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Show Weekly Metal Review. NEW VOllK, Sept. n. While there Is still n disposition to tleltiy future coinnii tmpnt s. the steel market Is active in ,,11 hninrhes nnd some eonecstion of orders Is apparent in certain cer-tain lines. Tlie Nliortajre of steel bars nnd sheets hits crown more acute. Producers are not only unahlc to keep pace with demand, hut are hampered by an insufficient supple of bars. Consumers and dealers have been placing orders wherever possible, but much new business busi-ness has been declined. Jlcniamt Is also active for plates, structural material and for tin plate for export. Trices are firm without increase. ('onsitincrs o.' Iron are falrlv well covered for the last ouartcr. but there are manv Inquiries for the nrst half, upon whichc furnaces arc unwillinc to c,u,,te becnuse of the uncertainties of production costs next year. Prices are firm hut unchaneed. except for premiums on certain (trades. The supply of furnace coke la limited and is absorbed as produced. . Copper remains quiet with Inrirer consumers .still out of the market. Producers ask cents for September and ?4 cents for October" Ivit resale copper in small lots is off,,-,., I at --'iC to Jot-.C. Lead Is quiet, hut production Is !iKht and the market is firm, with prospects for an ali-vance ali-vance when the huyine movement starts nemand for spelter Is limited, hut the 'market Is statistical y stron,;. There is more lnq.nry for tin and the market is firm. |