Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-30
PEACE TALK GAINS FEW
LISTENERS ON MARKET
Wall Street Expected Pacific Parleys
From Berlin, hut Gives No
Serious Attention.
ONLY VIBRATIONS IN STOCKS
Steel Prices for Eight Leading Prod
ucts Advance TO New High Record
of $S6.13-Tradcrs Arc BulliSh on
United States Steel.
ny nRoADAN WALL.

NEW YORK. March p -AlthouEh Wnll
serious snd is sGndfn 'h1 NIL rs sSS no
ments to have another vibration in the
ss he e.e anyns
than ;h", for Mar ,alk and peace ,sih
day, Th. marke, was dull throufhou, the
activity was evident.
whes, and corn FOR III, MAY delivery
si.ssh and the latter at sile.. Cash wh.a,
has sod q, sucn prices before. hut neither
these hsurss This strength Of grain was
d ss to rS%c' ;ais on The theory TIA, a.
allowed 10 so freely 70 Europc they, viii
psess sS.h of r talk x sJ sa
Ssnc.s Gram eec.uss II The 'unitcd States
= lane viii be KEEP, ssi, FOR ships going
70, 70 EnGlsnd: OWING to the NECESSITIES OF
buyers taking is tina, ,h3 Tilted stats
Export jus; - Argentina has '' uo n y" ~
One .em.rk . isss IN Wall street is tina,
st,ii discussing III" p">stbnity OF th- United
States government taxing what material
very moderate profit, 'ihat the govern
Inent would do so was announced in this
the big corporations know it, They are
rusnt;Y & ,n.,.r.s viii Se 90 "'' taken sn The
fact T. that material needed viii hc ON
but what goes indirccty For instance
when ships are to b. constructed The raw
copper ano All wood .nd metals, viii hy
furnished unfinished to The s SEhipysrds by oIslnal
ernmcnt and the shpbuildcr viii bu paid
fer construction only.
LOW PRICE OF COPrER
NUT rATKi0TlC ourBURsr
now he ,h ru"'iI no "" 49,, n- "I n ~
eminent a, i, tcns %ss ~, spot., s
ou,nnrsi 81 patriotism. oui iha, II y ss IN,
stee, People ~mi ec making similar
,'Atrio,ic ohsr within few days. What
Ing quickly !" thr governments demand.
sreeiAI ,.Acs no .oub. WIN oe ia'd -s.nst
viii get ,arsc proportion Of excess rroh,s.
mere IL tam as" OF an increase Vf the
Ia Danh.nv circles where Mercantile
Marine stocN i~ru,.r Grand -n.w rurnor
ihS british eo>ern;nen, han hrcn the mys-
,ericI OH the recent dc,.imr and advanc"
OF - POINTS. The alleged reason WAS :.
and tho pan wos TO ray OF the back
thus H ont ,s ssh n nr sss4ly
and settling All disputes a. 20 iahcs. Some
sTtner S' Of ha sn m ,H m ths
H n ;hsT ba nI rsrS Sn KS,
Steel rrises for The eirh, leading products
10 Mic ncw high nrice OF .iSel3 This com
irices for steel making traders very
bullish on United States Steel stock Tor.
making allowances for the shortage In
JanusTy. /, is estimated that :h::. corrora
lion had earned an average OF N.Soo.vD
day since tho first OF tho year.
,,of stocks active in the marie, ,o-day,
Wilson Packing Company Sinclair OH,
American Hide and Lea thcr. and Mexican
pc,rolcum were mos, nn,!cr the public eye.
These held their advances well in face OF
the lower quotations At the close OF the
dag.
new Yonk. March ye-Merc.n,ne paper.
a.. Sterling: siAty-day bills. t4fl; COM
mercia siAis day bills on banks. N1i: COM
st.sa..l cables. $40 7.le Rar silver -,
MeNicsn dollars jsh. Government bonds,
steady; railroad bonds. irregular. Time
loans, steady sixty and ninety days ~ az