Show GOVERNMENT WANTS A STATEMENT AS ASTO TO COPPER Col Cot D. D C. C Jackling returning from an art inspection of oC the Chino Ra Ray and Nevada e Consolidated l mines said this morning that each of the tho properties was doing as ns aswell aswell well wen a aa as could bo be expected under present conditions That hat the they wore were down to CoO a Co 50 O per cent gasis and that they had been able ablo to hold down dOt tho the cost of operations to very ery low figures He Ho deplored the fact that on a 0 50 T 1 GT cr cent basis there wore a I number numb r of or men unemployed and a 3 large part of oC the tile plants Idle I Relative the tho copper metal situation Colonel Jackling said Mid that there had been an n Improvement In the the- demand nd In October October Oc Oc- Oc tober anti and a considerable Increase in tn the tho demand early carly In November While this chan change e was greatly appreciated some definite decision should be bo reached by our government In allowing the producers a amore amore amoro more moro liberal foreign policy Until the producers are assured a a. re reasonable I amount of oC business with foreign countries there Is no 10 o certainty as to what length of or time will expire before the tile demand will willbe willbe willbe be increased Cd to the tue point a n larger output from the mines will be bo required After having Jm compiled data for the sin state to department showing what effect the tile copper contraband con had on the people and Industry in the West Colonel received notice this morning that a 3 statement state state- merit ment would be bo required from some somo official cial presumably tho the governor of the state Tho TIle Inference Is that the state de department do- do I is laboring under the Impression Ion sion that copper mine owners have cOrn cOrn- figures ure which will not be borne out b by a careful cardul In Investigation and that while the government o officials are arc not willing to take the statement from Crom the mine owners own own- ers era they the wilt will accept the statement from Crom froma Croma a state official Colonel Is of or the opinion that It Is high time that wo we were getting some relief relle from the government lIe Ho does docs not think England would walt wait so long to adJust adjust ad ad- Just the matter if it we were the tile nation that had made seizure of or some somo of oC the tho metal that belonged the producers of or their country coun coun- try tn and the tho policy polley of Vol watchful waiting docs does not appear app ar ar to bo be to Colonel Jackling's Jack Jack- lings ling's liking |