Show SMAll BUYING I I HINDERS STEEll STEEL I NEW YORK Feb 18 A 10 A further urther slight alight Improvement was apparent In the demand for tor steel products during the week al although although al- al I though on tho the whole the buying was vas again of or a sporadic character competition was very keen Iteen and tho the tone of ot the market market was barely steady as producers were inclined to shade prices price to effect sales Railroad requirements furnished a sustaining factor while a a. feature In the export situation was wasa a a. sale of ot tons of ot rails to Japan was steady at fairly good demand in a scattered way and the tho trade was anticipating anticipating antici antici- pacing the of ot the contract for the vehicular tunnel under the hudson Bludson river Copper was unsettled owing to a continued cop con absence absence- of ot any general demand there has been further price cutting by second hands and small producers Such interests have accepted orders at 31 13 cents delivered for Cor electrolytic and It is reported that a few small lots have been sold said for tor spot or prompt shipment at the 13 cents basis basl The large producers have not fully met this decline but are said to have accepted orders for tor the second quarter at 13 lati cents A little more mor Inquiry has has- developed at the lower prices for tor both domestic consumption and export Tin baa lias been lower owing to cheap Import offers of ot b banca tin and the sag lIag In n London where selling has been een heavy on account of the big arrivals Lead Is la unchanged Large producers are re fully tully booked for tor February and well Into March Zinc has hu been a little firmer as producers producer aro are not offering freely Creely at present levels and tho the demand In is about equal to the tha offerings There has been some Rome Inquiry front from Japan |