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Show I ALUMINUM IS NEW COPPEfl COMPETITOR Articles Manufactured Prom Copper Arc Being Replaced by Aluminum. IS (INK SUBSTITUTE FDR IRON WARE Largest Producers Are Sold Out ! Completely With Orders Far Ahead. IThoro has been considerable Interesting discussion of late as to the possibility of aluminum being the most prominent competitor com-petitor of copper, and in regard to the relation of aluminum in copper the Boston Bos-ton News bureau has the following in say that will be of Interest to the copper-producing: Interests of this State Price Not Ihrtuibed by Demand. Although tlii- demand, it says, for aluminum alum-inum has shown a maiked increase during the past year, the price has remained In comparative! the same position for the past four or five years until last month, when an advance of two cents per pound In all lines was made by one of the largest larg-est producers Why Aluminum Is Rising. The following may be regarded as reasons rea-sons for tbe enlarged Inquiry for aluminum'. alumi-num'. First, tin account of the scarcity In copper; second, there Is a saving In pi lie. third, consumers are lc umlng better acquainted ac-quainted with lis merits. The substitution substitu-tion of aluminum for copper is most noticeable In the manufacture of electrical wire. It is also replacing to some extent all articles made from sheet copper. Is largely used for automobile eastings and In the manufacture of kitchen utensils In place of wooden and agate ware. In some linen it also serves as a substitute for Iron. Demand Exceeding- Supply. For a number of years there has been but h modi rate demand for aluminum, but now that r is being applied to a larger number of .ornmi n rI uses. Inquiry In-quiry has Increased Manufacturers are now sold wll ahead, one of I he largest producers being completely sold out for 'lie next kIx months, while In; has booked orders for delivery as far ahead as nxt September. The aluminum people are unable, un-able, with present facilities, to produce wire at a rate equal to the demand No Cause for Alarm. The above Is causing no loss of sleep to the producer of I tan copper, as the red mtal Is far more ductile and malleable ihan aluminum, and I ri the manufacture f wire copper does not have to be reinforced rein-forced by a series of strands as does the other metal. |