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Show BUILDING INDUSTRY GROWING CONSUMER COPPER PRODUCTS Indications are that one lm-portant lm-portant and rapidly growlng industrywill in-dustrywill set a new high In its use of the red metal in 19S9. The use of copper by the building build-ing industry was steadily on the iavrea.se for a number of years prior to the 1929 general business busi-ness poak, and went Into a decline de-cline thereafter which reached its low in 1932. The significant fact, however, is that 1936 set a new high record for copper consumption by the building industry, in-dustry, although the 1936 level of building operations was considerably con-siderably under the levels attained attain-ed in the previous peak years. Total use of copper in buildings build-ings reached 71.000 tons in 1936 and held up to 70,500 tons in 1937, according to compilations by the American bureau of metal statistics. That accounting includes inclu-des copper and brass pipe of plumbing sizes for all purposes, but excludes electrical equipment. equip-ment. In 1926, total use for buildings was only 50,200 tons, and In 1929, although building activity was slightly less than in 1926, the total climbed to 59.-000 59.-000 tons. The 1929 total was not exceeded until 1936, the 1935 total reaching 49,000 tons. O |