The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-10
STOCK MARKET FEATURES
BULLISH FEELING AND PRICES
 HIGHER.

Leading Shares Pushed Up From Two
 to Nine Points-GoId Imports Talked
 of--OutIook for Bank statement--
 Trading BrOadened--BuII '"Tips" That
 Were Made GOod--Other Gossip
 The stock market was strong nearly all day yesterday, and leading active shares rose from 2 to points
 All the pessimistic talk of the last week seemed to be forgotten, and the coal-strike talk and other bear talk was ignored.
 The happier feeling was attributed to the prospect of gold imports.
 With the Moroccan dispute out of the way, Europe is expected to turn to the United States as an inviting field for investment and speculation.
 Already European buying has been largely instrumental in furnishing a sufficient volume of exchange to bring demand sterling to the verge of the gold-importing point.
 The character of yesterdays opera tions had the "earmarks" of violent bidding up for the purpose of lifting the market out of it's lethargy.
 There was a fresh break of a cent in wheat and corn the former reaching new low record. This is a step in the direction of increased exports of cere- als, and cotton exports have recently been on a heavier scale.
 Trading was much broader. and 1t looked as if there was a combined ef- fort to resume operations where they left off at the end of January, which was about the top of the rise.
 Y was reported that Keene was again active on the bull side and was working in unison with Gates.
 That there was a great deal of man. ipulation in such issues as Colorado Fuel, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Copper, Anaconda and Sugar Refining there seemed no question.
 A theory was that Keene and Gates were being backed by the Standard Oil interests, and that '26 Broadway had picked up a big lot of stock on the present decline which it proposed mar keting higher up.
 The jumps in Amalgamated Copper, Union Pacific and some other stocks went to confirm the theory that the Standard oil party was again bullish.
 Forecasts of to-days bank statement were favorable
 The much-talked-of sale of ore and coal lands Co the United States Steel ! corporation was again brought ouu. This also affected the Hill railroad [ shares, and was accountable for the rapid advance in Great Northern pre- ferred, with Northern Pacific sympa- thizing.
 Although no reports of gold forw im- port were announced, 1t was general belief that some will be made public the first of next week. A consignment of about $3OOO,O00, which is now on the way to London, sexpected to be secur- ed by a local banking institution for New York.
 In the published "free-tip" class this week there was Amalgamated Copper on Wednesday, Atchison on Thursday and American Sugar Refining yesterday among the higher-prced stocks, while, one tipster, who was evidently eater ing to the poor man. served up yester- day Rock Island and Comstock Tunnel All the tips were made good.
 Owing to the timely receipt of addi- tional public deposits the banks are able to make a fair showing in the cash of the week. How the re- ] ease of $260O,O0 additional government 'unds will affect to-day's official return 8 another question.
 A considerable volume of security pills in the exchange market reflected he London buying of our stocks
 Atchison yesterday failed to retain its eadership of Thursday, and its action I indicated that it's movement then had ,een manipulated to start the general ist.