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Show GERMANY PLACES I ORDERS FOR COPPER! New York, Nov. 30. Orders for cop- j per aggregating about 200,000.0 jt pounds nearly one-fifth the annw1 jj production in the United States, la j j been placed by German represent" j( fives with copper concerns in this L country, it was reported today. A it copper was quoted at 20 ceqts a pound ( the. cost of the German purchases amount to $40,000,000. In Instances I where the contracts have been filled f the metal has been placed in storage under an agreement to ship to Ger- j many Immediately after the war. i The orders ipjaced in America r arqount to nearjy fpur times the an- nual production of copper in Germa- f; ny. America produced 1,110,062,000 pounds of copper in 1914. . j 5 Within a few months tho German j government has been comniandeertoS copper wherever it could bo found In jj tho German empire. , 1 nn k |