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Show BBBBBBE f IWMWWIPWWWWW Wll IHJHH MWiM" H ' j WHY CONTINUE SUB- H i STITUTES BB , i i:eonomlcs nm not ('pinnnil fr Iho BBBj '' L niptal linn l:ept Uio copper proi ales BBS. , ol Uio country from sli-'tinp down H U UKlit. Sonw .t th. Inn., ciiipnn'ofl BBl ' ' have dropped Hit) rati of production H, j ,1 i down to about 40 pi-r cent of nor- BH ' mnl, nnd If furtluT ciirlallmcnt wcro BBJ 1 I tleslrod tlic next step would bo nn H ' ! absolute shut down. This would be BB i h lust resotl nnd a most costly B ' procedure. BBl Tlio closing down of most copper BBS ) camps would force tho workers to BBJ ncelc new locations nnd when resump BBJ I I tin was later decided upon It would BE' I I lo prnctlcally Impossible to asscmblo BBf tbu old organization. H Tlio demand for copper lias been BBJ 1 1 tlccliledly slow nnd while there BBJ ' ' should soon develop big inulrics for BBJ the metal similar symptoms had boon anticipated rarller In tho year but they failed to materialize. It seems hardly probablo that copper cop-per will bo any lower as It would then be below cost of production. Copper nnd brass should again laleo their place In bulldlug and manufno'-red ; oods and Inferior -iibstltuU'ii should bo refused by tho pf lie as copper Is selling nt close to ino-wnr flfiurcs although cost of production Is greatly Increased. Tho west 1ms hun 'reds of millions at Btalto In the i itlnuous operation or Us mining In slry. |