Show MINING MININ r G TE THE QUOTATIONS NEWS CAMPS FROM I AND ALL AL ON STOCKS c FROM WITH WIT PRICES THE FLASHED LEADING LEDING LATEST MARKET MA I BUYING TOE THE I COPPER METAL MIAL MEAL FOR OR l S MANUfACTURES ITS t. t J t With WIth Wih the r rapid disappearance o of or tho ho copper stocks there thore is 15 ismore moro more ore or less Ics uncertainty uncertainly r a as u to tho ho causo cause forthe the Increased ed demand for tor tho the metal j Jt ha lias frequently claimed that the large u-o u amount of oC copper oln to Europe 58 IS h not no being used use for tor or manufacturing purposes purposes pur pur- pO poses S and that there thero Is a a considerable amount of o speculation being IJ carried on 00 onUi ono Ui n o the tte metal meal This Thi baR ha been denied b by tho the who ar are arA in Iii 9 position to know tame thiE conditions Th The e men claim cahn that the tock stock 1 Is 1 beIng beIng used by hy 1 er r 1 know it t Is hi fashionable to affect to regard with wih suspicion the lie tle recent hC heavy licaY copper but ft first hand stud study of t th the tho coIn convinced d m ma that Euro Europe Eu- Eu ro rope e Is taking the metal meta for consumptive requirements said aid a metal man who h has hit ju ut t returned from a a sl 81 six n ek tour 1 of or orthe the continent The Th good i Te 10 that Europe Europa t f Is doing doln doin Is no Illusion Real foal Rea and building In aro are on a a largo large scale seal almost Almot a boom hom find stid ld other industrial lines are aro to humming I doubt doubt It If Europe this Vf year ea earl will rl take tale much much mo mor e of or copper than last ut year near ear but hut I J expect to se set h her bar take fully ruty as u much I I Fore Foreign I visible ilbe supply upp of or copper now noV totals about but pounds and and for foi- fo atOu stock pounds American merlc stocks on Oft January 1 I totaled pound pound so eQ that assuming surplus cJ copper r here nere rc has shown no shrinkage e since the first of or the tile year Yer the total of ot the tim worlds world's visible copper stocks is not over o el pounds pound or 1 lees lom 8 than tha the lion He inn of oC the United States for tor six Lix weeks Movements of the tha torel foreign statistics I over the last Jut two years ears and nd the current curent sear ear r to date date are 8 In tho following of ot statistics foreign VISIBLE SUPPLY I 1 1912 12 Decrease February 15 Januar January SI 31 OC 1 1911 1 December 31 n 86 June Juno 50 0 0 1569 1910 December SI a 1 I S February S. S 1909 40 December 31 1109 39 January 31 J. J STOCKS 1912 Decrease a F February brual 1 15 31 1911 J Dumber 31 a June lune 30 O. O 1910 1910 I December r I a t February S 1 1909 M 10 December tc 31 n 22 January 31 a. Increase r. r Last rast st three figures omitted That the tha I visible should hould decrease G nOO pounds and the Flocks abroad 00 pounds In the thc first first fortnight of ot Feb Feb- 1 uary I Is surprising In view of or the hea heavy from this country to Europe In tho last lut two t month Exports to France have e bR been large lare but French Fench stocks appear in the ron foreign lg statistics wHich 1 Ics color to the argument of ot the tho producers producers' that the tho decreases s abroad arc the re result of or withdrawals for a actual consumption |