Show SOUND MINING CONDITION HELPS prosperity discussing THE situation in the copper industry R L agassiz president calumet and hecla consolidated ap copper per co recently said I 1 copp copper er I 1 is S one of those american industries which ch look to europe to consume consume a substantial proportion of their product therefore any improvement in the general european situation must be viewed optimistically by us we have inc ing n evidence that the larger foreign nations which the war left in chaos are emerging from their difficulties and this certainly augurs well for that section of the american industrial organization which has been built to its present proportions on the basis of a fixed european demand for its product the worlds economic structure is so sensitive that we cannot always be sure what a week or a month will bring forth buti judging by conditions as they now present themselves I 1 have every confidence that the coming year will be a prosperous one for the copper industry with the consumption of copper in the united states continuing to increase there is little at home to cause apprehension this is good news for many states as mining 1 1 is a great employer and taxpayer |