Show STEADIER FEELING IN STEEL MARKET flight Improvement in V Volume Volume Vol Vol- 01 ume of Business NEW V YORK April The The readjustment readjust readJust- ment of oC prices in the steel market which has brought the tile steel corporation and the independent companies to a more uniform basis has resulted in a steadier feeling and a slight improvement improvement-iii the tho I volume of business Consumers continue I conservative however and limit purchases pur chases s to urgent needs as they believe that probable revisions in freight rates and wage scales scale may disturb values Ilp PIA iron remains quiet with a sporadic demand Prices Iricea are arc about steady stead as offers are moderate but the undertone continues nervous Topper Copper has lias shown N increased activity C no notably in n the e export t line notwithstanding ing unsettled labor and political conditions condi abroad One sale of a about Lout two million pounds pound for shipment to Japan has I been definitely mentioned Generally speaking the demand for home i tion has been in small lots of or from one oneto oneto I Ito to three million pounds but the pur pur- purI I chases hases of or some consumers have beer been quite large since the first of the year ear Including sales of about pounds to one of the big biff wire users Sellers SpHere remain firm In their views owing to a n prospective steady strengthening statistical statis lie I position as a Il result of curtailed 1 production Lead has been beets shaded by Independents to 10 the levels maintained b by the big producers pro pro- lucers the advance In the tho London market mar mar- ket Lct having no effect here Tin advanced nearly nearh a n. cent In a quiet market marlet but the reaction In London Imparted Imparted imparted Im Im- parted an easier tone late In the week Zinc la Is active and steady In consequence conse conse- 1 quence luence of or a further advance In St. St Louis Loul for br prompt and April shipment Consumers Con Con- turners sumers have bou bought ht freely In the last few fes 1 lays days In but find It U difficult to secure fu- fu fu 1 u- u I 1 ures lures beyond May Antimony Is nominally unchanged on pots but lots from a 1 shipment shortly due tue can be he bought for a shade less than I he the spot prices |