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Show C0.PER IM STOCK IKCREASED(19,148J533 foos ci decto 4 "Tha Copper PYoduoara ssasslsllaa released re-leased tho statement tar December thla , morning, and to aasaa Ita report waa die-appointing. die-appointing. It waa shewn that tha vtatbU eoppar aupply waa la or ss soft 11, 1st, HI ' pounds last month, and that thara had 1 been aa Increase la lha praduoUoa at over : see. sea pound. Tho home aoaaugiptlnn fell og over l.aat,aa pounds, while tha foreign deliveries wara lncrooaod ovar 1 l,rK) sod pounda Tha report in foil showa that during lha month the produotton waa ltl.IM.tll poanda. aa compared with U4.IIM dur- . Ing November an increase of l.ttI.SOI pounda. Tho foreign deliver! ee amounted lo st.T1I.TM poanda) aa noenparod with U. SOS. lea poo no a for tho previous month, aa Inoroaee of t.toljtt pounda. Tho do-meetto do-meetto detlvarlas In Ivonamber amounted to M.a.Tl! pounds, aa compared with tt.toa.TM pouada la Movamoer, a decreaaa of lt.tTt.all pounds. The total dellveriea laot month wara lX.tM.Ilt poanda, .as compared with Ilf.l7t.l4t pounoa, a de-areaso de-areaso of l.aTS.IU pounda. ' Thla atatement aliowa that there waa a decrease la the dellveriea In thle aoantry. while the foreign count nee bought a much larger amount than during Iho provtoua meets. That lha oonaumara In this country coun-try hav keen holding on hat bee evident for aetno tlma no there wero no oonooe-etone oonooe-etone In metal prtnaa to warrant them Kotnar Into tho market, and they hav al-wed al-wed their atnrka to beroma dieted, thus avMdtnaT tho ninsilty of tanlng an Inventory oa a largo amount of metal carried over Into thla year. Foreign on. en mere bought mora metal, aa they needed need-ed It for immediate una. Thoaa who ar In tho copper metal h" el-nee el-nee claim that thara will be a much better bet-ter demand this month, and that they ara of tha opinion that rone unties will place liberal orders for dellvarlee during tha flret quarter of thla year. The production will doubtlesc bo curtailed for several months by reason of the severe winter weather, which always makes It difficult to mine and oom me retails area |