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Show EOST OF COPPER 10NOJIUDIED Federal Trade Commission to Report Production Figures to President Wilson. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Tho federal fed-eral trade commission's report on the cost of copper production in the United Unit-ed States will be transmitted to President Presi-dent Wilson within two weeks and will serve as a basis for prices the government will pay. Production costs of steel, iron, coal and other basic materials also are being studied by tho commission, which will work in closo co-opcratlon with the new war industries board formed to mako government war pur-chnsos. pur-chnsos. Cost estimates will be forwarded to the president as fast as thoy are made. No figures, it was said today, will bo made public by the commission. President Takes a Hand President Wilson took a hand today In the government's plans for regulation regula-tion of prices and conferred with officials of-ficials who have tho work In charge. First ho went to the federal trade commission and then went to tho department de-partment of justice. Both departments depart-ments aro working on keeping prices on materials for tho government's war needs down to a reasonable basis. |