The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-03
TRADING Dull
ON WALL STREET
AGGRESSIVE BUYING OF sPE.
CIALTIEs HELPS WHOLE LIST.
Standard Stocks Rule Near Yester-
days Closing Prices Changes Small
and Very Much NIixed-Erie and
Pennsylvania Bought Freely and
Acknowledging of the Whole
Days Proceedings.

New York, Dec. 8.--Of the three stocks
which spurted upward in the closing deal
opened UP Is, Colorado Fuel was un-l
changed and Sugar fell u at the opening
Of the stock market to-day. Changes in
the general list were very much mixed
and shall as q. rule. Tennessee Coal rose
a point and Southern Pacific and Cana
dian Pacific declined "a.
Aggressive buying of few speeialties
gave tone to the whole market, and prices
rose slightly on large dealings United
States Steel preferred, Arnalgamated.
BROOKLYN Transit and Peoples Gas We're in
the best demand, and the last two named
advanced a. point.
Similar gains were made in Westing-
house Electric, Smelling, Metropolitan
Street Railway, Kansas City Southern pre-
ferred, New Haven, Reading second pre-
ferred and Long Island. Delaware & Hud-
son and Ice preferred sold IA and Sloss
Sheffield Steel preferred 2 points higher.
Standard stocks ruled near to yester-
days final prices, with considerable stock
changing hands. Colorado Fuel reacted
a point on profit taking. Railroad stocks
dropped slightly near II o'clock and Cana
dian Pacific lost II.
The selling movement carried Sugar
and Southern Pacific down a. point, Realty
preferred 11a and Colorado Fuel ~.
United States Steel preferred and Anal
gamated Copper lost their advances
Large buying Of Erie carried it to 3D.
and Pennsylvania rose to A over last
night. The reaction elsewhere was
checked. but conservatism was showing
about following the special movements
The trading was decidedly dull.
Bonds were irregular at noon
| Stocks of all classes were bought heav-
| lily and the market showed greater ami
| nation than for a long time. The coalerS
| IN 1or ,fco and fIoi1
| strength gradually extended to the spe.
cialties and the railroad stocks. Readins
| first and second preferred, Delaware
| Hudson and Tennessee Coal were lifted
! to IA. International Paper preferred
| jumped 3, but lost nearly all its rise
Among the advances of a point registered
| were st. Paul, Missouri Pacific, North
| Western preferred Erie second preferred
| Norfolk & Western, Reading and Republic
| Steel preferred. The buying movement
| slackened at / o'clock and there was {
general easing off.
| Brooklyn Transit took up the advanc,
| with a rise of rs. Some of the activ,
stocks went higher, altho the fluctuations
| generally were very slight. PennsylVani;
touched 1173s and Reading sold above, A
/ Westinghouse Electric gained points
| Rubber Goods preferred 2, and Amaga
| mated Copper, United States Steel pre-
/ ferred, North Western, Smelling pre-
/ 1erfeu, hallway investment. preferred
! Corn Products preferred, Atchison an
Manhattan, to liz. International Pape
preferred moved very erratically, an
after rallying 21s, fell back below yes
terday's closing. Anaconda yielded In
4 despite Amalgamated's strength, and Can
ada Southern also fell, 25s. st. Paul an
Omaha preferred sold at 172, compare
i with 100, the previous sale in May.
Il Other stocks came into the movement
Union Pacific, Illinois Central, Wabas
preferred, Chesapeake }& Ohio, Baltinor
& Ohio and a number Of less prominer
stocks rising from l. to 2 points. Pitts
burg, Cleveland, Chicago & st. Louis ros
2, the preferred 6, Westinghouse Electri
first preferred and Minneapolis & S
. Louis preferred 5, Union Pacific preferred
Rubber Goods preferred, Republic Ste
preferred, Minneap polls & st. Louis, S
Joseph & Grand Island first preferred an
Pressed Steel Car 3, and Railway Invest
ment 2. Realizing brought prices bac
a fraction, but the market rallied whe
Brooklyn Transit ran up to above As an
United States Steel preferred gained ~
There was some renewal of realizing, bl
the closing was generally strong and vel
active.
Stock quotations reported for The Jourr
: by Watson & Co., Chamber of Commerce, Minn
apolis. -" =
i Closing figures are bid