Show PRICE OF LEAD UP PER TON TONN NEW N YO YORK Dec Dee 21 UP UP- UP U- U Smelters Monday advanced the price of ot lead 40 poin points to above the I 6 3 cents cent a pound level the highest price since 1929 The Te unprecedented d single increase of 8 a ton reflected d da a dominant sellers sellers' market which I developed as result of shutting off of I of lead output in Spain a decrease In n the Canadian production and a I sharp price rise in the London market mar mar- ket The St. St St Joseph Lead company boosted its price to cents cent a pound New York and cents East fit t. t Louis Luis while the American Smelting and Refining posted a 6 cent price for New York delivery delvery Mondays Monday's advance c curled carried lead I prices more than 1 cents cent higher on the average than the low of ot 4 c cents a pound recorded early this eary year In the past month half a dozen price increases have been posted but demand from battery batery makers and paint and pigment manufacturers has continued Strength in lead in foreign marcets markets markets mar- mar also has been a factor Lead Leadin in n London currently is quoted at atan atan atan an American equivalent of about 6 cents cents' a pound the highest level in seven years seven |