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Show MAJORITY OF GAINS IN PRICES OF STOCKS New York. March 1. Most prices of stocks showed a majority of gain's today, but there was a mixture . or losses including gome of tho act,vo speculative loaders. Southern RaU- way preferred, Kansas City Southern and Amalgamated Copper 'rose . and I Kul0?maclflc' Loulsvl" '& Nashville. ! the Wisconsin Central , stocks and j Brooklyn Transit large fractions. Norfolk Nor-folk & Western declined 3-4 Dealings Deal-ings were only in moderate volume ' When prices began to show a rising tendency, largo orders for Reading poured into the market ,and tho Mat stiffened, Reading was rushed up & .1-4 to 124 1-4. Covering' of shorts, put out in anticipation of. a supremo , court decision on the commodities clause, was a factor. Some of the minor stocks Ehowed more activity.- than of late, and especially the Wisconsin Wis-consin Central stocks. United Stale's Leather, preferred - advanced 2 1-2, Lake Erie and Western preferred and , Republic Steel preferred 2 1-4, WUcon-; WUcon-; sin Central 2, the preferred 1 1-2, Mis-' Mis-' souri Pacific 1,1-4 and Union Pacific. Wabash preferred. ChcsaDeak,s and Ohio. New York Centred, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvan-ia, Denver and Rio Grande, American Smelting, Ailfe Chalmers preferred. Republic Steel and Westinghouse Electric Elec-tric 1. Prlc?s reacted a fraction at the end of the hour. . A new spurt in Reading carried it up five points, and there was activo buying all nround the room. Wtscon- ' sin Central roue Z 3-4,' North American 2 1-2, Aemrlcan Smelting 2 1-1. New. York Central, Amalgamated' Copper, National Lead and Allls Chalmers preferred pre-ferred 2. Colorado Fuel 1 3-4, Westing-house Westing-house Electric 1 1-2, Northern Pacific, Kansas & Texas and , United States Steel 1 3-8, r.ud Southern Pacific, SU Paul, Great Northern preferred. Baltimore Bal-timore & Ohio, General Electric and. Anaconda 1. . Prices fell back again slightly at noon. ', Bond 8 were firm. v . |