Show BETTER DAYS FOR COPPER authorities agree that the lark dark days for copper cannot last long since early in november tile the world has been on the anxious seat between war and peace and even at this writing there is no absolute guarantee that some untoward circumstance may not again start germany toward the thorough thrashing which she deserves the world is waiting for real peace and the uncertainty of the copper situation is explained by the fact that this is the tinie between war days and days of reconstruction however there has been no decrease in the normal necessities of the world rather in the case of the metals have they been increased by the war and these necessities soon must assert themselves the normal demand will mean normal price quotations tat ions a fairly stable price based on demand will do away with hesitation both on the part of the producer and the consumer and the mining industry again will get back to the smooth current which prevailed prior to 1914 the big stocks on hand bugaboo cannot hold sway much longer it probably is a fact that this country has an enormous supply stored but with other nations it is different and the statement is made that their supplies were sufficient for only three or four months that time limit is passing rapidly and when a large part of the world again draws on america the stock in this country will show a rapid decrease especially under present conditions of curtailed production A better feeling is evident since settlement of the recent labor troubles and announcement no by the government that it will deport all radical leaders of the I 1 W W the of america there is evidence that the business interests and the wage earners are inclined to compromise their antagonisms and to arrive at a fair agreement to live and let live these facts together with the reentry re entry of europe into the market and the general knowledge knowledg 2 that the world is due for an unprecedented wave of industrial building up and expansion will go far toward restoring the old feeling of confidence normal times mean a fair price for all commodities a price which allows a fair profit to producer wage earner and con sumer the metals will join in the general prosperity and as this is the age of copper the red metal cannot be kept in the background much longer |