Show ii AN AND f LEAD ARE ARl EASIER teel Prices Are Steady With ith Continued Production Production Pro Pro- 4 I NEW YORK March 26 AP- AP k eel prices were generally steady I. I reduction continued large while bulk ot of the output went directly III lo There was some II I lS' lS for delivery dellver durIng the sec sec- If f ot of the year In the way 2 sto kIng the coal strIke certainties s. s mill books book book- far thIs i s slon on new orders so coverIng many qualities to be smaller than a at t thIs m mt last year yeal Eastern railroads fori for lor r re in the market negotiating i me me needs for second quarter of elyea Str Structural steel opera opera- I on ens remained active cUve and some somerS rg contracts were reported pend- pend rS PIg Fig iron w Was s stead steady wIth astern g. g producers reported wellI wen well I n eal r tone hs has developed in pp r. r After a considerable period Jn some ot of the producers i em d more ore anxIous for busIness d were reported at cents for electrolytic delv- delv ed onn valley vaney poInts The needs of consumers are evI- evI i I. I Ing supplied by steady deV de- de agaInst former purchases V ies and nothIng more than a al business was in evi- evi l 1 ence A slightly better export de de- I and was noted toward the end of i el but the domestic InquIry owed no improvement TIn was steady while prIce t I were comparatively small tendency tons was apparently to Ig- Ig rhe rore the somewhat unsettled state London and SIngapore mar mar- ConsumIng demand was light Lead ead was featured by a prIce reu re- re u Uon ConsumIng buyIng early Ithe year ar was belev believed d to ha have ve n. n and surplus stocks er ere established Zinc was wa quiet quIet with prices t teady ady Reports were or of a curtail curtail- J entin smelting operations at va- va ous points Antimony was firm ChIna con con- mOns and nd reports of inability to ad at ShanghaI caused caused regarding future sup sup- 1 1 lles He |