Show america Is consuming big amount of copper 0 the colsum consumption eption of copper by american brass and wire plants Is surpassing all records the cam laign of education undertaken by the copper and brass research as combined with the low aprice price of the metal has borne fruit abundantly when during the war copper soared to above 30 cents selling at over 31 3 cents in february and march 1917 the competition of substitutes started in dead earnest and much of this competition con linued tor for a long period after the war in order to recover ground lost to cheaper substitutes it became necessary to go after business in to tio fisted fashion backed up by ap I 1 eiling literature and publicity the result Is today the tion of copper in this country is tar far and away beyond all prewar records and at pounds a month Is more than double that of corres pending months a year ago ane a united states consumption in 1921 was pounds and in 1920 it was 1 20 pounds today 1 it Is running at a rate of 1 pounds although by reason of very unsatisfactory conditions in the first few months of this year the 1922 consumption may not exceed 1 I pounds to be sure coincident with cur rent heavy meetings mel tings of copper there must be taken into account a refinery output running above pounds a month exports continue to average about 60 pounds a month in the face of the poor export de anand and such has been the enormous usa usel of copper in the united states stimulated by its low price that we have cut down the surplus to under pounds and it was pounds no longer ago than april 1921 |