to relieve re-lieve the pressure abroad tending to I reduction of loanable capital In this market tU'rnlshed ammunition for the 1 bears, who raided the list sharply. In addition to misgivings over the money outlook uneasiness was felt over the uncertain status of the Harriman dissolution dis-solution plan and the possibility of further government suits against large corporate interests. Bonds were weak. New York Stock List (Last Sale) Amalgamated Copper 69 I American Beet Sugar . 31 American Cotton Oil 45 Amer Smelt & Refining 6S 1-4 American Sugar Refining 114 1-2 1 American Tel & Tel 132 1-2 Anaconda Mining Co ,. 36 Atchison mi Atlantic Coast Line, bid 124 , Baltimore & Ohio 100 1-4 Brooklyn Rapid Trauslt 89 Canadian Pacific . . 225 7-8 Chesapeake & Ohio '. 71 3-4 Chicago & Northwestern ..133 5-S Chicago. Mil. & St Paul 101 Colorado Fuel & Iron 32 7-8 Colorado & Southern 26 Delaware & Hudson 160 1-2 Denver & Rio Grande, bid 19 1-2 Erie ... 2f. 5-S General Electric 13S Great Northern, pfd. 126 5-8 Great Northern Ore Ctfs .15 Illinois Central 123 Interborough-MeL ... 16 5-8 Preferred '. . 60 3-S 'inter Harvester 13 1 Missouri Pacific ... 37 Missouri, Kansas & Texas 25 L"high Valley . 154 National Lead, bid 51 New York Central 105 1-2 Norfolk & Western 104 7-S Northern Pacific H5 1-S Pennsylvania 119 1-4 1 People's Gas. bid . . .111 Pullman Palace Car 1".9 1-2 Reading 154 1-4 Rock Island Co 21 3-4 Preferred " 36 1-2 iSc.uthern Pacific 99 I Southern Railway 25 3-8 i I'nlon Pacific 150 l-S I United States Steel 59 7-S Preferred .' 108 Wabash, hid 3 7- Western I'nlon 67 3-4 Chicago Grams Chicago, Mar. S. There was apprehension appre-hension today that government reports re-ports would show large crops. May started at 91 1-44-Sc to 91 l-2g 5-8c, unchanged to 1-1 off and fell to 91 l-8c. Mav corn openend the same as last ni'-'ht to a sixteenth down at 52 3-4 7-8e to 52 7-8 and sagged to 52 5-S j (n 1-4e. May oats, which started a shade loner at 34 1-2. descended to 33 3-4c In provisions the weaker tone at t'- vards tended to ease the market First sales varied from 2 l-2fi;5 decline de-cline to 7 1 2c advance, vvlth Mav at 521 05 with pork 110.85 and $10.87 1-2 for ribs Commission buying checked the dceline in wheat. The close was un-settied un-settied v I th May 3-8l-2c net lower at 91 3 -8c A further backset in corn resulted froni increase offerings southwest The close however, was steady at 52 5-8 for Ma- l-8f;l-4c 'under last night. Metals. New York, Mar 8 The metal market mar-ket was dull and nominally unchanged unchang-ed Lake copper, $16.2616.87 1-2: electrol rtic. ,$15.00016.12 1-2 castings. cast-ings. $14.75?iT4.87 1-2 Iron, unchanged Sugar. New York. Mar 8 Raw sugar, firm; muscovado. .89 test. ?3.40 centrifugal, cen-trifugal, 96 test. $3.54: molasses, .89 1 test, $2 79, refined, steady New York Exchange New -Hork. Mar B Monev on call, nominal; no loans. Time loans strong, 60 and 90 dajs and six months, 5 per cenL Prime mercantile paper. 4 1-2 to 5 per cent. Sterling exchange firm with actual business In bankers bills at $48:! 65 for 6n-day bills and at MS7 95 for demand. Commercial bills. $88?, 75. Bar silver. F.S n-4. Government bonds, steady, railroad rail-road bonds weak. Missouri Livestock. St Joseph, Mo , Mar 8. Cattle receipts re-ceipts 100, nominal steers, 6.75 r' "I1 cows and heifers, $4 OtifrX 00; calves. $6 0010.50. Hoes- Receipts .T20O, strong, top. !$8.608.75. No sheep, nominal, lambs. $7 0o 9.00 Wool. St Louis. Mar 8 Wool Stead v ; terrltorv and western mediums. 21 25c: fine mediums, 1820c; flue, 13 I j 1 7c |