The sun., 1884-10-12
rLENrY or CnsAP COrrEA
An Abundance Of sse Metal sion hew n's-s
Lsnsls To Sur p~isinG Nessfts.

bends tO surprtsin9 ssessUs.
Copper was ncvor SO cheap hs now. Tho
present price IN abou, thirteen conts q pound.
The old price. q few years ngo was Is 10 ~
cents. and during the war It went up to nifty
cents. Curiously enough. rs tho price OF cop
por has gone down. the uses for II have In
creased and hundreds Of things are now made
Of copper that wore formerly made OF chcaper
metals. or not mads at all. Who irss not
noticed tho sudden increase Of articles made OF
brass-tl,e beautiiul PLAQUES on which the
ladies paint. the tons Of chandeliers. gas
fixtures. frames. aud thousands OF other
thines-all rosulting from cheap ccpper. for
brass istwo. thirds copper and ono-thrd spell
,ys2 ySr .,ss2 ssssqss %sn ,Ss % shs was
:t .asS sss used s' sss So
. proat. The home nan uiae,ure has Increased
enormously. Thousands Of workmsn are en-
GSsS r."
s how to make ssnS = s5 O S
kettles extra heavy. spun from the bottom up
T. III tsS% e Iaas aEss,
not long ago that ore Of them indeed ono not
80 ns few srs %s 81:
thom nickel plated. They are used rs orna.
men,s for psrior stove. somstims.: Hsrs ..rS srS
boxes. brass mats. umbrella stands. hat racks.
stoyyspipe collars. stove legs stove platforms.
anS s y ss ses SwSs hs HHss pre %as
oi sSppcr. Ncw they are Becoming Articles Of
In nnothor Pearl street store were moro than
si1ty varieties OF brass plaques Initiating
dsasm to- Sd TSF dSzcn f his Is eonaratvey @
nov neT business In another stor: % were ,', ,copper
water tanks. Walking up Fulton strect among
the wire stores. thcre we're copper and brass
-" How do you aesount for the boom in the
kWsSsii, WS, enough !, ossn Ts can enY cheaper
ern COPPER 10 compete with Lake superior cop-
Lsr. Tho price has kept going down. but the
asnnd 70. copper }us has ksp. E,c" VIZ IT, Mn
lnko COPPER people had 1t all their own way.
They would calmly nnnounoe the price OF cop.
would be- rny 1t. But now !, Ia quite dif-
fersnt; The Arizona eopper l. not quito 80
poses. and keeps the price down. Tho lako
copper IL about half cent to q cent dsarcr.
tariff @ f" on % "opper. from @ which iortuSss @ were
made, Is no longer Of any any account We not
are now eNportihs plnnty OF 1t and plenty Of
There is very considerable VILLAGE Mt An
sonia, Conn.,. that has grown out OF the fuanu-
faciurss OF brass and ,sopper. The place il
Of the company IN GIN street o thousand cop
per and brass products may be seen. from the
crudo copper In ingots to tho delicate chahds-
liers and lamps. that initiate. 4 not excol. the
finest Fronch importations. There nrs tons
upon tons of copper and brass Ia sheets. ready
to be sold to manufacturers. There are cnrper
and brass nail, and tacks, and weisi,ts gongs.
rods. wash basins. wiro cloth. printers rules.
about sixty varleiiss Of sheet brass. aud as
many varetics Of wire. sheath ing. bolts. rivcts.
kettles. seamless brass aud copper tnbing.
boiler fuos. forrules. Yas iixi uros. chandelier
and n thousand knick- knaeks
Tho rapid progress Of electrical Inventions
has required ,n immense consumption Of brass
and coppef for electrical machinery. II has
been found out that copper wire has many
qualities that mako ii desirable Tor telegraph.
lighting. and Telephone lines. for which, during
the high price Of copper. IL could not be used
Now tho copper wire TRADE IL enormous and
constantly growing. aud tho Varieties manu-
facturod are many and curious. Tons upon
tons OF these varieties OF wires are kept In stock
though only u short time ago such thing was
unknown in tho trade. lmmenss quantities. Of
brass and copper arc uscd in house hardware,
water fixtures, railroad supplies. clocks. and
fancy goods whore other and cheaper metals
were formerly made to do. all owing TO tho mar
yel!ous'y low price OF copper.