Show AND SUPPLY OF COPPER from all sides and all sources comes the hue and cry concerning the copper situation tion the con census of opinion seemingly being a agreed 1 reed on one score this beino being 0 that the outlook warrants the statement that the demand will probably exceed the supply outside of our own country which really produces more than one half of the copper product of the world and is also the largest consumer the greatest demands now come from germany france and the united kingdom though none of them in reality are producers of the red metal excepting Ger germany maDy whose 6 gross tross output for last year did not exceed 1600 tons the british empire has no means of procuring 1 copper from any of her colonies save in in a meagre meagre and limited measure from A australasian alasia and the canadian provinces assuming t that every industry requiring the use of copper will in a measure keep pace with the stride set up by our country during the year just closing 0 what will the european europe an consumption amount to it is difficult to make any accurate prediction but it is fair to say that judging by the foreign orders for copper the countries of europe anticipate a continued and grow growing ing demand for the metal S statistics show up to and including r the month of october that this country count ry shipped abroad an average of more than a million pounds of copper every day during the period of january 1st ast to october it has been char charged cred by y some au authority thorit authoritative active sources that the value of the metal is being inflated is largely fictitious being based on foreign speculation A careful study of the situate situation ion emphatically contradicts such an argument because the mean average aver acre for england eno 0 land 9 france and germany durin during 0 the year according accordino ino to data so far obtains obtainable ble shows an increase of more than 60 per cent centa germany leading with 80 per cent touching on the situation the new york sun says the worlds production has increased about one third since 1894 and it has increased more rapidly in this country than in any other large C producing region but still the supply has hardly kept pace with the demand swollen constantly by the expansion of electrical industries dus tries next to silver copper is the best conductor r of heat and electricity and with the vast development of the telegraph and telephone services a and n d the new use of electricity to transmit power and thus supplant the horse and the steam engine eng in e the demand for the metal steadily grows in addition to the large use of the metal for electrical pu purposes r enormous quantities quan titie are also loyed alloyed al with zinc in the production of brass which chic next to iron is the most important metal used in the arts and copper goes with tin to make bronze what wonder is it then that we of utah congratulate ourselves on the marvelous demand for copper when right t under our very noses is promised through development as great possibilities in copper mining as is shown anywhere one instance for outside I 1 information by way of illustration is is given in the case of the utah consoli dated formerly the highland 0 boy situated less than 20 miles mil f s from the salt 41 city recent meeting of the in in L ondon london disclosing the fact company that be h e d ent working tr capacity of the pres the fhe co is liand company 1111 any s sm ers handling linc tons of orl crude ore a net earnings earning s of corneth sor something neth ng i over 55 daily at month and that the per company has taken taken to immediately double both step st 13 capacity a and nd ings the coming year will show Bingha earn ear mt ability to produce 11 more than one highland boy then too utah has mo more re land copper than Bing bingham harn but the out outside side world car canina aps know as much about utah a as it should for its ha own good |