Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-25 | Page 16 | Copper Output may be Curtailed Again

COPPER OUTPUT MAY BE CURTAILED AGAIN I Unless copper sales improve considf ably within the next three weeks, comer companies will begin to curtail ouiptr drastically, according to the Boston Ken Bureau. Large producers wish to keep their working organizationtJgether. But n are beginning to believe that it will tat'j much longer to get Europe back to uor. j mal than was at first expected. j tain plans are under way that will, ft a thought, help greatly in hastenine 0e- man buying. j But these are dependent upon declaration declara-tion of peace and resumption of inuv continental trade throughout Europe, li ' the meantime domestic consumption roii--! increase o-onsiderably to take care of rt-I rt-I cent increases in production. I Domestic copper consumption is wjr- rying producers more than the sun, Consumers, instead of buying in BeJtzonfc to meet future requirements, are no buying mainly from hand to mouth, is J a result, the copper surplus berate ' from three to four months of consump- j tion that formerly was carried-by con- 1 sumers in TJie form of copper stocks r - j finished product.