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Show STEADY DECLINE IN H.JLSTOCKS Money Rates and Restrictions of Interior Banks Lead to Selling Movement NEW YORK, April 29 Dealings wore irregular and light at tho opening open-ing of today's1 stock market, reflecting tho mixed sentiment of professional traders. Strength was shown by some oils, equipments and rails, notably .Mexican Petroleum, Baldwin Locomotive. Locomo-tive. Lackawanna. Steel and Reading. This was neutralized by the heaviness of motors, shippingfwmd food share?. Sugars displayed marked weakness. Prices moved forward within the first half hour, however, General Motors and steels taking tho lead. Preliminary Prelimi-nary quotations indicated further improvement im-provement In the London exchange rate. Tho market experienced alternato advances and .declines during the morning, leaders reacting 1 to 2 points on tho first reversal, with a setback of S points for General Motors. Tho second rally was featured by rails, investments in-vestments and low-priced transportations transporta-tions gaining 1 to 2 points on buying of Reading, transcontlncntals and New York Central. Independent Steels and utilities, especially local gas sharc3, also strengthened with coppers Another An-other reversal succeeded tho .opening rate of S per cent for call money and advices from the west that banks were restricting loans to essential purposes. Selling assumed wider dimensions during tho mid-session, shippings, leathers and low-grade oils falling 2 to 5 points. United States Steel made a new low quotation for the current movement, and General Motors reacted react-ed 12 points from Its maximum of the morning. OGDEN LIVESTOCK MARKtl Cattle Receipts 602; choice heavy: steers. $10.00 10.75; good steers. $9,00 10.00; fair steers, $7.50S.50; I choice feeder steers. ?S.009.00; j Choice cows and heirers. 7.00-8.00; fair to good cows and heifers, $4.50(0' COO; cutters. $4.506.00; can-ners, can-ners, $3.00(54.00; choice feeder cows, $5.50 ffi 6.50; fat bulls, $56.25; bologna" bo-logna" bulls. $t.005.00; veal calves, $10.00(o 12.00. Hogs Receipts 80; choice fat hogs 175 to 250 lbs $14.00H.75; bulk of sales $l4.00(ofsii.50;rceders $10.00(5' 12.50. Sheep Receipts 907; choice lambs $15.0016.50; wethers. $10.0012.00; fat owes, ?S-0010.00; feeder lambs, ?12.5O(0"14.OO. i Arrivals Roy McFarland. Elsniore eight carloaus oi came; w niuru nniu- , ricks, Lewlston, carload of cattle arid hogs; V. C. Stlefel, Lewiston, carload of cows. Chris Miller. Delta, three carloads of cattle; Rigby Ranch company, com-pany, Sigurd five carloads bucks; Tom ! Charlton, feedlot, six carloads cattle; 'Lars Hansen, feedlot, three carloads .cattle; Frank Chare, Pocatello, Ida., carload of mules. CHICAGO FUTURES. CHICAGO. April 28 The statement of the leading futures follow. Open High Low Close . Corn May $1.73 1.74 1.71 1 72& Julv 1.64 1.65 1.61 l.G2 Sept 1.57 Vi 1.5S's L55 1.55 Oats Mav .9S& .99 .9S .99 July .88 -8S .87 .87 35.70 35.70 35.75 35.05 July 36.70 36.90 36.40 36.S5 i Lard I Mav 19.60 19.72 19.50 19.62 July 20.40 20.47 20.35 20.40 ; Ribs Mav 17.60 17.60 17.40 17.50 ;July 1S.50 1S.50 1S.30 1S.42 CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO, April 29. Corn under-! under-! went a moderate setback in price today to-day chiefly as a result of absence of any aggressive buying. Cautiousness of bankers in making loans was one of the reasons given for bearish sentiment. senti-ment. Changed weather conditions likely to permit increased farm work tended also to weaken values. Opening Open-ing quotations, which varied from unchanged un-changed quotations to VRc lower, with May $1.73 to $1.73 and July $1.64 c to $1 64 were followed by additional losses making the decline general. ci Oats sagged with corn. After open ing unchanged to c lower, including Puly at 88 c to 88 c the market continued con-tinued to relax. Provisions were heavy owing to grain weakness. Higher prices on hogs failed to act as a counter balance. |