Show OLD REFINING RATE II FOR COPPER IS I EFFECTIVE Saving of Many Millions of Dollars Dollar in Operating Expenses Expenses Ex- Ex Expected S BOSTON Feb Drop from government gov- gov e fixed price of 28 26 cents a p pound for copper metal caused automatic automatic auto auto- matic revision In smelter and refinery t tolls Saving In operating expenses In tt t these hese directions will reach many many- mil mil- l ions of dollars la At the time the war Industries board a greed agreed to an advance in copper prices from f rom 23 to cents a pound In July o of f last year the producers indicated a willingness to sharE a portion of the i Increase with the refiners despite the f fact act that most of them were protected by contracts It was left to the IndivIdual i dual mIning company to arrange terms rather than attempt to have a general advance put Into effect The agreement provided that so long longas as copper remained at 26 cents a pound the tho Increase would be main main- I tamed Where mining companies or shippers had no contracts but were I paying the high prevailing tolls the I reductions If any have been considerably consid- consid less j It was costing some of the mining companies as high as 35 a ton to have I their product refined this charge In-I In including in- in freight representing an advance tul- tul vance of per cent over earlier fig fig- urea ures I SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS E. E F. F Hutton Co brokers 25 East South Temple street furnish the followIng following follow follow- Ing quotations received their private I wires I Bid I Asked I Atlanta Atlanta i 04 05 Booth I Blue hB Bull ii 01 M 02 2 C. C O. O D. D 01 02 Combination Fraction 02 Daisy 02 I B. B B. B 01 02 Florence 15 Goldfield Con 18 19 1 Jumbo Extension 12 Lone Star 07 07 08 Merger 04 05 I Spearhead 13 14 Silver Pick lick 07 08 Yellow Tiger 01 I Goldfield Oro iro 18 Sandstorm 05 05 06 04 04 I Great Bend 03 04 Grandma 03 05 g Dexter nt union l n 02 g Gold Wedge 04 Oe KI Mineral r Hills C Morning l Glory 01 Thanksgiving 10 11 White Gap cap 08 08 09 Con Virginia 22 22 24 Hale Norcross N OS Mexican is 19 20 37 37 38 Sierra Nevada 09 Union 21 Cash Coy 05 03 03 04 Jim Batter 40 l 35 Monarch lonarch P. P Ext 09 11 Monna l 16 l Extension 07 McNamara l 30 I N Norih Star 07 Eula 08 09 Extension Umatilla 01 01 02 I Vest End Nevada Hills 02 Roand Mountain 38 Otman Oatman Nellie 13 15 R ROchester Mines l 28 25 Nevada Packard 25 Red hills Florence 05 06 Rochester Merger 12 13 Nenzel Crown Point 07 08 Gold Zone 25 26 NEW YORK PROVISIONS Special Dispatch NEW YORK Feb Steady Butter I unchanged Eggs Higher fresh gathered extras 43 fresh tresh gathered regular packed extra ETtra firsts do firsts Lower Cheese state current make specials c do average run 3 c. c. c Live poultry Weak turkeys others unchanged 30 Dressed 5 fresh poultry Firmer e oid id tOr fowls roosters Sst frozen 25 5 LIBERTY BONDS By AssocIated Press NEW YORK Feb Final prices on Liberty bonds tOday were first 45 second 45 first 41 second 14 third I tt 5 f fourth f 94 I |