Thursday's Closing Quotations New York, Sept. 1.
Stock prices on Wall Street today opened steady, but later eased on the weakness of rails, owing to the failure of mediation over the rail wage question. Though domestic news was generally favourable, traders were not inclined to enter into new commitments until after the holiday and pending a more definite clarification of the European political situation. Activity was consequently restricted and the turnover for the day small, amounting to only 510,000 shares,
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