The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-18
SUGAR CENTER OF
EXCITED TRADING
PRICE FLUoFUAFEs WILDLY
AFTER A BIG ADVANCE.
Copper Another Feature Of the Market
Business in Larger Volume Than
at ANY Time This Week Large Pur-
chases Garry st. Paul and Other Rail
roads Up.

New York, Nov. 18.-Excited trading In sugar,
Amalgamated Copper and Chesapeake & Ohio was
the feature of the opening stock market TODAY:
but there were large gains also at other points of
the list. The, dealings in the three principal
active stocks were in blocks of 1000 to 5000
shares, Sugar huctuated wildly over range
OF point at an extreme advance OF ~. ANAL
gahated Copper's extreme rise was rs, as was
that in Chesapeake & Ohio. Mailing preferred
rose ~, New York, Chicago st. Louis and
Chicago & Alton point, and Locomotive, Colo
RADIO Fuel, United States Steel preferred, Brook
Ign Transit and Smelling q point. There was
jump Of 2h in Vulcan DEFINING.
Some irregularity followed the opening bulge
In prices under rush to take profits Business
was In larger volume than at any time during
the week, and the variety of stocks dealt in ex-
tensive The conflicting movements Of the spe-
| and Union Pacific, Louisville &, Nashville and
Southern Pacific sold under yesterdays final
prices. United States. Steel and Tennessee Coal
also gave way, the latter point. i Large pur-
chases Of St. Paul Atchison, Missouri Pacific and
Southern Railway ensued later, and the general
railroad list outside Of the Pacifcs responded
Butterick Publishing 3h the Allis- Chalmers
j stocks 21a, Atchison preferred Central Railroad
! of New Jersey: Missouri Pacific, Reading Kansas
| 4 Texas preferred Mexican Central, United
States Steel preferred Republic Steel, Brooklyn
Transit and Corn Products to ", and great
many other minor stocks to a similar extent.
/ Readings rise of y was followed by St. Paul
for much. North Western and Wabash pre-
| ferred rose !, Great Northern preferred 3, Chi
icago Union Traction preferred and Alis- almers
3, the preferred 4 United Fruit 3A and other
individual stocks less amounts But proft-tak.
| ing meanwhile depressed the general list carry.
ing back st. Paul and Wabash preferred point,
and Union: Pacific, Amalgamated Copper and Del
aware q Hudson point under last night. Sugar
reacted In and Chicago & Eastern Illinois pre-
ferred certificates lost g. The market was quiet
and steady at noon. Bonds were firm at noon.
The noon recovery IN price carried some OF the
active speeialties up sharply, Amalgamated Cop
M To- &p{oI, coINc md
Sugar touching 1872 Small fractions measured
the extent of the rally in the prominent RAILROAD
stocks outside OF Union Pacific, which practically
rcgained its loss. Minor stocks continued t,
figure largely in the dealings, and fluctuations O.
point or more either way by this class of stocks
were numerous. Nashville, Chattanooga s. st
Louis railroad securities, Grass Twins, American
) Telephone, American Wooden the steel foundr!
|. stocks, Sugar preferred Snuff and Hide 1
Leather preferred rising 1 to 2, and Lacled
Gas preferred s. Detroit Southern preferred fel
" and Federal Mining l.
Prominent stocks were bought steadily dtirin,
the afternoon and most Of them recovered to tn
high prices of the morning. Contributory infp
en ICES, to the rise were ths22point gain in Roc
t Island preferred and the renewed support t
United States Steel, which touched 49, Allis
Chalmers extended Its advance to Az, the pre-
Tered 5, Westinghoqse Electric first preferred
ferred. S1oss Settled SteeBand American Distric
Telegraph L. Great Northern preferred lost it
early rise of points and Beet Sugar and Kan
Railway 3k lower.
j The whole list gave! way in the final hou,
carrying stocks to the4lowest of the day. s.
Pauls gain was changed to a loss Of Is, and tn
gains in prominents stocks were generally car
celed Southern Pacific, Louisville & Nashville
Hooking Valley preferred Minneapolis st. Par
Sault Ste Marie, Illinois Central, Norfolk .
i Western, Realty, Manhatt-l. Metropolitan Sect
81 rites and Colorado Fuel fell to 81 below las
night, and Delaware & Hudson 2. There werr
2-point gains for Locomotive and Republic Stee
preferred, and for Wells-Fargo Express tn
closing was active and weak
Stock Quotations reported for The journal
Watson $50 brokers, Chamber Of Commerce
Minneapolis Closing figures are bid.