Show THE COPPER CRISIS during dining 1931 efforts will be made to curtail the production pio of copper ind and to adjust supply and demand in 1930 epper prices pi ices reached the lowest point in years eais 1 and for part of the year some mines actually suf a loss on every cery ton of metal they sold this condition was prin itally the result of overproduction and the consequent increase of surplus stocks on ban hand coopper is is not alone in in being an ivr avei produced commodity oil wheat rubber coffee and many other necessary articles are aie in in the same economic boat production of all increased steadily for several years chile in 1930 demand was below nor mal in the case of copper the discovery and development of large deposits of the metal in in other parts of the world where cheap chean I 1 labor b Is I 1 arpad il ily obtain I 1 le demoralizing moralizing moral izing the ibe domestic ome industry the amedean mines mines are essential to employment aad the maintenance of a sound well rounded industrial ture every aid should be given gien to the copper industry when it seeks to reestablish establish le itself on a profitable and progressive basis |