Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-04
NEW YORK. STOCKS AND BONDS
Disposition is TO Await Mere Develop
ments IN Business Situation
FEW INDIVIDUAL ISSUES FIRM
Thefr strength ADDS Teae ~ GeueraI
List. but Speculative ~Intere.t
is LanEuId-Bond. Are
Ffrm.

NEW YORK. Feh. G-The strength ~ a
few individual stocks had a sympathetic
innnsDcs in sustaining prices IN the gen
eral list today. but speculative interest mas
lsnEuid and tire operations resulting had
but feeble effect on prices in general The
prevalent disposition "a 20 avail more DEF
ton.
A good deAl vaz made today OF what was
called an Improvement in the copper trade
situation but reports on this suh3ee; we're
cuntrsdiCttd and TIE impression conveyed
wss confused and wihfullT 50, 70 al Bp-
peErsnces The copper induEurtsls followed
The foreign lead upwards AT the opening
buI afterwards developed besilatton and
uncertain with the suspicion aroused by the
opposition reports CT trace cunditiunE Ar
other sustaining force in the Dun market
was the vitality q the bHiisf n further in
portAut deals in the railroad world The
rumoTs OF that KIND that were Of most sf-
feet dealf with THE Gould group. the market
action q several % the stocks IN that
group giving credsnce TO the rumu-S These
concerned themselves mostly U1th = revival
q stories Of Z H H&-rimAn-s plans
towards this system, which were active fol-
lowing TIE ENCOURAGEMENT Of GnancAl sup
port accorded Try Nj Hartman in the els
enIsnCleDert Of wabash finances last year.
Today reports pointed more directly TO
Missouri Pacific and TO alleged further
financing fer that company 10 be UNDER
taken by Hartman nike These re-
ports were without authoritative coufirma-
ton but The comprehensive prioe move
AlLAA Al AL WILL - aAAkA E&A1 e4NA III
fOence- Chesapeake g. Ohio WIS another
sustaining point in the market and The
further advance In that stock had e DO
with groups of an intended advance IN the
dividend rate.
The annual sailing Of J. Pierpont Morgan
for his foreign tour had some effect Of
repression On speculation. as - usual An
other Influence toward REPRESSION Is The
desire TO await the clearer outline Of the
political future. which is expected 10 come
with the inauguration Of The incoming pres
ident The publication today Il the annual
report Of the commissioner Of corporations
emphasized this disposition. as il Is con
E1dered q Importance 10 Ehov how lar the
elaborate program OF corporations super
VISION there outlined may represent the
policy Of the incoming ADMINISTRATION and
how far merely the IDEAL OF the outgoing
The attention given the japanese leEiEls-
ton by the Pacific coast states is not iF-
ncTed IN speculative CircleA although the
apparent restraint Of the national govern
Cali loans late yesterday and today eK-
cssded the recent ? per cent MAXIMUM and
tine loans were ouotsbly GrIner. The ex-
pectHuOn Of another Casi on the national
banks for the return q government DE-
posts and the likelihood q an ouIEo o1
gold 10 London has made lenders less N.
clined 10 place funds a. TIE prevailing low
rates and some increase In The demand
from borrowers Sc also reported Foreign
exchange rates eased with the hAr6eninE
Of the money market Easier Discount rates
were reported from abroad also. The day
changes in stocks were mixed after fht
usual profit taking had beer concluded
Bonds were firm Total sales. par value
81. WA. United States bonds were IN.
changed OF call
Numhsr q sales and principal quotation.
On stocks were as follows