Show HEAVY BUYING OF COPPER METAL REPORTED Pollock Private Wire Boston March 23 Lake copper could have been purchased at 12 1 ic c a pound but bu buit it Would be impossible except for scat scattered scattered scattered odd lots to pick this grade grad of metal up at less than For th the past ten days da s there has hag been practically no new business booked In Michigan cop copper copper copper per It is comparatively easy on account of oC low money rates to carry earry copper at a alow alow alow low cost and with copper at or near th the level it is considered good collateral New York March 23 Eighteen million pounds of lake electrolytic and cast castIng casting Ing copper were sold in the local loca market this morning the largest larges Arizona and Mexico producing in Interests Interests leading in volume of oC sales with pounds of electrolytic and casting for account of or domestic con consumers consumers sumers Burners The large Montana interests sold through affiliated metal agencies several million pounds for export on the basis of laVic I c per pound this port for de tie delivery delivery livery In May The local market is a at per pound for prime lake and to Ic I c per pound for dee elec electrolytic for May Ia shipments Casting cop copper copper copper per prime primo brand Is enlarging the de demand demand mand inand for April and May Ia at In answer to a request from the Boston Fl PI News as to whether there is any foundation for the rumor that specula speculative speculative tive interests Interest are buying bu largely In cop copper copper copper per and that large sales at homo home and abroad are shrinking an official of or the Copper Producers association says The copper market at home and abroad is reviving slowly but surely sureh Yesterday and today toda are among the best days s for the selling of ot copper In large tonnages since the first week on the month Today Toda some sales have been booked for shipment to the large electrical engineering and copper rolling rOiling mill corporations in Pennsylvania New York Connecticut and Illinois On the books of oC the company com pan are registered pounds of copper sold within ten days for shipment In April and May Ma |