Show WORLDS MARKETS new york april 6 industrial stocks took a prominent place in the opening trading oday and showed some there were running gales of shares of U S steel at 18 1 8 and 12 1 2 compared with 99 58 5 8 last night ana the common rose an extreme hall on the transfer of shadrea car made a gain of 1 12 1 2 ana locomotive lend federal mining preferred and brooklyn transit about a point buoyant trading in a number of specialties and ordinarily railroads that have been for some time features of interest failed at first to stimulate tho recognized standard stocks and gome of them actually tell below yesterdays closing after the effect of tho opening rise wore off it was not until st paul was taken in hand and marked up two points that bamo bomo other railroad stocks began to show strength union pacific was rapidly lifted a point american smelling smelting Sm elting boac 2 38 3 8 tao metal stocks were bought at steadily improving price F S steel preferred selling at 78 7 8 or within one point of its record price made in 1901 belated advances ot a point or more made by southern pacific norfolk western kansas texas preferred toledo st louis western amalgamated copper tennessee coal pressed steel car preferred and steel foundries preferred st joo grand island roso 3 34 3 4 and federal mining 3 there wa a halt in the buying and a reaction running to 1 34 3 4 in smelling smelting Sm elting 1 13 in atlantic coast line and 1 in missouri pacific lead and smelling smelting Sm elting preferred the quick subsidence of offerings at the lower level led to an early recovery U b steel preferred showed renewed igor on the rebound to 12 1 2 bonds were steady at noon iron trade review cleveland 0 april C the iron trade review this week says aa easier feeling appears in the pig iron market purchases or tons of bessemer iron for april delivery by the steel corporation were mado at 1550 valley furnaces for the bulk of it and 1540 at furnace for the balance tho bessemer association yielding from the stand taken one week ago for 16 at these transactions show the ot the largest interest to hold prices in check and prevent a repetition of the unhealthy boom features of 1902 they thus furnish a key to tho policy expected to prevail in finished material markets though it Is to bo said that steel billets are today slightly out af pf alon with 1550 pig southern iron can be bad at 1350 as heretofore of a ton purchase of number 2 foundry iron in the pittsburg district ono considerable lot was at 1575 furnace the general rub of foundry buyers have iron bought three months ahead and are disposed to await developments as to the second half As indicating tho attitude ot largo buy ersa 4 ton contract Is reported from chicago one of 2700 tons from new york and one of 1000 from pittsburg the city of chicago has bought tons of cast iron pipe and that industry Is enjoying unusual prosperity meanwhile pig iron production Is increasing belling firms which imported iron freely in 1902 are figuring again on business in foreign ron and steel ocean freight and prices abroad are too high for the bringing in of iron for purely home consumption but a 2 advance would start imports by seaboard consumers the building outlook Is steadily improving and plans involving large business for the structural mills are coming forward each week the american bridge company booked tons la march though Is a normal average in other lines there has been no marked activity but with few exceptions finishing are getting heavy specifications meetings oatho billet and plate associations in new york this week decided to make no change in prices bar iron lags among mill products and tho scrap market at the present level works consumption toward steel at the expense of iron leading plate mill are three months behind on delivery but bessemer tank steel can bo shipped in thirty days advances of 1 to 2 a ton have been made in light rails or which recent demand has beera unusual chicago produce chicago april C higher cables and the congested condition ot the may delivery bad a bullish effect on the wheat market today shorts were eager bidders abr may but offerings were extremely light at the opening the may option was 1 to 1 34 3 4 cents higher at io 34 3 4 july was unchanged to l ac higher at 88 78 7 8 to 89 18 1 8 may continued very nervous while july after selling at 88 5 83 4 steadied around 89 higher cables due to light stocks in the united kingdom created een in the corn market july opened a shade higher at 48 14 1 4 to 48 38 3 8 july oaid opened unchanged to a shade higher at 30 to 8 and sold up to 30 14 1 4 selling ot lard by a prominent packer caused an eaty tone in tho provisions market july pork opened 2 l ac higher at 1320 and sold off to 1315 lard opened 2 l ac higher and sold at 12 1 2 and eased 0 o 12 1 2 ribs opened unchanged at and sold down io sugar and coffee new york april 6 sugar raw quiet fair refining 4 1516 15 16 centrifugal test 4 1516 15 16 molasses sugar 4 refined steady crushed 65 powdered granulated COFFEE steady no 7 rio 7 58 5 8 wool st louig april fi wool steady territory and western mediums 22 23 alno copper and lead now york april G copper and lead quiet and unchanged wheat chicago april 6 wheat no 2 red no 3 red no 2 hard no 3 hard 15 no 1 northern no 2 northern no 3 spring chicago livestock chicago april 6 Cattle Receipts market loc higher good to choice steers poor to medium stockers and feeders cows canners belh bahea hogs receipts tomorrow strong to be higher mixed and butchers 12 1 2 good to choice heavy rough heavy light bulk 0 sales sheep receipts sheep and cambs iambs steady good to choice fair to choice mixed western sheep 00 native lamba CO western lamba 4 kansas city livestock kansas city april 6 market loc higher na diio steers native cows and heffers heifers stockers and feeders built calves western fed steers western fed cows hoga receipts steady ta strong bulk of aalee heavy packers pigs and light Sheep Receipts steady lambi lower mutton lamba range bethera LOO fed ewes omaha livestock april 6 cattle receipts active native cows and heffers heifers western steers bannera stockers and calves bulla and stags hogs receipts stronger heavy 12 1 2 mixed 12 1 2 light pigs bulk of sales 12 1 2 sheep receipts steady western ewed lamba 6 new york bonds U B refunding as registered U S refunding as coupon U S Ss registered U S as coupon 05 U S new as registered U S olds registered as V S olds coupon registered american tobacco as cert 75 american tobacco ca as atchason Atch lson general as atchason Atch lson adjustment as SC atlantic coast line as baltimore and ohio as baltimore and ohio 3 12 1 2 85 centra of georgia as i ha central of georgia ie inc 92 central of georgia and 2nd anc JG chesapeake and ohio chicago and alton as sl chicago B and Q new as 99 chicago R I 1 and R R R R as 94 C C C and st louis gen chicago as i 97 colorado midland as 75 colorado and southern as 95 cuba as and rio grande as distillers securities as 80 erie prior feln 4 erie general 48 93 ft worth and denver city hocking valley as japan certificates Cs L and nash unified 48 manhattan con gold as a mexican central as 77 mexican central ast 1st inc 24 glnn and st louis as oad 95 mis kansas and texas as mis kansas and tex con ends 85 N R R of mex consola as slat N Y central gen ays new jersey central general northern as northern pacific as 76 norfolk and western con aa oregon short line as 97 penn colv as northern pacific as 1024 st louis and iron mt con as SC X and san fran fg as 91 st louis con as r sava seaboard Seabo ayd air line as sa bouthern Bau thern 4 southern railway as texas and pacific ats issa toledo S L and western aa union pacific as IT S steel ends Gs W wabash lets wabash deb B western md as 81 and lake eric as 03 i wisconsin central as 04 |