The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-12
LITTLE Of EVERYTHING
N STOCK MARKET
while Trading Icts Up Range Nv IN
.tcre>t Is Broadc~t of
Year.
WILL. HAVE DAY OFF TODAY
HOLIDAY Inoiinee Spectators To Profit
Taking and Has some ihnnehF 1"
Holding Down Noti.mc oil irt@h
CommituIs nts.

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rather atriipt slackeuiuS ~ ACTIVITY
~ va 81 reaction FROM q N!oieHt.F
husv arsf hour, The slower pace Hast
ms untg ueH Into The afternoon.
tcia4 transactions were on a scale "a
moderate contraction from t"e ave
age OF recent volumes, hat the SESSION
made up n range OF interest," IoF ~!
lot aavf II the trading. j e tnafn6t
was ON all accounts the braadest 81
~. year. although there was A strlh-
t,7g lack Of uniformity in It's dcVeJHP-
me-; Of breadth. The foreooonE Was
largely given over 10 rails and s'alau
ara in6usts3als In the afternoon 'ae
va stocks gain bulged into prom
neisee and attracted most speculative
attention,
Holidays Influence.
=. some extent the holiday tomor-
,on. Influenced the dealings appar-
.rt1v ear hasizsng profit taking dts
positions and operating in "a famlaaf
essN{an 10 restrain the Increase OF
commitments The extra recess gave
.he market Il confused aspect AZ
,sr,~s rat the share list did not re-
ven Indications u any change IN tHe
constructive trend OF quoted values
Impulses over The weekend TOT tne
bvayant strength and activity 81 inc
fr@t instance from the momentum %
80 market last week when the raAs
ar8 fndustriAls outside the war 0rdeI
vroHp gathered vigorous he4dWaS
rs t.ufted states steel Corporation
4In4xpegtealV optimistic tonnage state
nfnt and the definite ind}eatohN ~
domestic expansion in basic 'hauSu
were SO reflected Another factoT was
Tho announcement that recognition
tag
ruent in Mexico and Euperhciai We"
m me new departure Of the Wash'hs-
t.n .t}a(sev evoked a response IN STOCKS
Affected by a Mexican interest, such as
American Smelling. Mexican re
rotelra and southern Pacific.
Realizing sales Expected.
The fact that buyers OF rails anu
standard industrials encounters
So. roa4lzinc sales was quite To he
expected The selling however was
-, heavy that II bought the market TO
nYara or iesx Of standstHi. ana the
oer{0a Of slackening lasted unth
, prarts@ Of bidding up the war slocks
was started during the niuseSsloh'
pafawfn Locomotive and Westins-
house Electric were leaders IN the
upturn In this group and their rise nov
only attracted following. hat IN
duced sympathetic upturns in other
dicafions that scattered supper nm
interest had formed in such Stocks
and furnished a leverage FOR opera
t!ons 10 carry further the rallies mad'
last week from the extreme af declihe
No very manifest amount 81 en-
thtiS!asm was generated by IN
Accommodation IN the war STOCKS pA
the movement was very we'll SUSTAINED
.gespitt expressions OF disappointment
IN roles which had looked with favo
on the markets trend toward rlsih
strength IN rails and other seasene
stocks Yet s hGle rails did not re
eov.r much from the earlier recession
caslerd hv heavy profit taking, ther
vas no considerable reaction in theT
and they displayed underlying hrm
ness at the close, The final tone gen
orally was one of frmness or strength
some If the best features being IN
confident buying of United states Stef
AZ the h3gil lexel - the Year and In
forward impetus displayed by leadih
copper ISSUES Both the grain and IN
cotton markets we're strong
The weakness Of sterling eXchane
was carried further. demand seliin
down 70 467 IA. the lowest Ia almos
month, and rallylng only slightly be
fore the close