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Show THE COPPER TRAGED ' Tlie complete suspension or operations oper-ations by several of the leading pop per producers, testifies to the deplorable de-plorable conditions In that Industry. There are uo better losers lu (he whole field of the mining Industry than the copper men. They have fought to tho bitter end to prevent the hutdown of thch mines. Tlu the surplus of unsold copper has now reached such a huge total that radical measures must be taken. It Is sufficient to know that tho cop-per cop-per mining managements have gon-j tho limit In nn effort to protect their working Torres, lu Uct the employes employ-es rather than the shareholders aeeni to have been their chief solicitation. How long tho shutdown Ib to continue con-tinue is nulto beyond human knowledge. knowl-edge. Much depends upon tho settlement set-tlement of the chaotic conditions In Kurbpp. |