Show STEEL MARKETS BEST BESTIN IT IN YEAR All Allt Metals Show Good Progress NEW YORK Aug Aus 21 The The steel market Is 18 is If anything In easier tone than at nt any time this year ear The accumulation accumulation ac ae- ac- ac of ot material l resulting from car cU shortage e has caused canoed a freer supply Tho The first intimation of or softening prices brought with it Il a 0 growing cautiousness by consumers which with cancellations from auto auto- I mob lo builders and foreign Interests bro brought fht lower tower quotations Following tho the decline of or Bessemer and open hearth bearth blUet billets to 60 last week a lL drop of or flO 10 10 to 15 IG Sheet bars also moved downward and are now selling Belling around 65 compared with 70 to WO heretofore But slight improvement Ih In structural structural I tural steel business In July was Indicated Indi ted c. by a a- report a-report showing orders by bythe bythe bythe the country's country shops last month arno amounting to tons or Cl per c sent pent t. t a against st or 50 per Ier cent jo June Th The Tho predicted 50 50 a ton level lerel for forg g dron Is now a reality While Afew a afew afew few tonnages may have been placed nt at lower prices most producers now ask uk 50 for both foundry and basic Ic with Bessemer slightly lower and mall blo higher Coke movements have hwe been active Little business l U Is being done In copper Producers have havo taken small orders at the cent 10 price and open market agencies are arc less Inclined to shade A August dullness predominates nates nate Weak sterling exchange Is responsible capon i-capon- sible for or tIm the easy tin Un market Lead LeadIs Is 18 strong and menda Is brisk as compared com corn pared with extreme scarcity of or early eUly supply The Tho zinc market Is Js also firm and looking upward Antimony remains 3 unchanged with fi J |