The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-12
COPPER, LIKE STEEL,
HAS RECORD OUTPUT
Entire Production Not Taken
by Buyers, as in Case Of
Other Metal.


The British Government. according To
repor,s ,,ro,,,,,., No.. ,..s,,r,o, uoa.
.-- ' "V'. ~
'''"e "oo'''ohai purchases OF rehhed
copper In the London market. Some of
the local factors doubted thai, the pur-
cb,s., ,,..a ~. 49,. =. ...-.,-
=. WV Va ""s se"' """s"''"ue'
put evidently they were larger than has
been the rule since October 1. In Sep
tembcr ~ yv;I, bo r.,.,,,a all 30 a..
allied Gov.rn,n.nts n,ad. ,,harai 49,
chases ~ A,ner,c.n cnnn.r ,rha ,r,,-
email purcbas.. io,, ,rnntb hov,ny.r
were made nv domestic ma,nfacnrors
engaged in f,inS cont,acts fnr war
munitiops A. bor,,nsor, ,ha hr,,,
founder. ha,o hoan AZ ho.,,s.. -
chasers II hsipg o,iiroa,.J ,i,nt "a mar
cent. of th. domestie n-urrhasss recently
have baen ,,.do h,. NC h,a.s fo,,naar.
J'nder or,iinary ,onJ,,inn. aian, ri,ai
eouipnent n,~aru,a,,nrer. inciudinv v,,rc
are Tho ,ary.s, dn,n.s,ic cnns
sumers
Tho ou,nu, ., ,or,.r ,,-,o, ,,. ,ho
,mel,ers as u,o,, n. 10 ,h. r.a,ar, 10
racord hran,irn d., =. T., 49,
bu, ~. an,,ra ar -
No., ha,rs ,.h.u 10
crude and Flea .,"o, I" In ~ san, d..
,rv Son,aro,ar Z, q. na,,r.u,,i,, 80,
natal ,ha, ,h,ra .as - .,rr,,s %, On :
ma ana na,,,.i, 80. a.,
~ mi, 'tu -, 60 m
a',, ,u.s !" u"s'" VIZ"
onn ,o'"' '.su"'p..om VI aSS,ovv,-
1870 %. onn N po.~ ~ ~
80, 49,. n onno 900 ~" m
~ nasu ,v,vvV'ov" rou."s :,
,uest.V 'on~sur,p.'oh Estilil".es ol inert
''e ~ consumers tiS "
no,vvv,,.v W i'v,vou'Vv' pouuuS' W.. ~
. uouo'iui tihi' 'he'e 10 eapao'ts euousn
III tIns country 10 consumes iuo,ooV'ovV
plants. The total production of blister
copper I'm September IL estimated at
IS5. 200. 900 pounds. but the refined out
MI, il said 10 have been 1000 600 10
q. yOoO no,nds less. thus II In indi-
Gated that there was an increase In
smelters stocks OF about "a. o 600
mounds. rs we'll as an increase OF 40
400 ana Mounds in stocks n. the re.
fncries
7, T., os,i,,,t.d that, ,b. total out.
mn, n, rsened conna, during the cur
rem, month vii, hn close TO- :; 900 .Ooo
no,,ds .xcaad;,y ,ha ,r.vious hiyh
rocorJ month he ,h,,,, : ooo ooo Mounds
II ia ,oin,od on, th,, there is M othe,
metal and l., fac, no other indus.
,ry q, Witch 4, &, noss,hio for nro-
dnc,rs to MAKE from :, IA 100 ner
cont nrot. which n, Is cen,s , mound
is what * being done nv the most
f,yorod nrodurirg in,ar.s,s peccr,
sales NJ e,sct roiwtic conner have hear
made at is cents n hound for ,h,s
wears I.,;y.r,. Sows ell, ,ro re.
norted IN have h.o, mad. ., domes.
lie consumers IA cover mnnufnctur. y,
war munitions for delivery over ~.
nrs, nuar,er. and IN som. Irs,,rcc.
over m. srs, baif o,,eIs
several new inquiries Tor high ex-
pIosls, s"eils came INTO tne niarke,
Yesterday. including one lot OF 5000, 0OO
an. i"s prospeet'Ne cohtract' now
49,, rra,.rca.! y reoHeriHs OF an
oi.s.na4 ,o.'ast 'aheh AZ "a thuch
snaLiru - - In.e,es.s NJ"
-. re" "v'e WI
- r1'. ~ y, u " i.'h S"e,is
49, N''s ""N, o'ousnt troUl -
so,ar I'a"."' uu' 'ne
ing 80 sao,,. III 20 =, ..uenNoi
ire yious mites ,ntd " - -.
-" 'N' P.'". M'hulat'urer
plip,s os natnrinI upl ,,,n i,,,o,,. -
Tho wav. sc,l. IA ,ho n,hn, 80 y,
il ASSERTED ,b,, ,bo c,oo,a, 49, =
ton among manufnctnr.r aur ,ra,
nIarts arc hs,,ar ,ranar ~" y"
war .muni,ion, wilI ra.,,, ~ -
pric.s for tho prniec,i,.s -
,hat n, s17 10 s1a nice ,b.r n,
nlanuia''uter makes the following cost
.s'lha'e per smell steel, S7,5o; copper
49,, iaoor' s-''o; overhead charges
60 pant operation n depreciation
~, 'otai Oh S;o'-"' IL is posi-
ute, noweNer, 10 scale down these esti'
nla.' seNeral "oliars a smell. Evil
49, 'nr FRONT on TINS hasIs is In
80 n me o'erhead charges an'
i'""' oP''a'ioh'
Another inquiry was put out yester.
DAY Tor 5000 900 cases for six inGj
shelis 10 Brltlsh specifications. Nego-
t'ations continue actively on bars and