The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-10
THE EDITORS VIEWS
What New York Evening Papers Have
to Say About Yesterdays Trading.
(Speclal to The Times Dispatch

Special to The Times ispatch.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 9-The Evening Post
says: There was n very general Increase
to-day total transactions reaching the
highest figure of any day since the 18th
Of January. when S9l,oD shares. changed
hands. Prices advanced throughout the
not more than fractional Business, how
ever, was unusually we'll distributed. The
ease N ga call money which vas quoted
8ure, had something to do with this.
Closing prices were not much below the
best somewhat interesting episode Of the
day was revival Of very considerable ac-5
-tiVity IN the copper shares at Boston In
connection with the low call money rate,
stering e., exchange n 1! went up another frac-
watching at present. 1t is relatively high
er than the rate at Paris, which suggests
4 the possibility. that. il Triangular opera
be based on the German market rather
than that Of France.
aS dIa n95 P ss that hat ct
with the strength Of to-day's market Eff
forts were made, very naturally, to con-
nect the movement Of prices with some
legic OF such association was not clear
The Littlefeld publicity and anti-rebate''
SSnl. which went through the House on
generally expected to pass into law this
session. If 1t We're to pass the Senate 1t
fo not a5ST the situation very serious
tie Stock Exchange Listing COMMITTEES
o s thone es sy ne
bill. and Its prohibition OF rebates and
seem likely to hurt even the feeling Of
STANDARD OIL. 1t Is. this fact which lends
most interest to the extraordinary tale
OF the Senate kilograms a story whose
Iato n lie tOf fN1N IL
frmances, OF a gTidiron club dinner than
like a serious move in dealing with leg
1slation.
The Commercial-Adver says: Tho
impression that the quieting down in the
speculative proceedings toward the close
unfavorabse. bank statement was fully
borne out by to-day.'s events. At IL
o'clock this morning American stocks in
ally below Saturdays New York parity
But our market, paying, no attention &c
this clrcumstance; Started off with rush
Instead OF the Monday morning orders
through the mail being to sell, rs some
had expected, these orders Were to buy
and, Joined to the. operations. of the pools
CALLED Gould stocks. Wabash and Missouri
Pacific more partcularlv. took the lead
both Of them shooting, up point in short
sul: of the, soft coal labor settlement
heavy purchases set IN in chcsnpcak'
and ONO NnFTolE and Western, Wheel
ing and axe Icric and various other IS
g'i.s Of ttlo bitliminoua CARRYING Ines II
snnn h'rcArnn evident however. that tn.
f,nIEet WINS broadening rapidly and thn1
shs nav speculative energy would not
eonnns itself merely 10 one or two parti.
oular grouTIs OF stocks. Scarcely any re.
cotton TO ,speek OF, appeared in the gen.
fr,l list bis on the contrary the mar.
kot s.smee TO be constantly gathering
strength ms II went on BY midday tho
epso,hattxo current began to set strongly
IN tho direction OF the Granger shares
knd those o. the Transcontinenta roads
Which have for n long time lain dormant
Hock Island was taken In hand and bid llr
sharply ON enormous trading and I'm the
early afternoon ST Paul Union pcjfic
louisville and Nashville Texas IoacjnT
and other Of the old-tme fayorites BEGAN
y TO reflect tho speculative revival.
Tho Evening Sun SAYS Sotwithstand.
y Ing n moderate depression IN the London
market whichrwas said to be 10 some ex.
tent due to uneasiness respecting the Sit.
uaton IN the Balkans, and despite the
nnfavorable impression created by Sat,
urday's bank statement. this mornings
stock market was actually the strongest
2 md broadest that has been witnessed IN
korne time AS against the matters men,
Z Honed, upon which nm unfayorahla con,
Btrurfion might be placed, there was com.
/ prtsad In the day's reckonings the yirtua
asttlement OF tho Venezuelan business