Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-07-25 | Page 9 | All Copper Needs is More Buying

All COPPER COPPE NEEDS C IS MO MORE E BUYING Copper metal reminds mo of or the re remark remark re re- mark often made that a 0 certain region needs only a n cooler ml good society to to mn make e It It an altogether I place lace to reside after this life lite Is ended Mid ald the head of one ono of the thela la largest selling agencies All copper needs Is 18 r omo real old fashioned buying b by manufacturers In In InthIs this country to send It rocketing There se seems but little likelihood however that thero there will be any such Improved improved Im im- im proved demand In this country tit ot least not right awn away Tho The brass Industry Is not operating better than 60 CO per cent of what ml might ht be bo termed full capacity and tho the electric companies are arc running about i iiO 70 iO per cent cant It Is Interesting and also amusing to 1 note how tho the criticism of the lar largo large e exports ex cx- ports has died away Every Evon one Is now willing to admit that exports to Europe are a reflection of ot tho the true consumptive demand abroad And In addition the Europeans Europeans Eu Eu- are working their old game came of gathering the tho metal while it Is 18 low Ion The They care nothing for external Influences when copper reaches a n. price where It seems to them to be cheap but go Into the market and continue continuo to bu buy steadily on all de de- de dines clines One reason for their courage when hen copper copper cop cop- per takes a drop Is that tho the European trade Is not subject to such severe fluctuations fluctuations as os In this country countr It Is estimated that at ot no rio time In tho the last six months hils copper consumption abroad be been n more than 10 per cent below normal Just at present there thero IB is no demand worthy worth of the name and sellers Boilers that Is Is tho those o who reali really make tho the market see seo no object In reducing prices with the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of attempting to sack lack up demand Nominally tho big fellows are asking somewhere between 13 and 13 cents but confidentially If a big buyer should step Into this office now and offer me 13 cents a pound for say rev pounds the first 1 thing I would do would be to lock the door an and then I would la say Lets arbitrate