Arizona republican., 1903-02-23
COPPER STATISTICS
 TO BE KEPT SECRET
Producers Assn Viii Give
 Out No More Figures
Susptnsion Due to Withdrawal From Copper Producers Assoc ation, of Copper Mining Companies Which Sell Output Through United Metals Selling Company.

New York, February 22.-John Stan ton, president of the Copper Producers association, has made the announce- ment that hereafter there would be TO more copper statistics issued by the or sanization
 The suspension of statistics of pro- duction. as is generally known, is due to the withdrawal of the copper mining companies that sell their output through the United Metals Selling Co., from the Copper Producers association. They sent in their resignations the sec ond week of last month, and they will probably be accepted at a meeting of the association tomorrow afternoon.
 ''In view of the fact that the United Metals Selling company, as selling agent, represents such a. large per centage of the copper produced in this country" said MT. Stanton, it would be useless to put out the statistics un- available. I cannot talk about the fu- ture of the Copper Producers associa- tion"
 In certain quarters it was said today that there would be no formal dissolu- tion of the association, but it would be
  ness organization.
 The Amalgamated Copper company, which is the largest patron of the United Metals Selling company, is pur- suing Standard Oil tactics in with drawing from the Copper Producers association and it's refusal to submit it's statistics Of production to the public.
 Very little is known concerning the workings of the Amalgamated Copper company. and less will be known here after It's sales and stocks on hand will be closely guarded. The New York Stock exchange demands a. comprehen- sive staten ment from the corporations making application to list their securi- ties, but, strange to say, when the Amalgamated Copper company applied for admission it was let off with d statement bare of facts and figures.
 In fact. the public was already ac- quainted with the contents of the Am algamated Copper omrany's statement to the Stock Exchange. the most i'm portart statement therein being the capital stock of the respective subsi- | diary concerns. No explanation was ever given as to why the Amalgamated | Copper company was allowed to llSl Us stock on information so meager and meaningless.
 The monthly statistics have been i looked forward to with great interest i by the metal trades in general, and nat uraiIy the action of the copper compan- i ies that sell their copper through the United Metals Selling company, which represent something like D per cent of the total output of copper of the United | States. has created considerable unfav- orable comment.
 It is said that the resiSnaticns of the companies were due to the fact that I there were not sufficient reciprocal ar engagements with the foreign companies ! ia the matter of furnishing accurate statistics such as are published by the i Copper Producers association.
 There is a copper association in Lor- i don, but the figures published by it arc meager. The Copper Producers asso- citation has been in existence for many years, it's original purpose being to pro- mcte harmonious relations between the various producers of the country. The January statistics of the country's cop per production were due today.