The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-06

Stocks, Bonds, Cereals
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IRREGULAR
Movement in Yesterdays Stock Mar
ket Constantly Uncertain
Small Gains Recorded.

New York, March 5.-The move
ment of the stock market today was
still under the rectraint of profess
sional limitation. The days trans
actions were attributed almost wholly
tc the trading class and operations
were not pushed beyond rather mar
row limits. Prices vibrated uncer-
tainly aud continuously. The con
slant response of the financial mar
kets to the vibrations in the tenor of
the news from the Balkans gives
warning Of the powers of disturb
ance lying in that subject
Today its influence was favorable
and helped the opening advance here
by prompting buying for London ac-
count 1t was believed also that
some supporting orders We're in the
market to check the rate of decline
which was in force when the market
closed yesterday. A bear attack was
said to be directed against some ac-
counts for which prices were fixed
for stop-loss orders had become
| known.
The beginning of conferences be
tween the representatives of the
miners and the anthracite operators
are apparently awakened to some
| new apprehensions over the outlook
| for the anthracite companies. The
labor question is looming into promi-
| tn, or
abrogation of the continuous work,
| ing agreement between the Amaga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and
| Tin Workers and the Western Bar
Iron association does away with the
assurance of work at the mills pend
| ing a wage agreeinnt after Jult LIST,
and there were reports current OF
coming wage reductions In other
branches of the iron trade.
A sustaining point in the market
was found in copper industrials. The
strength in this group helped prices
after the force of depressing factors
| had been somewhat spent. The al
| legged option of the purchase of the
Kansas City Southern held by f. H
| Hartman was assigned as the reason
| for the report in those stocks. AT
| the end of the day the recovery had
| restored the prices to a higher Level
| than ut the outset and gains were
| general.
DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW.
New York, March 5.-Already price
| establishments are beginning to wori
| toward the expected Improvement i.
| demand. and this and Presiden
Tafts inaugural declarations favor
able to chat measure of stability
which is essential to life AMI thu
growth Of all business, - are import
| art contributions to financial ana
trade confidence, and make stronger
hope of full industriai recovery,
Both in the sentiment and amount
of new business in sight the iron and
steel trade shows some gain. Dull
ness is still pronounced in pig iron
with quotations on a lower basis.
In spite of the upward tendency OF
| raw material, buyers of cotton good!
| made a determined effort to secure
| a lower level of quotations. No new
business is reported in wooden goods
| but 1t is belived that its buyers viii
| eventually need considerably more
merchandise to meet their seasons
| requirements.
Trade in wool goods, such as ker
seys and thibets, is exceedingly
quiet, but dress goods, are generally
we'll sustained, with the staple lines
leading in strength. Quiet conditions
continue in the New England shot
market. New orders are small and
for immediate requirements only
and there is no disposition to con
tract ahead for large quantities
Some factories are still busy on old
orders, but a number have laid of
part of their cutting staff. The
leather trade is still duh and unsatis
factory. Price reductions are genera
IN all kinds of upper leather