Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-05 | Page 66 | Immense Tonnages Copper Sent Abroad

1 IMMENSE IMMENSE TONN TONNAGES COPPER SENT AB ABROAD D Nearly early pounds Ic less leas I copper cop copP United per pcr was exported from tho States during the fiscal fIcal year ear car ended June Junc 30 than In tho the preceding twelve twelvemonths twelvemonths twelvemonths' months months' period perlo 8 says flays S 'S an eastern author author- it ity The Tho total for tho the past pant year ear w was as pounds against 97 pounds In tho the preceding fiscal period and 8 pounds two years ago ngo With Ith consignments to Germany German cut tut from pounds to pounds and clearances to Hun Austria pounds from Crom to gar eary reduced pounds no other result could have been expected The severe se shrinkage shrink shrink- age ge In foreign demand for copper owIns owIng owing ow ow- ing Ins to Inability of or tho the best bent Europe European customer of oC American producers being belag Isolated was further accentuated b by a T drop from pounds to pounds In lu the amount sent out t to Holland Practically all of oC the metal meta consigned to The Netherlands was for fo to German consumption and the British control of or tho the seas leas made It Impossible to get got an any large quantity of oC now new sup sup- piles to that co country The average export price of or the thc copper copper cop cop- per shipped from the United States State during luring the tho past fiscal year y nr was 1 c cents a n. pound as compared with 1 cents In the preceding period It Tt was tho the lowest average crae for a number o or of years ears owing to the extremely low ICe to which copper sunk during the tho dullness dullness dull dull- ness of oC last laet summer and fall Full details of or tho the past two years years' cars exports folio follow pounds 1915 1914 lna 1913 Austria Hungary 8 Belgium France Germany n 4 Italy Italy 33 Netherlands Russia I 1 United Kingdom 5 Other Europe 45 r. r Canada r r other countries A S. S Totals r. r Recapitulation shows I June 30 rounds Value Avex A price 1915 x 09 1 1514 1911 1 1 r 1313 1663 3