Show THE PRICE OF COPPER advices advises from washington aru are TO tie effect that president wilson has extended the period at which copper shall be sold at 2312 cents a pound until the first of june next this order will furnish a basis upon which copper producers can figure the profits or loss in production for nearly six months ahead and no anxiety need be entertained by them because of uncertainties in the market a condition that is still being met by producers of lead and silver however it is believed that silver will hover around the dollar mark for sometime to come while lead must of necessity come into its own as soon as peace is declared in recommending the maintenance of the present fixed price of copper the war industries board urged proper restrictions and the president ordered that the maximum price should be continued during the period named upon the following conditions that wages be not reduced that producers will sell to the allies and the public copper at the price paid by the government and that necessary measures be taken under the direction of the war industries board to prevent copper from falling into the hands of speculators who would increase the price to the public and that the pro dubers exert every effort to keep up the production to the maximum of 0 the past so long as the war lasts |