Show AMERICAN METAL MEN CO GO I OUTLINES EFFECTS Of GONT CONTRABAND ABANDON I ON A letter Jotter received b by a lL local mining manfrom man manfrom from an engineer In tn Germany is to lo the tho effect they are aro getting getting- e ln 28 cents a pound for tor their metal Ho lie says sas that they arc are working this tho mines with everYman every everyman everyman man available and tind nd that th they y are aro makIn makIng making mak mak- In ing a lot Jot of monc money With Ti reference to lh tho cutting cutting- oIl oft of ot copp copper r shipments m from this country an au official Of ot the American Metal company one of or the tho four tour concerns concerns con eon I cerns Corns that export rt f 00 0 per cent Of the metal from this coun country says We Wo contend that Great Britain is applying applying ap ap- ap- ap plying phIn not tho the doctrine of ot ultimate destination destination des des- which is sUr sufficiently well est estabo b. b In International law but bul tho the doctrine doctrine doc doc- trine trIo of or ultimate consumption That ThatIs la Is III wo are aro naked asked to guarantee or ot are aro penalized because we ve will wat not nut guarantee that the copper wo are aro shipping to bona boria flue purchasers In Italy or other neutral countries will be manufactured d an and consumed consumed con con- in the country to which It Is shipped Tho The ultimate dc destination 1 16 IS Ital Italy so far as wo we know We V sell to Italian merchants in good Soo 1 faith If Great Britain suspects that tho tim copper is getting gotting got get ting into G Germany or 01 Austria the tho place for Cor her to tiring pres pressure ul-e ul to be bear r is upon Italy and not upon tho the can iship- iship per who is acting in o good faith Tho The British government hJ has made a point of ot the fact that cargoes of or cop copper r aro are consigned to the order of or tho shipper ship per r and not to the tho Italian purchaser It ItIs Itis Itis is suggested that this is Js done us liS a blind to conceal the final destination of ot the copper As a matter of or t. t It has been bean th the practice of or copper c companies for tor years to c consign copper copper- to their own or or- der dat The rho bill of or lading Is ts then Indo Indorsed to tho the purchaser and antI forwarded with the draft through UIA thA ho bank The Tho ships ship's manifest man man- of or cour course coursO show th the lie copper as consigned con con- signed to tho the order of ot the tho shipper No change was made In regard to the recent shipments of or copper to ado ovado de de de- When hen however WE we saw flaW tho the thoo o point raised the American Metal company com corn pany abandoned the tho practice of ot consign consign- In irig copper to its own order and fade tade fadeout out the bills blUs of or lading to th the consignee to avoid the Insinuation of double dealing deal deal- In Ing IngA A A great reat deal has been made of the tho precedent established b by the seizure by American war vessels during the civil war of or tho the British ship Springbok which was carr carrying supplies to Nassau Those Thoe supplies wore were reshipped to Charleston S. S C. C But th the tho case of at the Springbok was different from the present case Abe he he cargo of or the tho Springbok bok contained Undoubted undoubted undoubted un un- doubted contraband such OA as swords army ormy blankets and munitions was not mado contraband until October 29 29 9 and anda a strong protest has been mado made against its Inclusion In the contraband list Fur Fur- Nassau was little more than thana a a. village and was doing a business equal to that of or a city There was not a shadow of doubt that the supplies were vara going coInS Into belligerent territory but thero there is a aery aler avery ler very ery stron strong doubt doubt oven oven a. a pr presumption against it It-In It in the I present re nt case casc tse And again waln Charleston was a port and tho ho supplies were carried In by fast rast bl block block- cl ado runners There Is no blockade of oC German Austrian or 01 Italian Hallm ports Great Britain IB is going Ins much further In tn the present pres pres- ent emit instance than s wnm warranted ted by bv the precedent established hd In the tho Springbok bolc Ca case caso If It these seizures aru allowed to every cery neutral port may be placed under n a constructive I blockade The Tho speaker did not place much faith In iii statements that Germany was hu d presse pressed for tor co copper tr A man who recent recent- ly II returned from Germany told time the speaker speak speak- er N that It was reported on good authority that hint t tho the co copper per producers were selling copper to lo electrical works The Knipp Krupp gun works he said mId were looked locked I upon as a n sort sorl of ot bugbear and ho thought their consumption of topper copper was wast over over- estimated 1 lIe He thou thought ht tons of copper copper cop cop- per a lL year would be a fair estimate of or Krupps Krupp's consumption compared with an approximate production of 40 OO tons a year by lIy Germany Eighty per cent of ot the coper from this country was probably for tor peaceful purposes the speaker speak speak- er or said Eald The shutting off oft of ot copper eX exports orts will affect between nn and miners the official said It Il was miS recently nUy estimated esti mated that people interested In copper either as S minorS miners smelters melters refiners or sellers numbered a million If H prices continuo continue con con- to fall rail and stocks to pile up there thero is bound to be bo ultimately a closing doshu down of tho works Tho seriousness of ot audi auCh h a course courso Is easily seen |