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Show SMELTERS UNABLE TO SETTLE FOR ORE Nc Quotations Is Cause, Whitley to Present Defi nite Plan Soon Ore settlemet ts u , h g el n The a lo a compu e na es u they annot sett he re el e o tat a as to the I e tit o the an elter officials a e been expe ng quo tatlona daily tho a e e e ed none since Frlda la a e o n to buy re and to ea It thev say that they are n h e on &ko anv te t en ent un.tll e e a n arket r t,Ms Haolf Ml al 1 1 era a e bee ad et o this effe t Oenerel Manasar W V h t ay of the American 'sme tl Kelt ng o pa i said yetterda ha t a ery short time he hoped to I ah e o a nounce to mine operato a shiri s to the Mur ray and Oirfle d pla s son o dell Ite plan by vhl h o e ae e ne ts nou d be made. O W Hel s a agar of he United States molt u M Ini. & Re fining companv said a none f the company a mines produ ng lead a er or copper ould be closed He also sa d that the smelter at M d ale ould con t nua operations. hen asked regard ng the sn alters accenting custon ores, he said that their closing would depend en Urely upon the mining companies ship ping to them Snippers of copper ores v. ho ha e been looking Into the metal market situation express tha opinion that the markets of t.urope closed to copper cannot re main ilosed var long The adance the argument that It the war In Su rope continues the co ntriea fighting v. 1 1 be forced to buy copper or to atop fight ing The see nothing but a br ght fu ture for the copper ind stry of the Lotted states, for the point out hat if the war stops there wl 1 be an advance In copper due to the audden demand with a e rtalled supp y In order to tide o er the present dlffl cultj due to lack of ore settien ents some of the shippers ha advanced the plan of ha ing the sme ters pay to the shippers- a percentage of ho values of copper lead and silvor in the ores such percentage to gi e the shippers money enough to pay the operating expenses Including the v. ages of the men work Ing in the mines and mills |