Show THE COPPER MARKET houston co say in their c rf per circular A buying inO movement ol of baag is overdue and consumers m must alst Il st secure copper in large quantities ties for midsummer mid summer deliveries if mills I 1 are to te 0 supplied with the full quota of metal nece sary for manufacturing purposes delayed Dela yeii purchases therefore may take place in tte th near future and the spirit of hesitation among consumers is expected to terminate before long A critical aria lysis of the sit nation would probably fail to reveal much radical change in actual conditions as they relate to production and consumption compared with what existed a mouth month ago itis it is i well to remember that the bulk of checo theco the copper being now turned out at the various smelting smelling sm elting and refining works is going steadily into consumption against old contracts so that no large percentage of current output can be considered as free copper looting in for a market there is no doubt that some copper available at the present time for purchasers use but it is nevertheless a fact that to a very large extent new orders from consumers would have to be for delivery in july and later months the product for earlier delivery has already been well disposed of and under these circumstances producers have been able to wait patiently for the development of further trade demands there is no question but that the consumption of copper will continue right along at an enormous rate and there are numerous projects looming up which will require plenty ot of copper to put them into practical operation there is abundant reason to expect a growing demand for copper in the years to come and the indications point distinctly to future expanding consumption far ahead of anything Y hitherto attained while th there ere may ma be a little halt now and again 1 to tale take thattie that the breath there is reason to believe emceed elcee demand for copper will ultimately 1 that of the brightest period in the industry |