The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-20
ANOTHER BREAK TO-DAY AND MAY DOWN TO 7cCG TO The RU
Stocks Repeat the Uninteresting
Story of Weeks Passed.
800" REVEALS NOVEL DIVISION
Common Advances a Point While the
Preferred Yields rs
Much.

New York, March 20-Opening price changes
of stocks to-day were very uneven and irregu-
lar. There were gains running to nearly
point in st. Paul, Metropolitan Street Rail
way, st. Louis C San Francisco and Inter-
national Paper. Evansville & Terre Haute
and Chicago, indianapolis G. Louisville lost
about a point and Reading a large fraction.
The dealings were small.
Price movements were conflicting, but the
range in the specialties was not as wide as
yesterday Liberal selling affected General
Electric, North American, American Wooden
preferred, Sugar Metropolitan Street Rail
way, Reading common and second preferred,
Delaware & Hudson, Northwestern and Ten
nessee Coal to the extent of l to points.
On the other hand Evansville & Terre Haute
and Chicago, indianapolis G. Louisville met
support and more than wiped out their open
Ing losses. Colorado Fuel, Peoples Gas, New
York, Chicago & st. Louis, st. Paul and St
Louis & San Francisco common and preferred
| made gains of from / to IL points, and Rock
Island 2A. Apprehension over the labor, dis
pute affected the Ccalers. Corn products,
common and preferred were dealt in at 3344a@
34S< and S714@SSA, which represented sharp
rise over yesterdays curb price. Amalga-
mated Copper advanced a point before III
o'clock.
Business decreased and the market was in
cined to ease Off, although there was bidding
up OF Amalgsnated Copper, Louisville and
the Colorado & Southern stocks Previous
gains in the st. Louis & San Francisco stocks
were cancelled and Rock Island lost point.
Sugar and the Readings were sold on rallies
and Colorado Fuel worked down to near yes
teray's close. Net losses of l to 2 points
occurred in Westinghouse Electric, Brooklyn
Union Gas and Consolidated Gas. 800" COM
mon advanced i, while the preferred yielded
as much. .... -
Simultaneous bidding up OF Colorado Fuel
and North American, which put the former
points over yesterdays close and the latter
AZ above the lowest, caused steadier tone
to most stocks but there was fresh selling
in spots General Electric recsdcd points,
Lake Erie & Western tx, and American Grass
Irvine III. Metropolitan Street Railway re-
covered to opening figures and the railroads,
while dull We're well held.
With the exception of a rally of over in
sugar and e gain of a point in Manhattan,
the notable movements were still restricted TO
less we'll known stocks Chicago Union Trac-
ton and Long Island rose 21a, Hooking VAL
ley 11a and Rutland preferred point and
American Grass Irvine, Lake Erie & West
ern Tennessee Coal rallied 1918. On the
other hand United States Express lost 2,
Continental Tobacco preferred a point and
General Electric 6. .'
Brooklyn Transit rose point on the au-
thorization of the proposed bond issue by the
stockholders to-day, ana Metropoiilau az
yanced somewhat. Long Island extended It's
rise to 31a, and International Power jumped
"a. Gains Of to were made by New
York Air Brake, United States Rubber pre-
+ ferred, Union Bag and Paper and Twin City
Rapid Transit. Northwestern preferred
gained 3 and the common rallied point.
Colorado Fuel touched 107, yesterdays high
level, and General Electric recovered 4.
Bonds were irregular
Stock quotations reDorted for The Journal
by Watson & Co., Chamber of Commerce,
Minneapolis. ..- 49,
Closing figures are bid.