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Show 111 COPPER 10 CURTAIL OUTPUT After having made arrangements whereby the force wou d not be dlaorgan ed officials of the Utah Topper com pany announced yesterday that the out p t of the mine would be curtailed The Arthur plant will be closed but the man a gem ent said yesterday that all em p 03 ees would bo taken care of aa far as posslb e under the existing markets. Wl h the exception of the Arthur plant the various pmpert es of the company w 11 continue operations, and those em ployees who decide to remain with the company will be gi en employment half of the time It is understood that tha same scheme will be applied to the other Jack Ing properties, lnclud ng the Bay Conso da ed the Cnlno and the Nevada Conso ldated According to the management the sit uatlon abroad has grown steadily wo ae and no one seems to be able to sav as to when the me a I markets will be estab lahed aga n The copper producing com panics of the Lnited States have large s ocks of copper stored awa ting the opening of the market The copper pro du ton of hp- I nlted States has been n the ne ghbo ood of 150 000 000 pounds pe month Thro ghout the copper pro du ng districts the large p ants ha e agreed to reduce his production by half wheh amo nt tbev be leve will be con sumed n the T ni ed Sta en The con sumption in the United States during normal cond t ons is aaAd to be about 100 000 000 pounds per month |