Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27
bMALLNEss OF TRADING
BREAKS MARKET RECORD
)nly $4,000 Shares Are Turned Over
In Two Hours Session OF
Stock Exchange.
MERE HANDFUL
Wall Street Has It's Eyes to the
Front and Expects 1915 to Prove
Good Ycar-Many Indications That
Worst OF Storm Is Over.
BY BROADAN WALL.

NEW YORK. December 2G.-To.day's two
ours session In the stock market broke
u previous records for smaliness OF trading
Mission houses were without clients. and
many brokers failed even to appcnr at their
mere handful.
IN. The Stock Exchange has been open for
avs the long period of idleness and the
ompiications that strnngied business Will
,uliness during the next week is to be ex
ee'ed. but Wall Street ever has eyes to
ne front" and the promises OF 1915 niumine
No tariff ,inkerIng threatens to distress
e, ,ttied for some time To come The changed
ttitnde Of the Interstate Commerce Com
he most importa of recent blessings
az Saii a., earnings no doubt will continue to
ON" ,nss, further r., reductions In dividends are
aud the n mex, mas suS Stsn 'esn ova IS
ected TO foreshadow 'isnprovemen,. The
t The Tss up ss PS,'Sok hus
n n%srue Exchange was closed. Wall street
rea,ns sT,ai %hGn has n, resusH in
ess 10 work hard. which must inevitabiy
eve. Wall Stree. in inc the e'H ionx ,un as i. @e se
urate reflector OF conditions throughout the
can 'r S, IL seems fair TO- assume tina, Amer
eaithy atate."
Rock Island common sold II to-day TO
he bad spasm.'' which occurred when MS
tock opened at 5ois and In eight minute.
aEk to 20. on December - 1875 This
incident wat, q, zen; a chin down the spine OF
Stand never recovered from thu e evil I e l."Sk
some ones bunGer. Fifteen brokers. each
lot lot. Selling orders miscafrled. Tile ad i
anee Was conceded to have been "a serious
mistake. .t,ke and Judge Moore was quoted a.
syins. regret the incident. am only
This pr inns9S!nf The pr.psr,y
cry close TO nothing at all. ana unless Tn.
I'm dn responsihic for the Acknowledgement, CON
elders Will be wiped out
old G9ai ,ys stocks were strong reports OF
old, old for itot. 10 .i9i.. and Erie gained 4.
etIons IN Steel we're at In. minimum' as
opp1r share. showed a better tone. ArhaIEe-
new YORK, Decemher :s.-wl,h Its
tocks. to-day's session Of The STOCK En
hange was the record for duIness OF any
a.ices were mostly lower. United states
Feel and Southern Pacific again selling
visiting rules white other proninen, is.
res manifested heavier tendencies.
3t ,n.i i.ehiEh Valley. Union Pacihc and
'heI nigh priced railroad s,ocks gained to
points over Thursdays close. on buying
crest na. Sa ns p pr. frsn the short, az
o better ITS position, advancing the smaiies,
outside news bore indirectly upon financial
&naIkets. aArlces In the arg goouA ana the
exile trades. however. hein. OF more
4nSouraSlog tendency. Early trade In re.
all lines derived some impetus from the
pore reasonable weather. but bank ciearings
Hearty show marked falling on in corn
arison with the corresponding period OF
There were rumors Of large foreign or
fers Tor cotton and copper TO be shipped
vithin the mex, fortnight together With
arEe war supplies. Gossip associated these
frders With German interests. probably be-
anM the inquiry was said TO come from
tanks With such connections Even the bunk
tafement MAS OF less thnn ordinary inter
u 81. most of the changes. including the cash
Eain. being trivial to amounts and fail
ne 10 reject the shifting OF loans formerly
G general at this period
! united state. government bonds were un.
hanged on call for the week
NEW YORK. December .s-Mercnn,iic pa.
ser tHtH Sterling exchange. heavy: sixty
pay bills. S.sSO; for cables 81 si2i: for de-
nan! StSS Bar silver, isa. Mexican