Show RESUMPTION AT BUTTE MINES John D Ryan Discusses Plans of the Amalgamated Cop Copper Copper Copper per Company COPPER SURE TO GO HIGHER NO CUT IN WAGES BUT EFFI EFF EFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY DEMANDED Pollock Private Wire Butte Mont March 2 21 I am glad to be able to bring to the people of Montana and particularly to the peo people people pie ot of Butte and Anaconda the news that all of ot the mines of ot Anaconda Washoe Butte Boston Parrott Trenton North Butte and Butte Coalition tion companies and the Washoe smelter will resume work and that incident to this resumption work will again be carried on at the lumber camps and coal mines controlled by the Amalga Amalgamated Amalgamated Amalgamated mated company and shipments of ot cus custom custom tom torn ores and lining ores will be re received received as a usual at the smelter said John D Ryan head of ot the Amalga Amalgamated Amalgamated mated interests in Montana on his ar arrival arrival arrival rival at Butte Saturday noon I There has been a very ery considerable I ble hIe change chango for the better in the mar market market market ket for the metal In this that the sales for European shipment have been very large within the last few ew weeks and there Is no accumulation of ot copper unsold that is worth considering The American merl an consumption is still light as aa compared with the last few years and the large sales made for the past six months have been mostly for export but we are In hopes that by the time the tho Increased product resulting from froma a resumption of ot operations will have reached the market marke which will be in three or four the American demand will have increased sufficient sufficiently ly Jy y to take up the increased production production tion lion Believes Copper Will Advance At the time the mines in Butte were closed in December the metal mar market market market ket was in a most deplorable condi condition condItion tion lion and the whole financial world was in such a state that had the Butte mines gone on producing to their full capacity the result might have been such demoralization of the metal mar market market market ket that It would not have righted it itself itself itself self for a very long time But on account of the curtailment of production production tion ton and the very good business abroad the metal market is now in a healthy state although the price at which cop copper copper copper per Is selling is considerably below what v hat can be called reasonable and in my ry opinion much below what it will be as soon as s general business condi cond conditions lions Improve in this country cou try Butte bas has for a quarter of a cen con century century tury held the first position in copper mining and those who are best in informed informed Informed formed have no no doubt It will continue to maintain that position indefinitely The mines are physically in better con condition condition than ever eer before In the history of the camp and it only requires econ economy economy economy omy and efficiency in hi all operations to make Buttes copper at a cost that will enable It to maintain a steady production at whatever price copper Is ever likely to sell In other words I am ready to say that Butte can pro produce produce produce duce and sell Its copper when any other district in the world can do it But ButIn Butin In n times of depression in general busi business business business ness such as us we see now it Is absolutely absolutely absolutely necessary that every economy be practiced both in the mining and smelting as 58 well as in the transportation tion of ores and in all aU things that go goto goto goto to affect the cost of product Every man in the employ of these t ese companies will vIll be caned called upon to put forth his best efforts to th t make possible possible possible ble the lowest cost for copper that has been seen in the Butte camp and no noman noman noman man from the highest official dj can retain his position po who does do s not show a disposition to give the very best that Is In him during such times as these There is to be no no reduction made male In the wages of any of the of these companies but a greater ef efficiency than ever before Is necessary I and must be had I |