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Show INCREASE IN VISIBLE SUPPLIES OF COPPER Special lo The Tribune. BOSTON. .Ian. r.. A London cable this morning states that llvre has been an increase tho past two weeks in tho foi-elgn foi-elgn visible supply of copper amounting t.. lMti Inns, or -l.lM.Sbu pounds. I ii.t-increase ii.t-increase in the past fortnight hringx the month's Increase up to r,27ft tons, or i.-ni-J.riW pounds. If there is lo be the looked-for Improvement In the America;! position to be made known on the intn of this month. Oie derc:s.- in the American surplus must of course exceed the increase aboe mentioned In the foi -dsn visible supply if there is to be any real improvement sliowu In the woilrl ;. statistical position. Hi American snrT Plus, according to the t upper rrr.duc.:rs association, stood, on 1 i.-remW 1 last, at l.-.::.00.ri:7 pounds, which aoded to the foreign surplus of 244.2n9.2S0 pounds br tigs the world's surplus accumulated at tho present time up to ai.7.a2.Mi, pounds. |