Show i it j LARGE ARGE STOCKS OF r COPPER ARE SEIZED u j s Or Great at Britain has lu seized approximately pounds of American copper In transit to European countries since sine the i outbreak of the te war Of OC L this ls tot total 1 En Eng Eng- gland Aland bought pounds pound and re reI released ro re- I leased CI pounds pounds The fht fate Cate of ot the remainder er still h hansa 8 In tho bunce balance and andI andias I has the subject of much lo discussion for fOT th the fast st few fet months month month I When the wax war broke out thero there was vas e a j tonnage of copper on 00 Its It Ia I iY way across acres tho the Atlantic much of or It iti i bound bun for German manufacturers through Rotterdam These were ro seized 03 as the they entered tho the English Elsh channel channe and I i the copper removed The Tho prot protests of oC the shippers which then arnie finally fily re re- suited sJ in an art agreement of ralo ula between Henr Henry R- R Merton erton Co C. C tho to government as and tho the I 11 Fth shippers The Tho prIce al n agreed ced C Jf lo os s s. s which at tho the Urno was wal f lM to net the 12 U cents 1 i. i t o. o b. b b New York T This 12 transaction took tok place about abut four fOUT months ago but payment pay pay- ment has been en tendered on only within ry the past week and then producers learned hat warehouse charges had been de de- I ducted I Tho The shippers na naturally turUy protested pro pro- tested a 34 I tho the net prIce agre agreed upon por 12 rents ent a pound would not riot be realized e with 1 this deduction enforced Much If I wih not t aU allot all of tho the copper Involved Involve had been be sold soldat r at 11 14 I cents centa a pound |