Show THE casual observer can hardly realize what the advance inte in copper opper quotations means to the consumer of copper goods but should he be in need of copper wire ropper plates or of any article in the manufacture of which copper is utilized he would then become painfully aware of what this sharp advance means as every article of copper goods has advanced in price by at least twenty percent per cent of late this advance is a capital thing for the producer but for the consumer would be a hardship were it not for the fact that other commodities have advanced almost proportionately tiona tely thus giving the manufacturer and the user a chance to play even there are those who express the belief that copper quotations will decline in the near future but i this class are not in touch with wit li the market and do not comprehend to what numerous uses copper is now employed no nor do they realize the fact that the supply of copper at the present time even with the greatly increased production does not begin to fill the demand nor will it for years to come and perhaps never if the demand increases in the future at the same ratio that has characterized 1 i zed the history of the red metal during the past two or three years shrewd observers having realized the situation are hot adt after copper properties the hills ara are full of experts looking for copper mines for investors and capitalists and while there has been wonderful activity in this line lilie for the past twelve months this activity is nothing when compared to what the future has in store for operators in copper and owners of copper propositions |