Show copper per A basic need it is claimed that there is scarcely a basic industry which does not rely in a greater or less degree upon copper or its alloys the worlds telegraph and telephone systems have already consumed bounds of copper and are using it at the rate ot of pounds additional each year the world also is girdled by pounds of copper in submarine cables american street railways have used pounds the automobile industry consumes more than pounds of 0 copper annually our ocean liner or super dreadnought dread naught uses from to pounds of 0 copper in its construction the growing use ot of copper and its alloys in the construction ot of modern buildings is everywhere apparent last year the various industries in the united states used almost 15 pounds of copper tor for every man woman and child these figures clearly cleaby show the importance ot of the copper industry to every citizen in our country and e everything v ery thing possible should be done to 0 encourage its profitable production the same argument applies to othor western metals such as lead zinc and silver |