Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-15
STANDARD STOCKS
GENERALLY STEADY
Indications of Underlying
Strength Continue in New
1ork-Francs Decline
stock sales today totaIed 5I,.5OO

stock sales today totaled 5II5OO
shares.
New York. March l5.-The New York
Evening Suns financial review for toda Y
follows:
While there were numerous issues
"hlch We're bid up brisklv at the openiuC
vi ,ouay short session OF the stock
market the standard list was not ma
lerAalIy changed. nor did it present anI-
feature of more than passing interest
AS trading developed more and more
"Ies"iaritY gave a spottv appearance.
"li'ch was not dissimilar from the sur-
i"oe manifestations of yesterday. As
y" rIuaF. however. and in all previous
sessions this week, indication Of urder-
lying strength were NOT vartirn
Irrespective of the question of league
o' nations dispatches from Paris point-
Ta TeacbIMs tTIward "a accelerated speed in the
ieaGhlng or peace settlement-an a,1d
Win which President Wilson is in f,iii
SS SllpaihE, it would now appear
Eras as me nrst Of April approaches. when
here Frenrb 'tII meet meet her note obligations
otact!onary trend. Today francs tonCh.
eo new low level on this nroyaUSatt
teceqlhg = = centimes from i. .49Ia franns
/ ra+ss uoilai 10 o.o4 francs. Neutra
/ degree uep'essed IN lesser
% Ine steel and copper shares ware
AGAIN soft, the latter under the imsi,
@ enCe or the ad verse action on the Gaii-
! met and Hecla dividend yastarda, " w.
Boston. So much that was unfaua5So uaS IN IN
mas happened i'll the copper induetrv
SINCE me signing Of the armistica hon:y
eHeI, e, lhat the reaction was in truth ye%y
Il, me IN motor and distilling issues were
nttIe more than firm. althoueh thev ,,a
So,ile sifong moments early.
american International Central Taa,L
er, Mexican Petroleum and United Statns
rubber We're well bought. ''"' 'eS
The rails, like the industriaIs ,,o
ings. "s"l ueal
The government cotton consumntion
report Tor February showed 433 5is
,mnsh U",es or mt cotton, consumed in that
m January. and 51O,Os4 bales in Fah.
ruary, 1918 III rep-
The cotton market was firm. the hear
lsh government report being offset nv
uthelopinehts IN the textile trade and
week VI t"a
There We're even more confusing cross
currents in trading in the second hour
which precluded an estimate of a definife
trend Technical conditions affecting in
acter supplied the dominating factor
American International which crossed
~, continued the leader in the speciality
group, and its aggressiveness carried
! forward several kindred shares Bonds
were quiet and steady.
The trade journals note general i'm
provement in business conditions, al.
| though there are stll Irregularities and
price uncertainties which operate tC
keep certain lines as yet unchanged
! Where prices rest upon reasonably
| stable basis there is some evidence OF
a movement to anticipate forward wants
! more freely
In some larger industries labor con
| ditions are stlll sufficiently disturbing tc
| cloud any definite signs of betterment
nevertheless, the spirit Of optimism i.
| widespread.
Bank clearings for the week totale,
$6,746,158,2S, against $6,S42,O33, las
week and $5,ss3,245,967 in this weeI
| last year.