Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-26
JUNE COPPER PRICE AND ELECTION
 DIVIDE INTEREST IN THIS DISTRICT

elsewhere in the country directly con- cerned because of their investment ot time and money, and to the copper mining world in general way-and there it would have ended. Today, under war conditions, it is a matter of national interest, and going beyond that of even greater interest to the countries of Europe in alliance with the United States in war.
 Better Realized Abroad
 The countries of Europe in all like lihood realize the importance of the prospector's pick and of the energies of capital in delving in new copper country far more than it is realized at home. They have no copper to dig; but their need of copper to shoot is vital. They must look to this country for the metal, and that being the case their vision goes deeper than can be expected from the people who have been accustomed to having more cop per than they needed, which until the last few years has been the position of the people of the United States. The man with money in his pockets in excess of his needs is never so much concerned about how to keep up the supply as the fellow alongside of him who has nothing in his pockets but must get something there imme- diately.
 Vital to War Conduct
 Recently there has been a consider able awakening in America about'cop- per. and there is a great deal more to come. The understanding of the ne cessity of the metal as a material has broadened, and so also has the under standing that the tremendously in- creased demands made by war have depleted reserves of ore, while by reason of low price and unceasing speed-up demands from those making use of the metal on war contracts, there has not been the opportunity to make up for the depletion through new development in established mines-or, more correctly, to attempt to make up for it through research for new ore bodies.
 Mining Country Understands
 The mining country understands this. Operators and operatives in the copper camps know it. They have been speeding up for months because of it. as individuals. Every day their patriotism asserts itself little stronger in this respect. It is the cause behind increased endeavor, too, on the part of the prospector and the operator engaged upon development and the man who gets the money for both of these and the man who puts up the money. With some this may be on the sub-conscious side, but it is underlying in one shape or another with all of thems They know there must be more metal found; they are hard put to find it. Added to the de- sire to win returns, to give new wealth to the world, to do big indus trial things, the factors which have always sustained and driven the min CT and the mining interest on, there Is now the far higher stimulus contained in the country's need.
 Results Are Coming
 In the Tucson area, in the new Kay district, in the Wenden district these elements are finding pronounced ex- pression and are being attended by the finding of important things in ore. This is also true of operations in the Verde district prospecting area, ih those of the Globe and Miami dis tricts, in the Warren, the Ray and the Superior districts. The same senu ment, the flag at the top of the mast now and forever, no bet overlooked 10 increase the metal supply necessary to keep it there, predominates with all of these miners, consciously or sup consciously, but predominant just the same. Backed by such spirit, 1t Is not at all to be wondered at that mining men in Arizona look for the achieve ment of more ip the discovery and mining of new ore between now and the end of the war than during any previous period of several times the same length in the history of the in dustry in the state, and to make rec ord the mining men will admittedly have to trot fast.
 This does not mean that he has not been doing so, but only that he IS go- ing a little faster all the time. Re member, too, that he has been doing so with less encouragement than glv- en any other of our industries-copper alone has had a falling price and rising wage. minimum price and max imum costs in every respect. But no copper producer has had word Of protest to give out. Neither has any man engaged in the development Of copper country. They have all accept ed the situation as it has come about, even though some have been compell- ed to close down. Not a one who has closed down, however, but has turned immediately to endeavOr to find some thing new that would enable him 10 produce until such time as the price Of copper should be fixed by the gov ernment at figure that will permit him to resume the OperatiG1 of his developed property.
 New Perception Awakened
 The spirit of determination to do all that can possibly be done by those remaining over here in aid of those over there. has developed widened perception as to values of all kinds and has brought the utmost ingenuity into action to work out new combna- tiOns which will produce returns Tn available metal from materials which may have previously. been considered as non-cOmmercial, either by reason of their combination of contents or because Of isolation, or both, or be-
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