Show COPPER PRICE GOES UP QUARTER CENT Advances to 10 Cents Per Peri Pound in Face of Better Better Bet Bet- ter Demand NEW YORK April 11 Thc P-Thc The price of copper advanced a quarter of a cent to 10 cents a pound delivered ered Saturday In the domestic mar market ket the result of a better demand and an improved statistical situation Tile The rise came after more than a week In which custom smelters sold the metal at 9 2 1 and 0 9 4 3 cents a pound Today allf nih the custom smelters were at 10 cents delivered bring ing the domestic price back to a parity par ity with the export which held at 1030 cents a pound despite the concessions in the domestic market Although foreign sales continued small they are expected to improve with the of demand In the domestic market The Improved statistical situation was disclosed in the March figures Issued is issued Is- Is sued by the American bureau of metal statistics which showed a continuation continuation continua continua- tion of the decrease in stocks which has been evident since the first of tile the year Stocks of refined and blister copper copper cop cop- per in the United States and South America declined to short tons at the end of March from tons in February and tons In January Refined copper stocks declined during March to tons as of March 31 31 from tons at the end of February Production of refined copper last month however showed an increase to tons compared with tons in February but was still ap appreciably ap- ap below production of tons tollS in iii March of 1930 March shipments increased to tons tolls from tons in Feb Feb- They also showed a considerable considerable consid consid- erable gain over shipments shipment of tons for March last year |