Show t COPPER rpm STEADY AT AI PEAK PRICE Three Successive Boosts Boost Carry Car Metal to 24 Cents Cent a Pound I NEW yom March 23 AP- AP Three U cent l-cent advances In Inthe th the cop er market this week carrIed el Up tip to 24 cents a pound delivered in tIle the alfey foreign consumers continued to absorb b all nI metal allotted for their n needs eds aril domestic fabricators renewed renewed re- re buying for nearby delivery delvery although It had been reported that they had about covered their requirements re- re up to July insistent de- de mend mand asa aa l result sult of the high rate ot of consumption has led to expectation ot of further decreases In supplies Wills producer O rating at capacity ca- ca paci there is said Id to be no outlook outlook out out- look for an an expansion of supply for lor another six months However a do- do that is 1 attracting some attention Is the increasing demand for copper substitutes as a a. result resul of the high price for tor ele Th The strength and activity In copper copper cop cop- per appear appeared d to have a stimulating influence o or most of the other non non- feroUs metals nd price advances ancs were recorded in lead zinc and an- an all al of experienced a active demand ind nd while tin tn was ore I an to th the rule there ther was a fair trade dad nd prices were er steady P Pin in In the market for steel stee mm production pro pro- 55 Wel maintained and In Inmost inmost 1 most ducton c edIts s at capacity while tile the demand was active with the production pro pro- ducton or of tile the finished d still tU i hampered to some extent b by a ampere shortage In s tern material Prices were firm and generally un- un changed Pig Iron wAs moderately active and somewhat somewhat irregular in regard to prIce |