Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01
PRICES OF SECURITIES
CONTINUE INCONSTANT
Absence of Selling Initiative
and Any Sizable Floating
Supply of Stocks

New York. April 1.-The New York
Evening Suns financial review for to-
day follows:
There was nothing of fundamental
significance in today's stock market to
distinguish it from recent sessions.
Clique interest in certain issues and
more or less active maneuvers of pro-
fessiCnal traders furnished most of the
business transacted. The frmness of
prices in general. without reference to
groups rendered strong by their partiCu-
la" technical status or by Developments
local to them. indicated both the ab-
sencc OF selling initiative ana Of any
sizable floating supply of stocks There
was much shifting about Of speculative
positions and prices We're accordingly
in state of fluX.
Not great deal of attention was
paid TO happenings at the Peace Con-
ference. probably because nobody could
be sure what was going on in Paris and
even more. perhaps for the reason that
the public has, to a large extent, vs.
drawn from the market. Some pro-
fessed TO have ground for believing that
peace protocols would be signed sooner
than anticipated, and We're disposed to
minimize reports of disagreement.
DisagreementS have been part and
parcel of all peace conferences and have
seldom proved insusCeptble Of ultimate
adjustment.
Because of this and because of the
approach Of the Victory Loan Offering
Wall street, including the market for
securities. has begun to mark time. Tn
less there should be sudden peace
agreement. little animation applying to
'he Hs' as "noIe II expected between
| HOW wv anu me h''uuie OF May.
i"e a'd'e''e"' oI 'ue il'ssIoh Sent
. -. 4
apr"au |" lhNes'isa'e me copper meta
S,lua' a'lon Il. europe IMPAIRED cohs'aer-
ap'e s.Ie,s'h 10 'ie copper S,ochs' ne
movement eau scdiceS De more 'hah
'tihpo'ar9' IL Moulu seem, as Whatever
''lere was III tHe leport 'nat coulu pe
cUt's.r % @ ueu aa aNolaoIe i was paseu on
wila' ,Ilc 'elltraI poMers "ou'u WaIt 70
ouE "heii they shoulo pe III posllioil
,ta,T ~ uo 81 '"e .rSo ,o,a, -, 'nv n' ~ ~
tilel'cdt ue''iaiiu % 10, .ne ineta' anu one
lti'ie W"etl ~ VIZ" oe put :" p''s "'e
a' oeSt cohJeStul al ,, ,,. ,,.,
Hpte'aIt'es ~.
ga" ir''o,eui' ""u
u"str'a' Alcohoi were p'u uP' especia,S
the latter, which was lnnuehced ny talk
% patent cohlroiieu ny ,hat company
for new fuel with an aIcohoi basis. The
price ran up to l4s
The shipping shares were substantial
! ly higher. American Can continued
strong. The fractions We're under pres
sure in contrast to their buoyancy yes-
terday. Rails were firm. but rather
neglected. Food and hacking securities
experienced no little expansion following
the announcement of removal of war
restrictions as to licenses on meat
nrodIcts etc
Tho market in .arerar hold firm, in
| tha attarrnnn ,,itS so,ls accassion -,
sru stro,,atI' hera an% ,bar. T,,Ii,at,ini
AicnboI oontirued so ad,.orca ta 10
aftor - n,on1entary sothacI, rho tran.
tiono recnyered from tHa Io,v IeS,eIs ~
the foreman and netted a suhstantiaI
gain, AS the session drew IN a cIosa
however. prices to some extent were
unsettled. Steel went beIow the Monday
There was pretty good business done