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Show iUM! MPROVEMENT Raise in Waages Has Good Effect and Business Outlook Is Good Many People Coming to Camp and Employes Em-ployes at Mines are Greatly Increased Increas-ed Camp Now vVy Optimistic. That the conditions In the camp are rapidly improving can readily be seen in almost every line of business. It is stated that there are now over 600 more men working in the mines than there were two months ago, and they are working on full time. The steam . shovel night work at the Utah Copper mine has been resumed and the people are returning to camp. The comment i v during the past week has been about theumber of new faces seen on the; streets. Also the crowds of laborers, going to and from their work look . more like old times. The raise of 75 cents which was ; given last week has had a good wholesome whole-some effect and all the men seem well pleased. Also the business of the camp is being beneficially effected and the various merchants are getting ready to handle a large volume of trade during the coming season. " The constant increase in the price of copper has made it possible for the mines to resume the schedule that was In force prior to the armistice and-it now looks as though the price of copper cop-per might go much higher. At present there are still plenty of ! vacant houses, but they are; being i taken now with clock-like regularity. ! Those who have had a hard time during dur-ing the dull months are now full of hope at the prospects of the future. With reference to the copper situa- tion the following story from the Bos- -ton News Bureau will be of interest -to the people of this camp: Big inquiries ; fyr the last quarter - ' - - i copper have developed. Thus far, however, how-ever, there has been no general open- ing of producers' books beyond September. Sep-tember. Business booked for September Septem-ber has been large at the top price of 24cents a pound. Predictions are made that the metal will ser! for at least 27 cents before the end of the year. The sales manager for one of the big agencies says: "Not only are sales outrunning production, pro-duction, but deliveries against earlier bookings have been exceeding output out-put for the past several weeks. Were It not for the surplus of unsold copper cop-per we would be in an awkward position. posi-tion. The advance In cojrper prices has been most orderly, with sales effected at each new point. Higher prices are bound to come and I believe that copper cop-per will be selling at between 25 and 27 cents a pound during the last two months of the year. It would not surprise sur-prise me were it to go to 30 cents by December 31. "A good- volume of export buying has been in progress for some time. f, ' Germany has not yet bought any cop-per, cop-per, but should soon be In direct touch with this market. I do not anticipate an-ticipate a rush for big quantities, such as many of the producers have been ' predicting." |