Show DOMESTIC production OF COPPER IN 1920 the smelter production of copper from domestic ores during the year 1920 is estimated by H A C jensen of the united states geological survey department of the interior to be about pounds compared with pounds for 1919 thep ro reduction of refined copper from foreign and domestic ores for the year was about pounds which is approximately pounds less than for the year 1919 the apparent domestic consumption was about pounds in 1919 it was pounds the stocks of taw raw and refined copper at the end of 1920 were about pounds which represents a decrease of pounds from those held at the end of 1919 the total imports of raw and refined copper for the ten months ending october 30 1920 according to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce were pounds exports of copper for the same period were pounds compared with pounds for the entire year 1919 the continued decreased production the large stocks and the low domestic consumption were due entirely to the generally depressed conditions of industry throughout the world which did not permit the absorption of as great quantities of copper as had been hoped for low exchange and the great stocks of scrap and secondary copper available both in the united states and abroad also decreased the demand tor for new copper the salient features of the copper industry during 1920 were a small hesitating demand mand decreased production continued small exports particularly during the last half of the year and labor troubles |