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Show STOPS DECLINE Demand for Oils, Rails and Steels Reverses Downward Down-ward Tendency NEW ViiltK, Dec 20 Traders evidently evi-dently found little cause for encouragement encourage-ment in news gdvlOfS over the week-end and continued to sell stocks at the active opening of today's Session ll and sugar Shares Were weakest, excepting Mcm an Petroleum whioh scored an initial gam ..f I' points Equipments motor specialties, spe-cialties, tobaccos and utilities, notably Pullman. Ii.-' 1, Magnet" American Woolen and People's (las. Increased last week's losses ''nil Hdc Lackawanna un-1 United Stales rileolo were frud ll inll II J better but rails reacted. New York Central Cen-tral being the only prominent Issue to dlaplay a degree of mrcngth. There were occasional rallic- during tlie morning, but the trend In the main was again downward Minor "r ol.cuie industrials in-dustrials and specialties registered -trema losses of 2 to almost f. points I ' 1 motors, oils and utilities lout about as much International Paper. American Car Beet Sugar and Famous Players re- f i liquidating sale- and shippings and steels received little support, losing to polnta. Pnlted States Hteel an-praxlmated an-praxlmated its recent low prce, but rails were .lull at slight changes excepting Chicago ft Northwestern which fell 1V points. The supply of call money at 7 per cent was in tm-cw "f demanil. The market nuddf-nP revergsg B course at midday gt u result pf PUyinii order for oils, steep, and rail Meni- 1 can Petroleum cwi1""" 3t lo'nlH' n" public iron Ih and Pittsburg and Wggt Vlrglnbi- Chesapeake A ihlo. Heading Bt. Paul preferred and Missouri Pacific preferred rose l'i to 2 points i CHICAOO GRAIN i'(i',l',i i N.-c l'i. -Trad, i-.- pi .- . ed the selling side of the wheat market to- . day owing to a bunk failure in London. . The fai t that the British mad.s no wheat 1 purchase over the week-end counted (.lao I as a bearish factor. Qn the other nan 1 bulla put empha-sla on reports 'hat rurul holders In (he southwest continued $0 j minimize sales tipenlng ipi nntlons. ' Which varied from o decline to nd- I vnncc. with March $1 01 to 1 audi May II GU to P&0. were followed g, material s tba- k all around. Seabrar.l demand made th corn rnpr- I kcl relatively firm. After opening fit c ..ff to Wc advance. Including ."Sia-to ."Sia-to 7Ci the market hardened all aroutfd, and then reacted somewhat. oats reflected the strength .it ' . rn, starting unchanged to Vi higher. May 4 to l'i',. and continuing close to the Initlul i.inge. Wsakneas In the lur market tended to v . I -1. .Iown pm Islonl KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK K ANH AH CITY, M. . N.-. 2n -t Pnlted ! Stales Bureau of Markets ) Cattle - I colptl U.t market lalrlv gotlve, v. r-' 1 uneven; mdsl killing cattle and calves around nteadv, medium priced selling i b.sl: bulk fat fteers 7.25'(iS2o: bulk COWS $4 004.50; gooil nd choice veals S n 'j 50; i lockers and feeders strong; Hogs Receipts S500; market closing nc-tivc nc-tivc 10015c higher; hulk of sales IS.QOQ h sO. Nhlnper tup JS.'.'j, fcood and choice pigs Sb.b01rS.7S. Sluieii Receipt 3S00; fat lambs around with Thursday's average; Colorado pen f. .1 'nmbs $10.00; sheep mostly lower, bulk ewes $3.00i&'3 7.r. |