Show government co operates in 0 fixing metal quotations since last may the quotations for copper lead and zinc as published in the engineering and mining journal press of new york and which con statute the only official and accept el quotations as a basis for genoni buying and belling selling have been made with the co operation of those federal bureaus in washington which are specially interested in the mining industries these bureaus Z are the bureau of mines the united states geological survey and the bureau of foreign and domestic 11 commerce the quotations are now NA and have been tor for some fixed by a committee consisting of the market editors of the engineer ing and mining journal press and the representative ot of the federal bureaus this was an arrangement entered into voluntarily all around with the consent and approval of the chief factors of the metal marketing industry which constitutes the other operative cooperative co element in the arrange ment since this co operation in arriving at the metal quotations of engineer ing and mining journal press hai has now passed out of the experimental stage to that of the proved success the editor of the mining paper calli calls especial attention to a plan which so far as he knows Is entirely novel the original miner of metals especially the small miner has now a double and renewed assurance that bis interests are being watched over and safeguarded and that a fair and equitable appraisal tor for all concerned Is more than ever assured |