The Calumet news., 1912-09-21
RED METAL IN
STRONG DEMAND
European Consumption Feature
of Favorable Situation

metal situation is the enormous con
sumption of copper that has been go
ing OH for the past eight months in
Continental Europe. The great ac
tivity in the electrical trades, and IN
other large manufactures in wh!cl
copper plays conspicuous part IN
Germany has attracted considerable
attention from the officials of the lead.
Ing producing companies i'm this coun-
try. Germany viii use more copper
this year than ever before and as mosl
of its supplies are secured in the AM
erican market, the great expansion that
has taken place in that country has
naturally been followed with consider
able interest here. Not only has Ger
many shown remarkable strides i'm in
dustrial development but in Franc,
and Italy there has also been an eN-
tremely healthy growth i'm the use OF
copper Had IL not been for the labor
disturbances i'm England last Spring it
is more than likely that Great Britain
would have consumed much larger
quantity Of the red metal than the re-
turns Indicate These labor disturb
ances, together with other similar de-
terrent factors ON the Continent re-
tarded more or less the mauufactIr-
ing industry practically throughout all
Europe.
Home Consumption Increased.
The expansion i'm copper consump
tion has not been confined alone to
Europe for among our own maUutac-
turers at home there has developed a
demand for the metal that has not been
equalled at any time in previous years
As indicated by the fore Suin2 figures. /
it will be seen that the United states
has fully kept abreast with the indus
trial Improvement noted iu European
countries, and a record -breaFin- cou- /
sumption of the red metal is promised /
for the year. At the present time On" /
large brass manufacturing plants an /
through the Connecticut Valley arc ru- /
ioying a period of uucquallcd prosper /
ity. The plants are i'm operation 22 /
hours out of every "a hours. except ON .
Saturday. when the Saturday half [
holiday is observed. The manJecrs OF /
these mills report an extremely heavy
run Of orders at advanced prices. and
find some difficulty i'm turning ont thc
manufactured product i'm sufficient /
quantities To make deliveries acrnrd-
ing to their contracts. The Same ruu-
ditions prevail in the West whore tHc
large sheet manufacturers are swamp
ed with orders.
New Production.
The decentralization that existed iu
the trade during the closing months or
last year has given place 20 fgyliur
of satisfaction and confidence both
among producers and consumers of Che
metal not only regarding the present
condition Of things but also the future
Of the industry. and this I'm tho fa-oI
~ the wonderful development which
has taken place iu some OF the produ.
ing properties and espcciaiiy ia Tho
The development Ur th,s,
mines has been remarkable Tho Utah
Copper Co. with 300 100000 toms ur|
developed ore. and prsdueu- sb.u.
l1ooo 600 Ibs Of tho refined product
a month. with facilities for aUU
greater output is am example of what
has been accomplished with lowe grate
1re propositions Developments smi-
lar 70 those in tho Utah and the Ne
rada Consolidated are also being shown
IN the other porph,rioa SUCH as tho Eay
the Chino and Niam.
properties but on a smaller scale. aud