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Show PRICES DECLINE IN OPENING DEALINGS Now York, March 15. Very light offerings of-ferings of stocks caused opening declines de-clines in prices, running to a point iu lirle First Preferred and to a large friction in Ontario & Western. Erie and Northern Pacific. Hocking Coal advanced a point. The market showed a disposition to advance, but the active inquiries lor stocks were limited to a rcw ot too specialties. Reading was purchased steadily and touched 125 3-1, a gain ot 1 1-1. Consolidated Gas una Peoples Gas also showed unusuai animation and moved up 1 3-4 and 2 points respectively. re-spectively. American Ueet Sugar hnrdened 11-4 and American Malting preferred 1. An Initial decline of three points in American Sugar was followed by a rally of a point. Lake Erie & Western preferred sagged z 34 and National Na-tional Biscuit and Allls Cnaimers preferred pre-ferred 1. The moderate activity lapsed into semi-stagnation after tho first hour, and prices became almost immovable. American Ico rose a point; bonds wero heavy. |