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Show Weekly Metal Review. NKW YORK, Dc 27. Stp,M rlurlus tlio 'er-k has been r-onin:i r;i t i volv quiet, a ud artivit y is not li I'oly until t he new year. Ii in a ud is held in abeyance, but re-nuii-onicnts I'ur dnnicstic ciiiiHumption and fur export havo been act-n tnulat i n. The .s'iPf-'l compa nies tiro lu-a vily soM. Snrh onlei- as have been taken by Independent Indepen-dent mills have been ;i t advnm-ed price:;. Railroad reriuirements are estimated already al-ready iu the neilibnrliouj of ,nnn,mKi tons. I'cmand Tor roMlntr stock is expected ex-pected to develop in a Uire wriv. Structural Struc-tural steel nlat.es. sheets and wire pr.xi-u'.As pr.xi-u'.As nre tnxin.u' the capacity of the mills. A fair tonnage of st ed and foundry iron was booked during the week, but demand not so insistent as heretofore. Prices are firm. The furnaces are substantially sub-stantially so'd over the first unarl'-r and not acre--lintr more distant business. (."opper has been finite active. The Tc-cember Tc-cember movement, i nd ud in c ex port de-innnd, de-innnd, is estimated n t tm.O'.'O pounds, and no speculative business hns come to licfht. Tlie market is firmer at 1 to p., cents for lar.e lots over the first quarter. Second quarter is quoted as high !is li to cents. Lead is scarcer and demand corrc- .'ipoudluKly pronounced. '1'he ouh-.idtt in;ir-k'd in;ir-k'd Is very ;.ti-unu; at T. io ithI.i ,',cw York. Zinc la ac'.'itn neth'e for ep,i-, bnl iU"-m.-s:e deuiMiid is qnlcl. '!ii.- m;ul.rl h:;-! be.-n jnl vniM-it; in fyinpaiuv wjlh dnn and Is quotnl lirm at S. 7 J cents raid St. .oiiis. Tin has advanced on a slr:rp npwatd turn In London x i j i r 1 r,""d (htmo:! ic ih--nuind. lniji..nni-M now ;i sit V 1 i-uIm lor spot ;i ml uT '.( to ;,S i -(Mi I :t fur s! , i ; . ti :.-r. I . Anliifinpy cuntluues ution. ami aciive at Ui cents. |