Show Copper and the PublIc The present difficulties of o the domestic domestic do- do domestic copper industry are of greater Importance to the tho public than is gen gets generally orally realized genI I In several of tho the western states cop cop- copper copper I per Is ono one of ot the foremost industries emploYing more labor purchasing more supplies and contributing more to the support of government than any other The Tho Industry has bas a multitude of inest- inest in cst cst- ors ItIs in all walks alks of ot life lICe So closely It 11 Is bound up with western prosperity that a decisive retrenchment on the part of the Industry results In general retrenchment I But the value alue of copper as an In- In Industry is not restricted to the West The foremost Industrial nations of the world orld have hae always nl been those with a abundant natural resources An adequate supply of copper and all nIl other base metals is e essential to Industrial progress progress progress ress The electric railroad radio auto automobile automobile mobile and many other Industries pres pres- present present present ent a continuous demand for copper thai that must be filled Likewise copper has bas bascome I come Into Increasing favor CaTor In homo home homebuilding building due to its everlasting quail quaIl- qualities ties The copper depression was brought broughton on principally by overproduction Now the he be Industry is attempting to stabilize itself through conservation measures similar to those adopted by the oil In- In Industry The American public should realize the important place copper holds holde In the Industrial scheme schema of ot things |