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Show CLOSING OF CANAL HINDERS BUSINESS P Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 3. -Closing ot the Panama canal was said by manufacturers manu-facturers here today to be responsible responsi-ble for the marked scarcity of high speed aud tool steels which is causing marked inconvenience In the mills of the Pittsburg district. A cargo of tungsten which enters largely into these grades of steol, on Its way from Japan, haB been forced to round Cape Horn because the canal Is closed and Is not expected to arrive until after tho first of the year. Meantime, it was said, tungsten had advanced from 75 cents a pound to ?8.50. 00 |