The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-03
THE STOCK MARKET
sPrcr-Y.ATrvr INTEREST IS DIMINISH T a-17- m IN A MEASURE.
violent Movement In a Few securW.sS, '''s Operators Being Influenced by Vas"o RumOrs Rexnrdinz Varfous
 Merger Propositions.

New Tor, Feb cz.--The feverish actmiey tndey
 and violent movements in few st9GnS t39sG,nnSnisSed
 ssnosa sa.nsr srs. ,s n the market
 whole. Such falling off of interest nsriod
 yayering of prices usually, fHneW HEs that which
 has occurred this week. The forcsa nsssrad H8-sdI
 ation irt the early part of the week ssy vit bear
 party which Brought out stocks on the de-
 cline with great freedom. . oover
 was a strong factor in the rally and the the
 uncertain tone of todays market was hasr
 xs tss. ssss sDen
 terest as there was today concernea caes ,r ali almost entirely with merger projects asT,nsd sr 1 and dethiiad staternents of alleged terms.
 Some sort of combination amonEst ,r,,o- moriy accented as ar, Accomplished fact Enormous individual transactions m Ameas :,
 sint s,des sPpsd Ssa Father e on sentiment and seemed to De an ihhuenSe
 Sn the hsayy tone of xsalsb shf of detail of as
 sertion also regardipg the terms pi ds uhe .Sy,,-
 posed disposition of the ir2n sy 1Ts Iaron romosny The supnosision persists that deal with the l.s United states Steel corroration for is thts
 of the Great Northern Is publicly rep1rtsq a, denying the asertion movement IT v VT xss
 sf,e ewiar as to the large holdings that treasury from the Northern Securities set
 rae Southern iron group also made vivid response to revived merger stVItS The character of these advices seemed 70 M os regarded with. some distrnst sfsaotsd ana ubv the seeming deadlock Tn the ettorts oi z settlement of the wage dispute between tne coal miners and operators I The bank statement outlook probaoiy Iau some depressing effect on the genera n,I, n,,h~ : ket. The absorption of funds by the, sun- ,s.
 h,s Sssk h2S whr slreaa tSi. fess win be offset by a gain on the balance from tne III IT terior estimated at over s3,0oo.0eo the move ntent from the interior Is less pronounceo call money market held quite firm. but this was supposed to be the passing etfeet 9I tt ths first of the month requirements WIIn ths ths indicated loss In cash, however. anu tn' pansion the outlook is for poor bank state rnent tomorrow. ..a,- Rates for foreign exchange were maintain. [ ed and it is still considered probable Lnet gold will go out A further rise m sssrins s ~; | exchange at Paris lesened the margin oi profit on a gold export. but conditions Wert | favorable for an outEo to South Ameri.Sis .i | The high interest rates prevailing m tus ! first week of January served 10 InAke tus as average interest charges high Tor the iTon.i ! ary accounts to operators In stocKs. WniGn i went out yesterday had some erect r. n ! checking speculative enthusiasm; t nt | weeks enormous corn exports which reacnse the record figures of s.2ss55s pnsneiS iun,s tts ! cates the sources of the free supply in ths ths 1 foreign exchange market. The general ilsl | made some recovery from the declines ahD | the closing tone remained irregular
 Bonds were irregular Total saies ,I2cr paI | value ss.17s.oo0. United states "s' eoNP'i l advanced b per cent on call. l NEw YORK STOCK LIST.