Show TIN CAN ORDERS GOOD FOR STEEL NEW YORK Jan 13 P The W-The The steel industry is disappointed at the lack of significant improvement in business since the year end lull but looks to tolate tolate tolate late January or February for a measure measure measure meas meas- ure o of seasonal improvement Iron Age said today Ingot production has gained only slightly for the country as a whole being estimated at a little BlUe over 25 per percent percent percent cent compared with 24 per cent last week Such gains as have been made in in bookings or mill mm operations are chiefly in bars sheets and strip steel for the automobile industry Contracts are expected this week for several hundred thousands of tin tinplate tinplate tinplate plate for the two leading can con companies companies compa compa- nies whose requirements are only slightly below those of last year Many quotations are considerably below the levels of last year with no stabilization in sight except in the Chicago district where mills have apparently established a 2 advance on bars and shapes to cents a pound |