Show c Europe i Is Copper Hungry gry gryBy ri By Ira C. C Tichenor Tichenor- A L THOUGH the European copp copper demand has not developed to any considerable extent and only a fraction of w what Ri had been anticipated by producers and refiners there callI can call can I tie no doubt that practically all of Europe and especially Ger G 1 many is sorely sorel In need of ot the red medal for necessary use ue in countless countless' Industries I IThe t The situation In Germany Is described as follows in a Q letter received Ind in ind int d d tJ his ls t country from a a. manufacturer of copper kitchen utensils near Coblenz 1 The German erman copper trust is out of business Our German factories T f. f are doln doing business again getting rc reorganized and reestablished more moreL L rapidly than we had expected We Ve are In Jn the market for copper now 0 f i We Ve must have It at once There Is no copper in Germany anywhere r The Tho government had none on hand when peace came Practically none has been imported since the armistice The Bohemia mines have been shut down for a year I 1 doubt if It they ever will get back I Ito to normal again Our general business demands for copper will require at least 20 per cent imore more than we used before the war Just as soon as the matter of financing can be arr arranged I 1 have completed m my plans and have ha arranged for for lor American financing to to take care care of of my demands We Ve are buying for tor our business direct with ith U the e American manufacturers will most of the German producers and sales agencies so of ot finished copper products hereafter The he others at are getting I into the market just as rapidly as possible Of course they are all aU having more or less difficulty making the ne necessary essary financial S arrangements But hut our will demand A 3 lot of copper very ery I S soon i One one of ot the principal reasons reasons for tor the the delay In Jn the appearance of a a. demand of ot arrangements for credits but absence fr or r copper from flom Europe is the tue an even more more positive caus cause Is is the tile scarcity and extremely high price I t coat resulting principally from the the destruction of the immensely productive mines of ot northern France I With these causes caust's being gradually removed there is a a. certainty that the I demand will cute create a market for tor every pound of ot copper copper not needed by y American industries I I |