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Show COPPER SHIP MENI5 TO IffilfliEO Italian Law Heretofore Allowed Al-lowed Authorities to Accept Ac-cept Metal for Germany. Arrangements for the safe shipment of cooper to Italy have been practically completed. 81r Cecil Spring- Rice, the British embassador, has informed the etate department at Washington that the only difficulty has been In respect to American shipments of copper lo Italy, as the Italian law permitted Italian port au-iharUIea au-iharUIea to accept copper in transit to Germany. I The British embassador intimated that either some arrangement had been perfected per-fected by his government with Italy, or . that the system of ha.ving- the British 1 consuls at American ports of departure guarantee cargoes of vessels to be as represented in the invoice would bo a sufficient check on the copper trade to keep American copper from petting: into ; the hands of German manuiacturers of i vnr material. i The department of commerce reports j the Imports and exports of copper at the j customs districts of New York, Massachusetts. Massa-chusetts. Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, Galveston, New Orleans San Francisco, ; Washing-ton and Michigan during the 1 week ended December 12, as follows: 1 IMPORTS. I Ore, matte jPis, ingots, nnd resjulus bars, plates t'conper con-1 and old, etc. tents. ! T-.bg. lDollare.1 libs. iDoliarg. Servla !$ 547.406:? 73,9'H Canada 221,4511 18.S44J1.023.960 144,960 Cuba ... 814,800 S0,0';5 Chile 329.234 47,068 Peru ...J 46.3S3 5,o6C.l,612,770 1S3,3S Japan .. j 1 4 02.S13 56,0 5 9 Total !l.OS2,634!04,435i3.fl79.1S3lS505.41R EXPORTS. Pigs, ingots, bars, piates, roris, scrap and old .. Lbs. Dollars. Fnce 1 4,711.1 13l$oS9.557 Sweden 1,994,930 2ri?,7.'SS England 718,167 Scotland 3Sl,o42 43.4S6 Canada 112, 9S0 14,693 Panama , I 25 Cuba j i,97.i 3j5 Total 7, $90, 59713990,009 |