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Evening journal., 1916-07-27
Record Breaking Foreign Trade

include the armaments-Came first ~
said Uncle Harry. Explosives am
nunition were second; raw cotton.
and that means explosives and cloth.
ing came third; wheat and -four we're
fourth; meats. fifth, and then copper
manufactures. autos and parts,
chemicals. cotton manufactures, re-
fined sugar and leather. The trade in
war supplies-guns ammunition and
food, has, of course, made Americas
exports in the year just past. the
greatest in the history of the nation" ."
What are the chief imports of the
United States?' asked Joe
Sugar comes first; rubber, second /;
hides and skins, third; raw wool.
fourth; raw silk, fifth; and SO ON.
What do you mean by the word
raw" asked Jimmy
THE natural product before it is
made up into manufactured articles. %
explained Uncle Harry. Take the
wool for example. Raw wool means
wool practically as II comes from
sheep II It we're made into clothing
in the country where n was produced
and then imported into the United
States IL would be admitted as cloth
ing or il might be listed as woOien
goods, but not as raw wool
BY the way. boys, this war trade
has made New York city the leading
port Of the world" continued Uncle
Harry London was first before the
war: now London is second. and
Hamburg, the famous German port,
and the largest port on the continent
of Europe is third Recently | read in
the paper that in one single day ex-
porto valued at more than $26 900 600
Evening journal., 1916-07-27
TRADES IN KITTENS TO
RAISE MENACERIE FUND
Ry GENE BROWN.

Chndhood's imagination is a lot Ike
e rubber band II can stretch over
any subject and the only thing that
ever checks Il is the chain of the!
childish vocabulary, which is, more
or less, limited.
He is a little tacker. not more than
four. and he was deeply interested in
q stepful OF baby lSittena. which
were having the time Of their lives,
rolling and playing on the steps OF a
house on King street
eWant one. lady?" he asked grab
bing cne by the tail. much against its
protest. and pulling it toward him.
"Only FIVE dollars" he added with
true Sicilian acuteness for the "golda
dollar"
You're too high" I answered, TAX
ing the kitten from his none too gem
tie hands
mo I amt, neither" he said. stand
ing up for his price. with a tortitude
that showed him 10 be a true child
of Italy: cause they amt no cats.
these is lions" he added; AN I'm
eoina to sell em all for one dollar
and ono cent and-and-Im goin'-'
III
prise. "and what are you going to Dc
with ali that money
The question evidently fired HI
,r,apination. as some questions VII
when applied to that inflammabl
material a child's brain.
nvvhv.- he hesitated but a momen
4w'v. I'm gonna buy sixteen taeger
with big bushy tails an long teett
an, All an I'm gonna have a circus !
nv hack ward. You can come 10 }
n Won want to- he added. graciousl'
felt called upon 10 decline the IN
v1tation and so bade my little trlen
good bye, I thought 10 myself. nov
ever, what a fine politician that CHILE
viii make when he grows up. WIZ
an Imagination like that he could d
most anything. even to getting a new
washington street bridge.
Evening journal., 1916-07-27

Atwell were entertained on Sunday
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey j. Davis and
family.-Mr. and Mrs. Warren Buck
ngham, Frank Buckingham and son
Clifford. and Mr.. and Mrs James H.
Little, were Sunday guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alban Buck
ingham. Sr-Miss Mary Patterson
entertained friends from Wilmington
on Sunday.-Miss Lora H. Little is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hand
work, of Haverford, Pa-Mrs Rob
ert S. Taylor has returned home af-
ter spending several days last week
with her daughter. Mrs. Calvin East
burn.-Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Stra-
horn and family we're Sunday visitors
with Mrs. Strahorn's mother Mrs.
Sara l.. Worrall.-Miss Katherine
Evening journal., 1916-07-27
$6.500,000.0o0
How long is a

ed up and asked How long is a
dollar bin?"
Uncle Harry having told him seven
and one half inches lone. Joe was
again busy with his figuring. being
passed before both boys. almost at
the same instant shouted: I've got
itl I've got IT,"
How much?' asked Uncle Harry.
More than a billion dollars" said
Joe.
Jimmy held as his sheet of paper
for Uncle Harry TO see; he had the
same result
We'll now. that's pretty good. said
Uncle Harry. You're both right, and
when school opens in September I'll
certainly see your teachers and ar
range to have you get every Saturday
as a holiday"
After all hands had had a good
laugh, Joe said. "But why did you
have us do all that figuring? What do
all those billions of dollars mean?
That's Just what ! want to tel
you about" said Uncle Harry "Thaf
Tremendous sum-the exact sum Il
Sc. SOC. 900 ,O0O-is the total of the
| United States foreign trade during
the year just passed from July
1915. TO June 30. 1916"
What do you mean by foreigi
trade, Uncle Harry: the goods tha
| the United States sells 10 foreign
countrios?" asked Jimmy
"That. plus the goods that the
United States buys from foreign
countries" explained Uncle Harry
'ln other words. a countrys foreign
trade Is the total or its exports and
imports.
Most of the United States foreign
trade since the war started has been
in goods shipped from this country IA
European countries, hasn't it?' asked
Joe.
"Yes, that is correct" said Uncle
Harry THE exports during the past
year amounted 10 S4.S45, 100000, Will,
the imports totaled a little less thar
half that S2.1S0000.000
What were the principal things
exported" asked Jimmy.
Iron and steel products-and thes'
Evening journal., 1916-07-27
Uncle Harry Tells About The

you boys won't think I'm trying
to send you back TO school before
summer is half over If / ask you to
do a little problem in arithmetic. will
your asked Uncle Harry.
Not unless it's a very hard one. -
answered Joe. laughing.
We'll, | won't say how hard this
problem is" continued Uncle Harry.
but IL Is a mighty big one. Now.
then, are you ready"
Sure, go ahead eaid Jimmy.
"All right; which one OF you can
tell me how many dollar bills. placed
end to end. would make a strip 769..
412 miles long?' said Uncle Harry
THAT would be a strip long enough
TO run around the earth, az the
equator. 30 times
In iiffy Joe was busy with paper
and pencil A moment later he look
Evening journal., 1916-07-27

Mousley and Clarence Dempsey spent
a day recently with friends at Penny
Hill-Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lewis. df
Newark, we're entertained on Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Little.-Mrs. George Taylor is enter
tanning her mother Mrs. Clark. of
Newark, for a few weeks.-Mr and
Mrs. Jacob B. Moore were the Sum
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harley A.
Mousley. Herman Cook is
spending a few days with relatives
near Leipsic Del-Mr. and Mrs. Kem-
per Pierson. of Marshallton, were re-
cent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Pierson.-Edward Vansant, of Will
mington. spent the weekend at his
home here.
Evening journal., 1916-07-27
BACK TO OLD HOME.

After spending seven years in Min
nesota, William Murin has returned
to his home with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Mullin. of No 1912 Elm
street Mr. Mullin made the trip
from Minneapolis, Mimi, by motor
cycle.
Evening journal., 1916-07-27

WtTt aNIpNeu TTuM New 1OFK1
"All this trade has been with the
Allies or the neutral countries. hasn't
it7" asked joe
YES, because the British and
French navies have succeeded in
blockading Germany" said Uncle
Harry. But now that Germany has
succeeded in sending a submarine
merchantmen, carrying more than 700
tons Of exceedingly valuable goods
to the United States. and is planning
to establish a regular submarine
merchant service. we may expect
Germany to also play a part in Amer.
lean foreign trgde"
Evening journal., 1916-07-27

Editors Note Uncle Harry will he
glad 10 answer inquiries, either in
this column or by mail. provided let
ters are signed With the full name and
address of the persons writing. The
names will not ap-
pear In the articles.
Copyright 1916 by The NC Syndicate
Evening journal., 1916-07-27
KING

Sealed proposals ne purchase pEoperty
me City Hall property, belonging The Mayor Council
Wilmington, Delaware will
n'es Of Council until o'clock m the Council
the Sd day Of August A. D. 1915. 6ds property
be made a part tho whole property follows:
Bids Market front parcel 7s.toEsx
fo5s less, and bids the King and Sixth
fronts another parcel 1o6eLSto53 Iess
sbe property whole. n instance, there single
bid property, another
bid King Of the property,
together aggregate than bid for the prop
erty bids will be Instead Of tho
the whole property. the other hand If the
whole property greater than the bids
che property divided In the parcels Indicated
then the bid the whole property will be accepted.
Finance right reject any
bids Certified checks for SO Of the price bid,
psny proposal, which check the bid be accepted
the purchaser comply with the conditions
be forfeited city. bid accepted.
be bidder. The purchaser will days
the Of his bid by The Council pay
Of the purchase price. Tho description
diagram property WHOLE separate parts,
may upon the Clerk OF
OSCAR C. DRAPER,
JAMES KANE,
CHARLES NJ SMITH,
Committee Council
s1Kas.aaAa The Mayor Council Wilmington
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-08-25
PRICE Of COPPER EXPLAINED
BY VICE PRESIDENT DOUGLAS
Of PHELPS-D0DGE & COMPANY

With the increase and decrease
in the price Of copper the wages of
miners of this and other mining Sec
tions where the wages of miners is
based on a sliding scale of values of
the metal that wage fluctuates. 1t is
not generally under stood how aver
age quotations are determined. They
have been obtained from the Engin-
eering & Mining Journal, but there
accurate information on the subject
is ended.
Walter Douglas, vice president of
Phelps, Dodge & Company, has writ,
ten a most comprehensive article on
the subject unusually interesting
appropo of the perplexing subject We
quote from Mr.. Douglas letter as
follows:
Now that not only the state valua-
tions of mining properties but the
wages and salaries paid officers and
employees of the copper producers in
Arizona depend so directly upon the
quotation for copper as given by the
Engineering and Mining Journal, it is
of extreme importance that this quo
curately as practicable represent ac-
tual and bona fide transactions in the
metal When the price of copper is
ascending and consequently wages are
increasing, from month to month, lit
tie or no criticism is directed at the
quotation, but when, as in the months
of June and July the market was
practically stagnant and little or no
business transacted except at figures
far below the April and May price,
there is naturally created desire
to inquire into and ascertain the ac-
of the Importance Of this subject
and of the interest which the local
public necessarily has in it, have
recently, through personal interviews
with Mr.. w. R. Ingalls,, the editor of
the Journal and through a comparison
of past statistics, gone very carefully
into this subject and am sending you
herewith the result of my investiga-
tions.
| The question of determining the
actual selling price of the copper
metal from day to day is one Of ex-
treme difficulty. Copper under condi-
tions existing at present, is seldom
| or never sold for immediate delivery
as there is practically no unsold meta
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-08-25

in the hands of producers and such
usually consist Of seconds or old
copper, which is remelted. The quo
tations, therefore, given in the En-
gineering and Mining Journal say for
the month of July, represent the ac-
tual price which the consumer agrees
he will pay for certain amounts of
copper, the delivery of which may not
occur until the late autumn or the
early part Of 1917 Most of the cop
per producers sell their output ahead,
that, as crude copper produced at
their smelters in one month will,
under normal conditions, not reach
the market as wire bars, etc., for
from three to four months, they en-
reavor to sell their output for at
least this time in the future. Realiz-
ing the momentous Importance, and
how much depends upon the accuracy
Of the Engineering and Mining Jour-
nal quotation, Mr.. Ingalls,, personally,
keeps in close touch with the pro-
ducers and sellers of the metal and
receives from them, in confidence,
memoranda of their sales and the
price and time of delivery of their
output. From an average of these
transactions is compiled the daily,
weekly and monthly quotation pub
lished by The Journal.
That experience has shown that
these quotations are as accurate as
is humanely possible to compute
them is explified by an average quo
tation over a period of months or
years with the actual prices received
from sales Of copper by the large
producing companies.
The figures which / will cite below
are all of record in the annual report
to stockholders of Phelps-Dodge and
Company. When the market is SUBJ
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-08-25
Average.$1

I am just in receipt of copy Of
the table Of copper sales in 1915 and
from the year 1905 to 1915, inclusive,
published in the Engineering and
Mining Journal under date of August
S. These figures are Of great interest
and the accompanying explanation and
analysis shows why the receipts. from
the sale Of copper by the producer
may differ through yearly period
from another, yet average the same
through a space of two or more years.
My attention has been drawn to the
very great discrepancy between the
Engineering and Mining Journal quo
tations and those which are printed
almost daily in the local press and
which apparently amanate from
figures always appear to be from two
to five cents per pound higher than
the official quotations and not only
do not represent actual transactions
in the metal but are obviously in
tended to encourage dealings in cop
per securities by the inference which
they carry that profits in the stand
ard stocks are greater than they ac-
tually are.
With reference to the sliding wage
scale, while it is undoubtedly a fact
that while the Engineering and Min
ing Journal quotation for the month
Of July was 23,865 per pound, the
producing companies have been re-
ceiving, during that month, a consid-
erably higher price for the copper
which they delivered. This condition
as can be readily seen is equalized
over period of months and it is
unnecessary to point out that while
the quotation governing the sliding
wage scale for the months Of May
and June was 28.625 and 266O1 re-
spectively, per pound, the actual
prices realized by the producing COM
panies for their copper, which as a
matter Of fact had been sold months
before at the then prevailing price,
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-08-25

soon enter the ranks of the big ship
pers of high-grade ore.
Since the high grade was struck in
the Cobrita, several offers have been
received for that property, but the
company is a closed corporation and
the members are more determined than
ever to keep it for themselves. A
deal is pending for the Paystreak
group of four claims adjoining the
Cobrita just below the mouth of the
tunnel. The Paystreak claims cover
the Cobrita ledge, including the one
where the rich ore was found, for a
distance of 5000 feet. It's surface in
dications are just as good as those on
the Cobrita. Dick Hall holds this group
under an option which ne secured be-
fore the Cobrita strike was made, and
now the owner, a miner, is kicking
himself all over the Harcouvers.
For distance of several miles each
way from the Cobrita there are hun
dreds of parallel lodges with similar
surface showings. Some of the dikes
and lodges are 10 to so feet in width
and cut the main Harcouver range for
miles. Nearly all of them are of the
same character-diabase and diorite
accompanied by quartz, spar and iron
showing more or less copper stain but
generally barren, or nearly SO, on the
surface and showing evidence of strong
teaching action. The finding of high
grade sulphide on the Cobrita, at such
shallow depth below the iron Gaping,
is regarded as good evidence that a
great many Of the other iron outcrops
on the veins are only cappings for cop
per ores, and that erosion has kept
pace with the teaching action so that
it is not necessary to go to any great
depth to strike the permanent sulphide
ores. One favorable feature of the
copper ores in the Harcouver range is
the gold content, which generally runs
from a few dollars to $50 or more a
ton. On the Daisy Hay group, in the
Tank Pass limestone belt two miles
west of the Cobrita. a body of sui
phide concentrating ore averaging
from three to five per cent, cop
per and $S to $40 in gold and silver,
has been opened. This ore body in the
limestone is also in the immediate
vicinity of several of the diabase dikes
of the same character as those on the
Cobrita, showing their mineralizing
influences. 50 -A
Work is progressing favorably on
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-08-25

was very much lower. In fact, one
of the large producers, booking per-
haps the largest individual order for
copper ever placed in this country,
was selling a large part of it's output
for 20 cents a pound, while paying
wages on a basis of from % to 27
cents.
1t is evident, therefore, that the
business Of copper selling is largely
dependent on the personal judgment
of market conditions by the selling
agents and it is consequently the OBJ
ject of Mr.. ingalls, to endeavor to ar
rive at what might be considered the
actual market value of the product
through the averaging of the prices
obtained by all or many of the trans
actionsthat are consummated.
After very active demand for the
red metal during the months of April
and May there has been little or no
movement during June and July. /
am glad to state, however, that there
are present indications of more ac-
tive buying movement and While it is
not our opinion that the prices will
be as high as the highest that have
been obtained during the year, they
will materially exceed those obtained
for the small amounts of copper
which changed hands during the past
two months.
which came to my attention that
statements have been made that the
large copper producing interests have
financial control of the Engineering
and Mining Journal and that it is
naturally to their interest that the
copper quotations therein should be
on account of the bearing which it
has on the sliding wage scale. Did
this condition obtain, which it does
not, the copper producer or seller
would be injuring himself through the
publication of such a quotation, as,
whereas, a portion of the high price
of copper goes to labor, a larger pro-
portion goes to the producer, and it is
obvious that the producer will obtain
as much as he possibly can for his
output and not give the purchaser
and consumer the impression that the
price Of copper is lower than that
which he is asking for it. I have in
vestigated the ownership of the En-
| gineering and Mining Journal and can
refer you to the issue of April 15
1915, which, in accordance with exist
ing laws, publishes a statement Of its
ownership and management, etc., and
it's list Of stockholders. In addition to
this have the emphatic personal as
surances Of it's very reputable and
distinguished editor that not one
share Of stock nor any bonded indebt-
edness is owned by any copper pro-
ducer or selling agent, individually or
as corporation.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-08-25
.H|GH-GRADE BLACK SULPH|DE
STRUCK On COBR|TA PROPERTY
IN THE SALOME DISTRICT

SALOME, Ariz, Aug. PA big
strike of high-grade black sulphide
ore. made this week at two places on
he Cobrita property, is the talk of the
district. Everyone having claims on
the numerous black dikes cutting
through the Harcouver range is feel
ing jubilant, for the Cobrita has proven
that there is copper, ore, permanent
in character and increasing with
depth, beneath the great iron outcrop
pings which are such a prominent
feature in the country that is snow
widely known as the home of high
grade"
The Cobrita east of Tank Pass on
the north side of the Harcouver range,
is almost prospect, having been TAX
en- over in May of this year by Cali
fornia people on the recommendation
and report of Dick Wick Hall, who
has since supervised development
work for them. The second shipment
of ore, running better than 20 per
cent. copper, was sent out from
Salome a few days ago.
The tunnel is now III 215 feet, fol-
lowing what is known as the Seattle
lodge, one of a number of parallel
lodges on the property. For the last
100 feet the tunnel has been going
through a break in the vein. This
week the tunnel broke into the vein
again, underneath a big quartz and
iron cropping which shows for nearly
1000 feet on the hill above. The face
of the tunnel shows three feet of ore,
which is widening as the tunnel goes
ahead. Apparently the tunnel is just
entering the end of rne big ore shoot
showing on the surface.
The ore is high grade black copper
sulphide, chalcopyrite and peacock
copper, running from 20 per cent. to
over 40 per cent, ana carrying good
gold values. A hundred feet back from
the face of the tunnel, on another ore
shoot, winze has been sunk so feet.
This winze has just broken into an
other ore body of high-grade sulphide,
a short crosscut showing eight feet of
ore of much the same character as in
the face of the tunnel. Like the tun-
mel ore, this shoot shows every evid-
ence of permanency.
1t is planned to continue the tun-
mel into the ore shoot just entered and
to start drifting both ways from the
bottom of the winze. II the present
showing continues the Cobrita will
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-08-25

ject to violent fluctuations, or where
there is a steady increase or decrease
in the price of the metal the prices
produced and delivered'' may be very
different than the average price for
copper produced and Sold" This is
due to the conditions, as above stated
of selling ahead.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-08-25

the famous Glory Hole property, also
in the Harcouvers west of Tank Pass
and some ore horning considerable
coarse gold was struck few days ago
in the main quartz ledge over the Glory
Hole pit where the $100-a-pound gold
ore that created such sensation was
uncovered. The Glory Hole is also To-
Gated on one of the big black dikes, the
main Glory Hole hill being an immense
mass of diabase or andesite and the
main ledge occurring on the contact
between the entricite and schist. The
main ledge is an immense mass of
100 feet wide in places, and is the
largest ledge in this section. No work
has been done until the last few weeks
on the main ledge. What little pros
pecting was done heretofore was on the
small spar and iron strigers running
out from the ledge. The finding of
is encouraging and the owners feel
more certain than ever that they will
open a big mine.
The Harqua Hala is pounding away
with 80 stamps on the oxidized ores
being taken out during development
and is opening some fine ore bodies
on the sixth, seventh and eighth levels.
The company is now planning to in
stall concentrators and a flotation
also contemplates the sinking of new
shaft to tap the lower workings, the
present work being through the old
shaft sunk years ago by an English
syndicate The Harqua Hala has al
ready produced about $5,000,000 in gold
above vertical depth of less than 200
! feet and with the immense ore bodies
now opened up on the lower levels
will probably make an even bigger
production when the new milling plant
is installed.
Didrick Wiggers, who has charge Of
the development work for E. A. Bob"
Montgomery, Of Montgomery Sho-
shone fame, is opening some fine ore
on the Cuff, near the Harqua Hala,
and the M. & H. people, of Jerome, also
report good progress and better show
ings with every foot of work.
Salome has apparently weathered
the dullness in mining prevalent
through the last five years and is now
rapidly coming to the front. At near
ly every place in the Han couvers and
Harqua Halas, wherever work has
been started in the last few months,
good ore has been opened, and much
of it is shipping ore.
You can't be always sunny
If there isn't any sun;
You can't be always funny
If there isn't any fun.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-08-25

You can't be always sunny
If there isn't any sun;
You can't be always funny
If there isn't any fun.
But you can be always happy
If you let the clouds go by
In the faith there's always some.
where
Little patches Of blue sky.