The Washington times., 1910-02-17
STRONG SPOTS IN STOCK MARKET
WITH BETTER UNDERGONE
THROUGHOUT LIST.

NEW YORK. Feb 11--there are moi
cations Of a substantial Improvement IN
sentiment. less fear OF a prolonged bear
market more hesitation on the part OF
the bears in making their attacks ana
some GOOD investment and speculative
I,uvir-- The best tonic that the market
has euToved FOR some time was Ihe
promise Of delay indefinite delay, in the
trust decisions There will be plenty or
time 10 make many movements IN
stocks 10 get IN and get out before the
decisions VIII be handed down. They
are not ont Of the way, by any means
but traders understand that there VIII
be an unwelCOme surprise party one OF
these bright mornings
Hartman stocks acted we'll Wall
Street does not believe that the Gov
eminent has made out much OF a case
against the Southern and Union Pacific
as monopoIIes in restraint of trade
Traffic Manager Stubs proved an eN-
Ceuent witness. and he strongly resisted
the proposition that there was any real
competition between the Southern Pa
cine and Uufcn Pacific TO Colorado
POINTS, via the Gulf route OF the former
Operators seem TO be selecting the
leaders as favo-IIes, stocks where quick
turns may. be maze, IL the event OF the
necessity for such action arising While
the feeling Is not especially bulIish, il IS
more confident Money is very easy and
the bank statement on Saturday VII
probably show another satisfactory in
ReadinEouieted down. a little after its
great activities of Yesterday Profit TAX
ing was responsible f0T some coDCeS-
SONS but The stock held better as the
session advanced
The strength ln the equipment stocks
IS another lTEoraDie feature OF the STU
alton and the manner in which they are
mDvll- Up shows that they are either
being acquired or s-lil-Uily manipulated
Steel common was more or less active
but the unlertGue was good A bunch
Of shorts trying TO cover gave Il a
strong opening at a good advance II
held around SE@STS51z most OF the morn
ing The story is that there are lot
OF stop-lOsS orders covering bear com
Iu1Jmel-S at q little above the market
alC that the bulls may so cunning for
this stock
Harimans Best Leaders.
Evidently the street liked the evidence
IN the Southern Pacific hearing South
ern Pacific sold TO 1851 and Off TO
1855, ? Is net gain Union Pacific start
ed Wen, scored points advance and
then lost q fraction of the gain Rock
Island continues active and again nearly
q point up BenusE was p higher, Cen
G-EI Electric zE-1- better, Colorado Fuel
q point I'D Car Foundry H. locomotive
ia and Sugar nearly points higher.
Most OF the minor rails barely held
their own. the HiI shares a-tra cted lit
tie attention, Baltimore and Ohio. Mis-
souri, Pacific, and New York Central
were all slow and inclined TO ease OF
There was q squirt iu the afternoon
IN the leaders, especially IN Union Pa
UIf~ and steel common The stop
orders In Steel were uncovered at 81 and
IH-- later the price settled back 20 >f.a-
%GU holding a point fuII advance
q Mon Pacific moved 10 q high at ISL
and settling back on profit taking 10
1865, the outside of the morning Read
iuG remained dun and easy, not sharing
IN the advance
While there are strong spots all
through the list the Union Pacific and o
steel rraDsa CtlCuS stand out prominent
j.. in their strength but tie whole mar
Izat enters the last hour Of the session /
verv dull