Evening star., 1905-10-23
Price Betterment Made Fur
ther Progress Today.
AGGRESSIVE STRENGTH
TRADING WAS UPON AN EN-
LARGED SCALE.
Money Market Conditions Were
Mutually NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing Sales in an Immense Volume.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 23.-The better
ment in stock market conditions which SGT
IN toward the middle of last week mace
further progress today. Trading was upon
an enlarged scale of activity. and the Stock
market at large showed assres"ise
strength Those persons who wish 10 nave
explicit explanations advanced Tor the
course of prices in each days market
would have to go unsatisfied so far as the
present occasion was concerned. ihere
were no new developments OF any cohse-
uuencs over Sunday. and none OF any
moment with the course of the business
session.
Money market conditions were virtually
unaltered. rates for loans for various
periods ruling with the figures quoted In
last weeks slight reaction.
starting exchange remained exceedingly
Arm. but the consequent discussion win re-
gard TO the likelihood Of an export move
ment OF gold had no effect upon the deanngs
In securities. It appeared simply to be the
case that the buying demand Tor STOCKS
which was evident in such pronounced form
last Thursday had been maintained, with
the usual effect of producing an Increased
outside interest in the speculation
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Immense volume were conducted. particular
ly near the opening of business, ana uhuei
this iiui,idation the market bent Dy the up
ward movement in prices was resumed.
Dealings on a Large Scale.
During the forenoon the dealings were
upon very large scale OF ACTIVITY pu'
after midday there was some faliins away
IN this respect and rather more irregularity
of price movements. The London STOCK
market was dull and irregular, as usual III
advance of the fortnightly settlement upon
the stock exchange at that point
Operations here for foreign account ioi
lowing upon a somewhat lower range OF
prices for American stocks cabled from
the London market were on the buying
side to the ertent of 10000 or 2O.OOo shares.
AS was the case throughout last week
dealings the Industrial stocks and those OF
a miscellaneous classification were very
prominent In the days transactions.
Notwithstanding that fact however, the
trading reflected wide distribution OF IN
terest Brooklyn Rapid Transit was again
a conspicuous feature. although that STOCK,
together with the Metropolitan issues and
Consolidated Gas. showed some 1rregularlty
with the course of the day, the explanation
OF which was apparent an access OF uneasi-
ness with respect to the outcome OF the
approaching myoralty election.
The industrial and miscellaneous stocks
showed number of advances ranging from
1 to points. The most extensive maximum
gains there were in New York Air Brake
American Locomotive American Car and
Foundry, the Allls Chalmers shares
Pressed Steel Car, General Electric and
Corn products.
Dealings on a Large Scale.
The enormous corn crop was referred to
In connection with the movement in the
last-named stock, while the gossip and dis
cussion relating to transactions in this
quarter of the market at large rested main
iy upon the same consideration which were
similarly effective last week.
A marked degree of strength pervaded the
whole group of these stocks from Grass
Twine TO United States Steel preferred. The
disposition to realize profit was rather more
clearly reflected in the railway list than