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Show STEEL COMPANIES' PRICES TO NAVY H NEW YORK, April 9. The prices of M which the steel companies have agreed 1 to sell steel to the navy department m were announced here today. They are H 2.90 cents a pound for plates and 2.50 M j cents for bars and shapes. This is a m concession of ?50 a ton from the prices B recently current or a saving of $18,- H 000,000 to $20,000,000 to the govern- H !' ment on the purchase of 300,000 tons H ( of steel, which, it is stated, the navy ! department has thus far contracted for. It Is expected in steel circles thnt fully 1,000,000 tons of steel will be speedily contracted for by the govern-m govern-m i ment to meet war necessities. |