Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-22
GETTING OVER THE SPEECH SCARE
Operators Now Regarding the Utter.
ances of Roosevelt and Taft as of
Secondary mportancc-Local Money
stringency Hurts the Market-The
Total Sales and Closing Quotations
nv Aasoclniod prn;ss =

the smallest in II fortnight while the
market movement was narrow with
II heavy undcrtonc. The recent speech.
as OF President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Tart We're again the topic of
general discussion but .thcrc was u
disposition to regard them as matters
of secondary Importance. Conditions
abroad. the local money stringency
and the failure OF two commercial
houses. one of them an old established
grocery firm. were among the days
diverse influences. Shares of the
lntcrborongh Manhattan Company
and affiliated lines were again con
spicuous for their extreme weakness
declines being accompanied by n re.
newal OF rumors OF rcceivership pro-
cecdngs.
a slight addition to our gold ex-
ports OF the early week was announced
together with smart advance in
demand sterling. London traded on
both sides of the market hero. pur.
classes and sales being about equally
divided. Almost the only hopeful fca.
lure of the day was the news from
pittsburg and other Industrial centers
tnat some of the railroads had renew
mcnt work after Il protracted period
of retrcnchmcnt. OF the market there
Is little to say. except that the days
business was wholly professional and
limited to the speculative favoritcs
with Union Pacific the leader. Trad
ing during the late session dwindled
to the most nominal proportions with
frequent periods Of utter stagnation
Tho IfnpI ham
in tho situation and the closing was
heavy, with Il number of net losses
in active group. Time money was
showing an advance for 90 days's loan.
Little money was offered and all
transactions were really subject to
individual negotiation.
Railroad bonds were heavy with no
change in governments in call.
Total sales of bonds par value, were
SSOi,000. Total sales today 33S, 300
ialtares including: Copper, 30. 100:
Sugar 1,000 Tobacco. 200; L. & ~
700 Reading, $4,000: Southern Rail.
way, l.d0O Union Pacific. CO 600; u.
s. steel. 2S.9O0; V. C. c.. 100: V. c. C
pfd, 200; Sloss Sheffield, 800.
Adams Express
lhhiSilllittu AOIiptT bNtS
American Car & Foundry $500. 3Gk
American Car & Foundry pfd :. 1914
American Cotton Oil ........ 30A
American Cotton Oil pfd. ..... 50
American Express $50
american Hide & Leather pfd.. 15M
American Ice SO
American Linseed Oil ..... az
American Linsecd Oil pGd. II
tf... al
american Locomotive .......... 50H
American Locomotive pfd ... %
American Smelling e Ring 80. 9ia
American Smelling & Rfning pfd 9i7s
American Sugar Refining .....113
American Tobacco. pfd. ccrtif.. 20
Anaconda Mining Co ....... AK
Atchison "a
Atchlson pid Observation-Disclosures. 30
Atlantic Coast Limo ......, sou
baltimore e Ohio .... SSl6
baltimore & Ohio pfd .... 81
l'rooklyn Rapid Transit ....... Az
Canadian Pacific .. 162N
Central of New Jersey .....1G5
Chesapeake & Ohio 81
Chicago Great Western .. 9%
Chicago & Northwestern ...1433s
Chicago. Mil e st. Paul ....11S3
Chicago Terminal e Trans 8
Chicago Terminal e Trans pfd. 10
c. c.. c. & st. Louis 5Sh
Colorado Fuel e Iron .. %
Colorado e Southern 211h
Colorado & Southern LIST pfd 49,. 50b
Colorado 4 Southern md pfd 40
Gas log
Corn Products 1914
Corn Products pfd ...... 81
Delaware & Hudson ..15O
Delaware. Lakawanna & West. .440
Denver & Rio Grandc. %
Denver & Rio Grande pfd G5
Distillcrs' Securities 447S
~, '.....'.-... 2o1s
Erie LIST pfd 52X
Erie md pfd 34lS
General Electric .I22T
illinois Central 1872
Paper .......... II
Paper pfd ........ II
Pump ............ 1919
Pump pfd ...... ca
Iowa Central Is
Iowa Central pfd ............. 80
Kansas City Southern %
Kansas City Southern pfd. 49,. 50A
Louisville e Nashville Jos
Mexican Central ... 17lS
'iinncapolis & st. Louis 40
Aim. st, y. & Sault Ste. NJ. 94H
Mimi, St p. & Sault st. NJ. pfd. .120
Missouri Pacific ... 66
Missouri, Kansas & Texas. 1914
Missouri, Kansas & Texas pfd.. 60M
Lead Az
National II. r. of Mexico pfd.. Al
New York Central ..103M
New York Ontario & Western. 31h
NnrfAllr r.