Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-14 | Page 1 | Not Likely to Enter Copper Combination

XOT LIKEIjV to e.vter P, COPPER COMBINATION J , 'i j Special to The Tribune. iSIf "V i 'l NKW YORK, Nov. 13. Cleveland 11. B'V t H Dodge, vice presidenl of Phelps. Dodgo jjlmi .cl'ilf'B k Co., the third largest, copper produc HllvA I 1 ing interest in (his country, says: hIISL mIIIIH 1 "I do not uee (he slightest possibil- al I'll I 1 B3' of our entering into (he proposed a In '" j, cojipor combination, even if we wero mfa HI liriil invited to do so. If seems to me (hat. llnW i T'lllll iH it would In! a good thing for tho cop- fjflS J 1 kill ) 'M per trade if several of the Jarger pro- 13ISf !' IIIIL iH ducers remained outside of such a com- (hll'lw 111 IlilliiiH bination. Of course, all things arc pos- UI.Jj f id IIIIMil si bio, but as 111:1 Iters stand at the prcs- lllrf' iPli lll'i'liH ont, and as far as we know at. the jires- lilillKV I ! JflHflH ent time there is not the slightest like- 1 ll'B liliod of our departing from our past 1 jlfL '!- 1 1 1 il and present, policy ot conducting our W jlr1- ' I rt iH business independently. ' ' l l milI Mr. Dodge admitted an invitation ! If ' ' i to participate in the proposed merger. If'jB