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Show COVERING LIFTS PRICES UPWARD Oils. Steels and Stronger Rail Shares Advance Near Closing NKW YORK. Dec 14 -An mi. ei tain tone was shown by the stock market at the active opening of todu's session. but galna excecle.l decline... Tl I group, which ronsllluti-d the we.ikcal feature of the previous iin registered earl gains of i to I point- k3 Mexican Mexi-can Petroleum. Royal Dutcn and Hbell Tranaiort. lUills were nuhstnnt lully better, bet-ter, although ii caln nt P4 polnta In Northern Pacific was offset by the heaviness heav-iness of I'nlon Pacific and Mleiurl I'.i-Olflc I'.i-Olflc preferred. Shippings, another recent re-cent element of weakness, hardened "n :i rlne of J1-. isolntn for t'nlleil Prull arid MteclM and e.ulpmenta also came forward. for-ward. Crucible gaining 2 ioln-.. I '. .1 1 1 nt In tl 1 1 r hour i r . "c iif largo ns the heavy turnover of the previous day. but most offering w.re freely aboorbod. Contrary to ex.. ia- tlons. there was vlrtiislly no "cah celling cell-ing " Soft spots were ropregmted by motor siwclaltleH. mln..r steel! cuppers. Siar-Ro-!uck and Peopb h lias at recessions re-cessions of I to 2'j points, i Mia cntin-Ued cntin-Ued to feature the i;. ricr.itl) rull at extreme gains of 2 to 5 points, and .ihlp-plngs .ihlp-plngs uii"1 equlpmentu and rails of tin-belter tin-belter class alao nvnde further upward progress. Central of Won Jer-ev re-covereil re-covereil a lurge part of y.-sterda g flf-teen-polnt loss The mark- ' ..i.-.-l uc-l-eratci befOTO nism. but In the main the tone remained firm, ijall mono opened at 7 per cent. Sh'.rts covered nv.r.- uri:. nip. .it mi l-day, l-day, olla, shippings, cMUlpmenle and rails enhancing their guins. Bstrame d-i d-i vances of 2j to 7 H,lnts w.r. mad" l) I Mexican ami Pun-American I ctroleuniM, ll'.ial Dutch I'nlted I run. AM, .nil, -i lull. Paid win Locomotive. Bethlehem, l.a. k.i- wanna and Republic Sleels snd ihe n -I reseniallve Pacifies and grangers. |