Arizona republican., 1917-11-15

sian and Italian crises and the prob lens invovled in domestic labor troubles gave fresh impetus to to- days dull but extremely depressed stock market.
 Several new minimums were re- corded among shares once in high favor. notably the St Paul issues at 3o for the common and 74A for the pceferred, while Canadian Pacific registered 6 new low for many years at 1904.
 The feeling of uneasiness was accentuated by heavy liquidation of Liberty bonds, both issues yielding to lowest quotations, the BE s sell ing at discount in excess of one per cent.
 Offerings of securities were per- sistent, though relatively moderate, that very condition adding to the sense of general disturbance. Sup port was desultory at best, rallies in few instances exceeding point from extreme declines of to points.
 United States Steel declined to SSA, within F a point of the years low quotation, but rallied with a It" OtAcI dCAltc diCS Just D6lOT6 the close, its final quotation of 9O1a representing 8 net loss of l as points. Related industrials made like reces- pings were even heavier, reacting 3 to ' points.
 Coalers were the backward features of the railway list, except for the | further reversal noted in grangers and Pacifics offered little resistance 1 to pressure. Utilities shared in the decline, with Brooklyn Transit at the new low record of 40&. Sales amounted to 615.000 shares. Inter nationals fell back with other bond 1 issues on enlarged operations. Liberty I fours sagged from s99.S0 to S99.1s raliying substantially, but the 3k's | dropped steadily from s99.30 to s99S6 closing at the lowest. Total sales o1 bonds, par value. aggregated s5,- 1 TOO, 900.
 Governors of the stock exchange today took further steps to minimize 1 speculative operations by adoptine a resolution requiring all members to submit every day at noon to tho clearing house a detailed statemen 1 embodying amounts and names of al stocks sold and bought, either fol their own account or that of GUS toners.
 CHICAGO GRAIN l CHICAGO, Nov. 14.-Announce ments that the government would furnish an increased supply of car. to move new grain had much to dt today with bringing about lowel prices in the corn market. Ther' was an unsettled close, k to 1S down with December s1.1s% ant
 May $1.15A. Oats declined % to Ts
 net. The outcome in provisions
 ranged from a setback of fifteel
 cents to like advance.
 Throughout the day, free seIlinj
 kept the corn market depressed A
 the outset, the chief bearish influ
 ence came from downturns in Wal
 Street quotations. A notice issue
 by board of trade directors warning
 commission houses not to over-trad
 in future deliveries acted further a
 a handicap on bulls. Later, however
 the main impetus for selling pro
 ceeded from an authoritative state
 ment that all urgent demands fo wheat having been attended to nor attention would now be given to pro viding adequate railroad facilities fo the prompt moving of corn. Bearis differences were also drawn from re marks of the food administrator sug gesting 8 low range of prices fo feeding stuffs in order to obtai plenty of meat
 E Government orders that more tha 5000 box cars be rendered availabl
 to protect federal requirements fC feed had a bearish effect on oats. Provisions declined with cereal Close:
 Corn: Dec, s1.19A; May, s115A. Oats: Dec, 631ac; May, 63%c. Pork: Jan.. s45.55.