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Show Tli" I-railef A HMiiig Copier Trounc-, BH There has recently been published In , BH Germany an Interesting book entitled stssssi "A Century of Copper," whleh abow I V! that the United Statea now furnishes BH more than half of all the copper used H In the world While the production IBH has Increased with great rapidity In IBstaH other countrles.ln none has tho cop- MP per Industry developed ao rapidly aa rtW In tbo United States, In 1800 the total WMR valuo of copper manufactured waa only htsK 13.319,352; In 1899 It had Increased to Wm(i J35,0S3,fi29. In 1890 wo oxportod 20,- USPS 237.409 pounda to foreign countries. HssliCV In 1899 wo exported SS4.9S7,1SI pounds. UlRI |