Show 0 J I Metal Reve Review I IO YC O o p 0 5 Now ew York Tork March 20 Demand Demand for finished steel is less Insistent but otherwise oth oth- conditions are unchanged There I Is ts s still m a shortage of ot coal and traffic is 8 only slightly Improved Consumers Consumer arc iro are slower to bid extravagant premi- premi urns ims but the regular prices of or the Independents independents In- In dependents are holding up There are Indications that when the books are arc opened for the third quarter and beyond be- be I yond ond their quotations will come como closer to the leading pro producers Railroad equipment has figured prominently Jn Sn inthe the weeks week's business Orders have haye been placed for locomotives and cars and ton tong of rails raUs Sheets plates and bars continued scarce whose operations have hav been curtailed offer basic pig iron at furnace and lower but the merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant prices are still firm fr at 43 3 Foundry Foundry Foun Foun- dry grades as 5 a a whole are quieter and the tone of the market Is easier casler 14 Copper which has been weak Is beginning be- be b- b ginning to 10 improve on substantial in inquiries In- In quirles and an active buying movement seems cems due 4 Producers Producer are firm fir at 18 cents for or March tarch irh and lS IS cents cent for second quarter ter er The They are arc still sti reluctant to quote beyond Lead unexpectedly weakened today I and nd was wag offered at 9 cen cents ts or 5 cent below the previous quotation The Tho I principal producers however continue firm at 9 95 cents Zinc is quiet quiet both bot for export and domestic do- do account account All An positions are a offered of- of cred at cents East Eat St. St S1 Louis Luis I Tin Tn has ha dropped sharply In London SInce nc Monday ronday Mondy the market has ha declined to 48 lOs or 9 cents a a pound pound at the current rate of ot exchange exchange The Te New NewYork for tor York Lork spot market maket has ha fallen to 58 cents |