Show Lead and Hihcr The week in New York opened with a very firm tendency and at greatly harden ing prices says the Journal and when It transpired that tho old stocks of lead had 1 entirely disappeared and that one holder who was supposed to have about 5000 ton of lead in store in New York r partiall A sold out the market quickly advanced tc I octnts ana oven uttuat figure no more lead L is obtainable In the meantime prices had risen in tho west comparatively much quicker than here and St Louis already reported 490 when prices bud not touched 5 cents I is now established beyonc I doubt that there is such a scarcity or lead L that we shall be compelled to import for eipn lead This state of affairs is undoubtedly undoubt-edly brought about by the deplorable act of t Congress in shutting out Mexican ores In Chi ogo lead has been scarce and for this reason trading has been light In St Louis there is also a remarkable S scarcity and spot lead is practically unobtainable In Salt Lal the metal opened at 5 and held its own during the entire week Silver opened atI15 and gradually fcl 1 ing to 1112 as which iiguro it closed last fel |