Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-01
Mining and Financial NetUS
sY REVIEW LEASED WIRE

NEW YORK. Feb. 2S-POOls and the professional element as a whole continued in absolute control of the stock market today, but the shifting course of prices made considerable uncertainty throughout the session.
 Steels, oils, motors and various un- classified specialties were under con stant pressure. while shippings, leath- CTS, distilling shares and an unusual assortment of equipments feature the long account. q
 A five point drop in General Motors created unsettlement soon after the opening, numerous automobile issues and allied stocks losing l to points. Other recent favOrites reacted l to points, but the movement was checked by aggressiveness of the entire ship ping. list
 American Car, American Locomo- tive, Central Leather. Hide and Leath- CT, United Cigars, Industrial Alcohol, American Zinc, Butte and Superior Mining and Pacific. Telephone yielded some of their ? to 4ipoint gains.
 The reaction of the last hour was caused by heavy selling of Royal Dutch and Mexican Petroleum, Rails and United States Steel also giving way. Steel was irregular at best de splte Chairman Gary's views on trade conditions. and closed a point down. Sales amounted to 773,0OO shares.
 Liberty bonds rallied after early heaviness. the S1s's adding to their adTaee of the last few days. Other domestic issues, rails as well as in- dustrials, were steady and fOreigns held firm. Total sales, par value. az gregated S11.25O.0O0. Old United States bonds were unchanged on call.
 GRAIN MARKETS
 CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-Blizzard condi- lions prevailing in the west tended to- day to lift the value of corn. and so too did apparently lessened chances that the hog price medium would be removed The market closer firm, Se net lower to an advance of 21l4 cents, with May S1-251k to S1-25S4 and July S1-21SS to S1-211s- Oats finished un- changed to 5se higher and provisions unchanged to a gain of soc.
 Some transient depression, however, resulted from misleading reports that farmers who had not seeded spring wheat in 1918 would this year be de nied the benefits of the government guarantee price on wheat. Oats bor- rOwed firmness from corn.
 Provisions rallied sharply from an early break Packers bought.
 5RADSTREET'S REVIEW
 NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Bradstreets tomorrow will say:
 While the trade and industrial pace is still of a cautious character, evi1 dences of moderate improvement in distribution are now too numerous to be denied. Certain influences, that. compared with a month ago, there are fewer poor reports and a resume of both wholesale and retail trade of in dGstrisI conditions and of collections reveals the general trend to be rather above than below fair. Stormy weather and return of winter temperatures in the northen half of the country with natural effect on country roads have not been altogether favorable The general trade movement has been fairly well maintained throughout the month. A survey still further back reveals that business has come through the winter in better shape than even some sanguine ones had predicted.
 Weekly bank clearings. S5,s11.sOO.- OOO
 METAL MARKETS
 NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Lead firm; spot. 5.S2; March 5.3265.45. Speelter. easier; spot East St. Louis delivery offered 6.S5; March, 6.2O@6.25. Copper unchanged.
 MONEY MARKET
 NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Mercantile paper 5A @515. Sterling 50 day bills, 4.T3; commercial paper, 50 day bills