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Show was the banner export month of the year. It is estimated that the op-por op-por Producers' statement, which will be issued next Monday, will show a decrease- of over llO.OOO.ftO1) pounds In production, and a consldciauie Increase In-crease In domestic deliveries. It Is not Improbable, therefore, that thre wa3 a further shrinkage of approximately approxi-mately 25,000.000 noun Is In tho world's copper surplus durlni; Octo-ber.- Tho wire- business, which has been dull for a year or iuor past. Is no-v showing a considerable improvement Rraas manufacturers continue heavy buyers of copper, and the t.onsump-tlon t.onsump-tlon of sheet copper s at a new high record mark. Brokers report umuwi.il activity In the old metal market. Dealers are bujlng and collecting all tho old copper, brass and composition thev can find, and they nre able to dispose of It readily at a fair profit. COPPER DEALERS ARE dUING OLD SCRAP Copper Is stronger. Lake is now 13 to 13 1-2 cents, and electrolytic Is 13 cents a pound Sales of lake as high as 13 1-2 cents for January delivery de-livery are reported. Foreign eon turners continuo to bu copper quite freely In this country.'. ICvi.lcntly le-nuirvments le-nuirvments for the remainder of this year have been quite fully supplied, and domestic cons-liners an? now bidding for January ani Fobruary copper, but many producer? are refusing re-fusing to sell for less than 13 1 2 cents, says G. L. Walker. During October the foreign visible supply of copper decreased 12.107,300 pounds Figures so far received Indicate In-dicate that exports from this cftn-try cftn-try decreased n'bout 9.500,000 pounds, as compared with "Beplember, v.hlch |