The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-24

The manipulation of yesterda was of the "6agrant' kind. according to on lockers. Hitherto 1t has been just the plain article.
 An increase in traffic Is expected to accrue to the NJ K T. on the opening, the end fthis week. of S0O0,00O acres of fertile Indian farm land by the gov ernment, 60 per cent. of which Is on the line of the M. k. T.
 There will surely be a car shortage this fall If the Idle cars, and even some of the active cars, are in the con dition described by those who have travelled and claim to be witnesses. Comment was heard on the fact that the constitution still remains to pro- tect individuals and corporations, and that for the protection of corporations and individuals the Judiciary continues to be in good working order.
 William Rockefeller ig said to be talk ing a personal interest in the market at the present time. He has beeh in terested In the market these many days, but presumably has not had a personal interest In it. The question arises as to what the particular brand could it have been?
 A good authority on Atchison ex. presses great confidence in the outlook for the company's business. Ills op. tmism is directly due to the pros poets for heavy corn and cotton ton mage. The most experienced observers predict an enormous yield of corn this year on account of the early super abundance of moisture in a consldera. ble section of the corn belt. which put the plant in position to endure. If not largely benefit from hot weather thi. month and in August.
 Old bulls are said to be returning te Brooklyn Rapid Transit They meyer could stay away long when there hap pened to be anything doing The, showed up in good form yesterday ant helped along the advance. The obIec tive point is eaid to be SO now that good start has been made but there f an apparent need for press agent O his equivalent. Developments are no made the most of, or as one comment ator put 1t, they are "only chewet over"
 There is some difference of opinio, in the financial community as to tn political effect of the Standard oil de cision. although the more general be lief ie that it will be a favorable one The main thing Is that 1t gives assur ance of the protection of propert rights and is a smart rebuke to tn trust curbing tendencies of the presen administration. the lesson of whic should be needed by the republica leaders during the rest of the cam paign.
 After all the stopping over yesterda morning on the subject of the meetln of the Steel officials, and the nots claims that the plants were to be go ready to work at the maximum c their capacity, President Corey quietl said there was nothing significant 1 the meeting, at which would be dis cussed only routine matters Th question of opening or closing mills di not come within the province of th meeting at all Thus was brutally mur dered another goose that should hay laid a golden egg
 So long as the Steel corporation in period of great depression proves fl self able to earn all its charges an the dividends now being paid on II preferred and common stock it ma not be an over-optimistic claim make that the common stock may ne, CT again sell below 40 Wall stree however. even In its bullish mood is nc inclined to accept this too literally.
 When John D. Rockefeller was 1T formed of the decision arrived at in u Standard oil case he replied, "There nOJnlng l CH0 SHy, AS q lllhlCtT fact there was nothing left to say al ter the court got through Even Juds La.ndis would have to admit that, a though 1t is reported that he talked good deal.
 Hartman people were accused selling Union Pacific, Southern Pacif
 
 and other stocks which showed a prof Morgan people were charged with sel ing Steel and Standard oil proper vii getting all they could out of St, Pa and the rest of their specialties Tal readers said this was imagination ar pointed to their authority.
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