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Show WALL ST. LIST I ! BECOMES HEAVY ' WWm Rail Shares Hold Well While Specialties Go On Decline j NEW YORK, Hoc 28. The stock mur- k ) "' showed n.. vi ry definite trend at th I opening .if today's session, but becam LH unsettled within ihe first half hour. Cru- CIUM Steel and Atlan t Ic-OuIC, at rte- PjJLLH ' h ies of 4 to 2 points, respeetivep . I ' were at lowest quotations of the rear. Mis ,vrre also heavy. Mexican PetroW.mi LH losing 2 points and Tan-American PsTO- t MUM leum one point Equipments an 1 m.1b M feii bock, international Harvester torfelt- m Ing Ivro (mints. Anaconda Copper, en H wlih It dividend a.-tlon Is to he la'-.cn ie- day. opened unchanged. but American H , Smelting one of y.- 'erdav's weakest fea- I tures. continued its decline. H The break extended to various ;aris H lot the list excepting in rails. Whotl Bddl I lions to yeslerdav's rallv were led by gfH Reading. Chesapeake Ohio.' Note Y. ri. c.ntral and the Harrlman and Hill is- sues. Baldwin Locomotive. the D.itch LH evenil Of the f,Ml and lob tcCO "B shares also were exsmpt from oressitre. L4L4L4-H Crucilde and Atlantic-Gulf rallied from "heir initial dsnrssslon, but fallal to hold m American Wrn.ien. Industrial alcohol K.i ' kmm moilS Players and American Wrltln.; Ra - per preferred rnniuriscd the ..inker S(.e- H claltlss anei coppers lost, further ground. There was u tetter demand for ral' nionev H which opened at seven per cent, but Dt change on London eased JH Passing of the dividend on Anaconda copper seemed to te sccsptad by tiader PJaffH ns a forecrone c inclusion in vlW of the recognlssd conditions in thai iu'iiiir-Anaconda iu'iiiir-Anaconda reaeted one rsilnt bul Ihe ust as a whole developed Increasing "ii.nl- RMRLTER dividend cut. tW BOSTON. D.s 2 ti UnTtod States Smel'ln1-. T'.efinlng and Minln r at mi nov lOday declared a quirterlv Hrldend nf 50 cents a share on the common it. -k. a reduction from $1.60, the amount laid m recent dividends A dividend of S7 centa a share on the preferred stock also was announced. CHICAGO DRAIN. H Chicago. D.- . g.. tVheai '. eiined In bV value today as a result of selllur on ih" Dgrt of houses with eastern connections. The fact that cotton had fallen to new low record prices for lha crop rounted as a bearish fi. tor and io. to,,, did lack of evidence r.' fy export demand, pina weather for ihe Vrgentlne harvest v s also a handles, r.n f;,e bulls. Ooenlnp LH nnotatlons which varied fron nnrhanciwi figures to Hie lower with March Jl 62 downturn all v ftsr op.T.- il Ing unchanged ti o lower Including Mav at 72-"4 to 7;'.'. tho market underwent a mm Oats were governed oy the action of Lsiifl other ic BJH lower May 4 . to 4- :,nd showln? Am suttsequent additional weakness. Pa4a4a4a4H DepTessloB hog and cereal mar- ns. Wm c .nr.lderal'le wheal export business wa noted later, and large export sales of hut mark) ne-eerthelegs H failed to develo tutrengiv The close H was unsettled 'i to ?, ne' lower, with B March ti ,;;iv (0 Rt ari, j, r;l P. 1 Later tVe corn market ha-1ned nwln ,j to SOBntlnSSS of rural offerings. The i HBl close was nervous, at -ivc net lower to 1J HB1 advance with Mnv 73 to 7"c. CHICACO futures. avavJ CHICAOO, Dec. 2s ' High Low- Close LVH W heat fJBH March $1-62 91. 9Mt $1.11 11.62 Com J May .72 .73 ,72S .73 July .73 .73?, 73 .73 mm ats- BJH MS v7o .48 1 i. I pg Jan . ; oo 2: o.i WM I -ini JSS Jan. 12 12 86 12.70 12 7'. 13.16 13.35 13. 15 ll 82 Ribs JfffM Jan 11. .15 11.40 11 12 11.32 ssssss! May 12.02 12.05 12.02 12.02 VBh PASS ANACONDA DIVIDEND MM NEW YORK, Dec. 2s The Anaconda i upper Mm, ne company todsj passed the lum dollur quarterly dividend It has lyen pay H Im Mav '-'".. 19)9, SJ Directors of the companj after tholr Ija? (I.eV gSJ Ud thai on aci ling con- HJ litionH in tho copper marl. t. ro previa- MM ion would be tuk. n on dividend mm "A luck or demand for export, low mar- HJ ket prices nnd a reduce! output due to HJ urtall.d oiierations resu'iei .n inir-ase, HJ cost of production are factors which com- kt blned to decrease the earning iKuver of HJ the c ompany during 'lie v ear just c,o.h- . HJ in. .i kAM BUTTER AND EGGS. CHICAOO. D. i . 28. Butter higher; creamery extras 65c; standurds 46-c. HJ Eggs higher, receipts 267S cases; firsts HJ 69ft 7tc; ordinary firsts 90065c; at mark. HH cases Includ-d. ,,n., i;; refrigerator firsts HHJ 57 'i 5 sc. refrigerator extras f,o. -,,.. HHJ Poultry alive hlgh.r. fowls 20j 27c HJ springs 26c; turkeys 40c. HHI |