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Show COPPER OUTLOOK GOOD The representatives of the Salt Lake Commercial club have returned from their conference w th Secretary Bryan gt at Washington with the pleasing m i formation thai arrangements are be ng made to ship corper to respons ble per sons m neutral countries under certain m guarantees thus avoiding seizure by the ? belligerent countr os as contraband of nar such seizures having practically killed our copper trade with European nations Negot ations have been carried on for some time with Creat Bnta n whi h t has so far made all the seizures w th V every prospect of success The guar antees could easily be given and there ought not to be much delay n reach ing a def nite agreement regarding shipments of the red metal to countries not concerned in the war The s t uation s well understood and all al & lowances have been made Now dt is 1 time to get action and revive the cop per industry Still more pleasing news was brought , home from the east by C W Whitley who is in a pos t on to know all the ins and outs of the copper s tnat on Mr Whitley finds that there is a scar city of copper on hand n the oast and that consignments to fore gn co ntnes are showing big gains The producers are now confident of mainta ning a 15 cent market and t is Mr Wh t ley s op mon that the home consume s should get n and pay the price Cop rer at lo cents will ha e a wonde f effect in the west espec ally u the produc ng states of Utah Montana an 1 Arizona and the restorat on of normal cond t ons will soon follow It s t e op n on of both Air Wh Irvy and W T Halloran hat the e ) plcnt ot mo e n he ast to ar 3 on t and t nc3s s nr 0 ng r Je sen pres dent of the Con mere al 1 b who a on pan ed M Halloran to Wash ngton returns w th enewed hope and cont dence If there s any gloo n n Salt Lake and I tah over the o tlook t ought to be d spe lei at once in view of the glad t 1 ng bro ght back from the nat onal cap tal and the eastern centers of finance and , trade |