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Show toSE IN ZINC PRICE BRIGHTENS FUTURE that the price of zinc has moied i'-' mm. s per Pund, East St. Louis, ; oas advanced to 5U. cents per -' American Zine, faces brighter '-an ' c?rdinS to he Boston News . ' and the company is beginning to i?l,k p;'otlt albeit not a heavy one. ? t!rst six months of 1019 in-,;'?ut..nalcd in-,;'?ut..nalcd outgo, owing to the ''' Wel market for these, two li" furinf: this lean period that (; J ln economies and monev f'-:i ,iCOnst''uctioD and improvement wf,T '.'neb'' vears of 1916 and . "ie themselves apparent. Both h4V Tenn-' :"'d JopUn Mo.. ' Win c was able to sbavFdown ... 'e expenses to a point where it -! break even. , 1 i:VouSn the zinc market has turned, , e producer can make monev, there !' a1 l,rot''t n smelting at'pisent and t Production from the Mas-", Mas-", m-ii p mines. American Zinc I, fj'''e a substantial profit, but just !;'ccitaSf price' of zinc goes up or custom ore, or the tiO per ""ntrate, advances in pro-: pro-: tiv 'he margin of profit rc-, rc-, WiJ th fame. ; ,? '-"'used some apprehension '"t In i i10 report that the govern-..,;;a govern-..,;;a decided not to dispose of its .twtold ZUe- thlouP the p: .ducers. iiiwll 5el1, 111 the open market. It tni-,1 y S0'd somo ot tho metal, and "'a tJ ncw 1k'M docs not exceed :':'re i, : r',.,r about 07,000,000 pounds. :ev's "'tie to be feared from this, v:r,T.,i ' a' y10 zinc market has dis--':t m; v.T "dumping" the govern-"r"i---i ' The stocks of metal ''' fast - T'rctluceis in surplus during J:1 tho e8r are verv much reduced, lt"!e , prcsont mark'et can care for The',"1 8 holdings and then some. ''S:5:0j,fm doubling in price of the ,H:4 v,0 of American Zinc has '-'ifrs' V new names to the stock-;t'M stock-;t'M V" t'nouestionablv the 'h turn "ccs better prospects with l!ra'!e i" lbc zic market, and nil i'J the" -s Plnt to a steach- advance h- , e,t' the metal. American ''"'uiit-l' , - "P a splendid treasury 1;tai ,o0O'("'0 cash and securi-0f securi-0f lno -tfi dividend on the SO 540 lfi, half Prcfp,red stock cans for less i'Panv ?,m,llinn dollars a year. The L'.'ro very "V0- wm,ld not have to I c 193 00nmv. to n,ake a showing on I ' shares of common stock. |