Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-14
No Fresh incentives to SpeCu-
lative Activity Today.
LEADERS WERE NEGLECTED
Industr;als and the Specialities Ad-
vance Rapidly.
FEW IMPORTANT INCIDENTS
Politics Occupied the Major Para OF
Days Dscussion-London Gen
orally Heavy.
LEADERS WERE NEGLECTED
FEW IMPORTANT INCIDENTS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star
NEW YORK April lit would be
fair subject for debate whether the trans
actions in the stock market today were
,ess significant in point of onahtE OF
quantity. While large number or tine
Industrial issues and the so-called special
ties were advanced rapidly. the usually
active railway and other shares were Al
most neglected and fluctuated within the
narrowcst limits. Specific reasons. or at
any rate gossip were forthcoming In al
legged explanations Of the movements In
such stocks as Railway Steel Spring. VIZ
sinia-Carolina Chemical, Grass TWlne'
Central Leather etc. but these were con-
vincing chiefly to those directly interested
rather than to the public at large.
The day opened with no fresh incentives
10 speculatiye activity in either direction
and there were few important occurrences
with the course Of the business session.
The London stock market was generally
heavy, but operations here Tor 1orelsu
account were again conducted upon the
same unimportant scale as OF SeNerat
weeks past. \ further rise In STEERING
Exchange directed renewed attention TO.
ward the likelihood of early exports OF
gold, but that prospect was only NOM
inal influence in the transactions IN Sc
curities.
Little Market influence.
Politics again came in for the major
portion of discussion. but while. as might
be expected, vigorous views were ex-
pressed with regard to the personalities
and probabilities involved, 1t could scarce
" be stated that even that topic attained
the dignity of a market influence. except
perhaps in REFRESHING active trading.
Taken altogether, the days market was
the most featureless and insignificant OF
a long period displaying the same ten
Union Pacific together with the special
ties previously mentioned, made upon oc-
casions a show of animation. put at no
time did any of these issues preserve
well sustained tone
Further discussion OF the prospective
showing of the United States Steel Cor
poration of the ending of the quarter was
conducted without any special enect up"
on the prices of the securities involved,
and there was no material alteration in
the general estimates of the returns for
the period in question.
Anal. Copper Not Affected.
:. Amalgarhated Copper was not further
materially Influenced by the reaction in
that trade. as illustrated in yesterdays
rather sharp cut in the selling prices
for the metal.
1t would, indeed be difhcult to pick out
any movement in any particular stocks
or deduce from the various shifts In the
market at large any other than the SIM
plest technical explanations.
As was tine case with the London stock
market, the stagnation in the local deal
ings was naturally attributed in great
mea sure TO the approaching holidays. but
were these not forthcoming Wall street
would doubtless have hit upon some equal
ly specific and plausible explanation OF
the days occurrences or the absence OF
any.