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Show STOCKS HARDEN f TILLING ; Sugars, Shippings and Steels1 Make Further Sam in Dull Session NEW YORK, Feb. 1 4 ReSUmpI Ion of trading en the stock exchange todav after the prolonged recess was character)!, d by further selling of rails Beadlmr was again under especial prer-.sure forfeiting a largo fraction. The prominent transcon-tlnentals. transcon-tlnentals. notably Canadian racific. Northern raclfle and Southern Pacific also eased. Industrials ns a whole wero disposed lo throw- off last week s heavl-nt heavl-nt as particularly food and oil ithares. Cabe Cane Sugar soon rose points and Imerlcan Sugar gained almost as min ii Domestic and Mexican Oils were moderately higher and United States Rubber, Raidwin Locomotive, American International and Studebaker featured the other tlrm to strong stocks Sugars ex (ended their rise In the first hour on announcement of a general advance ad-vance In the price of Die refined product Equipments, leathers and oil also Improved Im-proved with tobacco and motion picture shares. Virtually all this udvantaee was cancelled before noon, when the cheaner nils developed heaviness. Texas Pacific. Ccal ft. Oil dropped almost 3 points on ox'onslvo offerings Sharp reversals elsewhere else-where embraced United Fruit, Oulf Sini'-s Steel and BpSCh Magneto at re-actJona re-actJona Of 2 to 3. points. Call money was plentiful at 7 per c-nt. but time funds remained rlsld. Exchange on London Lon-don ao,,roxlmatod Its recent maximum quotations at S3.R8H. interest continued t" center around sne-1 sne-1 lit stocks, partlo'jinrlv sugars. shli-plncs shli-plncs jti'i steels during the verv dull neon hour, those Issues rcorlng further I gains. Ralls also hardened. Reading recovering re-covering Its early loss and ."-elllnc fractionally frac-tionally ivr last weoVs final price. Hlchert prices of the dSV were .made in the laf hour Mexican Petroleum. Crucible Cru-cible Steel and some of the equipments and rails were most conspicuous. Tho closing was (strong. As a whole, atoeks were dull and hesitant during the greater part of today's session, hut strengthened and became more a.-tlve on short c..v r-Ine- In the ln,r dealings. Sales approximated approxi-mated 500.000 shares. CHICAGO GRAIN. j r'HlCAC.O. Feb. 14 Wheat nrlces took , a big unward swing today after showing show-ing weakness at the outset. Large ex-I ex-I nort sales of corn was largely responslMo for the change In sentiment regarding wheat. Bulls In tho corn market mad nluch of opinions that with hogs at present pres-ent prices the current quotations in corn were far too low and that tho crop, al-tbouarh al-tbouarh large, would be readily absorbed. Wheal opened I to 24c lower with March $1 S3 to t, and Mnv l.62i to 1.53. but after declining a trifle more, advanced suddenly nnd In some cases went 4c above Friday's finish ''"rn displayed strength almost from the start. After opening unchanged to 34c lower, including May at 67 to f'7gc. the market Scored a general upturn of about 2o a bushel. OtttS ascended with other grain, starting start-ing unchanged to a shade off. May 4 4 to 44Hc. and then climbed more than lc all around. Hlfther quotations on hogs helped to lift provisions. Further reports about prospective wheat cron damage from green bugs, together to-gether with assertions that tho pest had been found In Illinois, led to additional upturns later. The close was strong, 4 to G'-'.c net higher, with March Jl.70' to 1.7044 and Mny $1 69 to 1.59V4. Country offerings of corn worn small deSDlte Ihe bulge. Additional upturns to.k place, and the market closed strong. 24. to 3c net higher, with May 70S to 70Vic I MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NEW YoRK Feb. 14 Prime mercantile mercan-tile paper 7i per cent. Exchange Irregular. Sterling: Demand 13 887t: cables 13 - 89. Francs; Demand 7.26c: cables 7.28c. Bi '-ian francs. Demand 7.69c; cables 7.61c. Guilders Demand 34 ?r,c; cables 34.35c. Lin Demand 8.46o: cables 3 48c. Marks: Demand 1.73c, cables 1.74c. Greece: Demand 7.35c. Argentine: Demand 35 12c. Brazilian: Demand 16.12c. Stontre.'il 12 3 1-16 per cent discount. Time loans. t'.O days. 90 days, 6 months 7 tier cent. Call money stead v; high 7 per cent; low 7 per cent ruling rate 7 pr cent: closing hid 6 per cent; offered at 7 per cent; List loan 7 per cent. CHICAGO FUTURES. CHICAGO. Feb. 14. Open High Low Close Wheat-March Wheat-March $U3 $1 70vt J r,: ji 701; May 1.521 1.594 1.5SM 1 59 iorn May 67S .70 67S 70 July 69S .72 . .69V4 .72V Oats M iv .44 .45 .44 .45 July .44 .4C.4 .44 46 Pork-May Pork-May 20.80 21 10 20.80 21.10 Lard-May Lard-May 12.20 12.37 12 20 12.25 July 12.55 12. 67 12 55 12 CO Ribs May 11 25 11 45 11 22 11.32 -- |
