Show COPPER EXPORTS INCREASING BUT Bill SUPPLY IS SMALL Some dl disappointment Is felt tel over or the falling off oft In copper exports export For the te week weekending weekending ending February 1 14 5 the th exports amounted to 1875 tons which shows a a d decrease of or 2641 tons for the same period last month Sinco February 1 tho exports have amounted to tons which h Is a 0 de decrease decrease de- de crease of or 2199 tons from the December shipments Thus far there thero ther has not been heen heena a as great an Improvement ment In the domestic consumption as al some had expected arid add forecasts forecast are aro being made that the next copper I producers producer ro u TS' TS report which will wi bo be boI I Issued sued March S. S will wi not show ebow conditions of the copper metal market In RS as a favorable favorable favor favor- able a light as Il has been ben anticipated The Tho last two weeks of or January failed tale to show ghow an Increase In the th forel foreign visible cop copper r supply though traders announced that there thero would woul be an Increase Tho The re reduction reduction re re- was quito quite Quio small amounting to only pounds but this was sufficiently sufficiently sum sum- clent gratifying to make consumers be begin begin be- be b- b gin to open their eyes Tho The total decrease In January was wn pounds which brought the foreign supply to pounds which In is the smallest supply In foreign countries for fot more moro than a 8 year ear In February of or last lut year ear th the tho copper stock In Europe EuroM amounted to 48 pounds and It Increased over pounds pound In Inthe Inthe inthe the next month Since March of ot last year er there has been a gradual decline until now nov thero there are ar pounds I less s copper copper copper cop cop- per In foreign countries a a decline of or about abut 26 6 p per r cent In the tho visible supply With Wih excellent conditions In England Germany German and France Franc there Is I every reason rea rca son Mn to belc o that foreign countries will wi como come Into the market for or more copper within a 0 short tm time Their stocks have have been ben reduced too rapidly for tor safety according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to some of oC the manufacturers and anda a number of or them have hl c expressed a desire to buy the metal at prevailing low prices |