Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-20
Sunday Morning, January 20, 1918.
Copper, ArizOnd and 1918


 Copper peace and material barometer of civil- zatiOn foundation and finished product of of the arts and sciences is synonymous with Arizona. With healthy conditions effeeng this reddes of hard metals the fortyeighth Star is prosperous and content An epidemic of economic stagnation brings and suffer ing in it's wake this great commonwealth For 1918 the residents of the state may well look forward to large of health in this department of the future but the time. they better be pre- pared for any eventuaTty that might
 In 1865 eighteen million pounds of copper pro duced in the United States. Fftytwo later the production mounted to two billion pounds The advance in metal mining has kept pace with the progress Oi science and industry Domestic consumption for 1917. is interwoven with war demands that no accurate estimate can made Of it If. however. the cOnsump tion could be estimated the average increase the use metal from 1899 1912 would have totaed over one billion pounds of the metal In the face of an estimated consumption of and hall billion pounds copper the natural conclusion may pear anything comforting Several certanties must be considered however reaching fair forecast for the future
 Germany leader in many lines of industry prior to 1914 was great buyer of copper. The Hun has been out of the market since war declared He has melted his church bells his copper lined roofs, his pots and other utensils containing copper Given con dions and this great business will Germany will not allow itself to abyss productive inactOn It speed sink from the face of the earth as a world power
 Another feature to be considered is the domestic possibilities of copper after the With the eectr fcation of railways which has just been started the copper production will undoubtedly be pushed its limit and all of the mines operating and others will see prosperity. So the future-af,er the war seems assured The future is assured
 There feature after conditions. however which is fraught with pitfalls and with uncertainty. When mans house is destroyed by fire it is thing him to begin construction when the embers become cold With world conflagratio.. instead of household blaze danger of inactive industrial in term increases many times Finance credit, and national confidence has teen pulled ordinary channel It must be Ieadiusted before industry will pick up the peacetme tenor Of its This IS particularly of the central powers.
 immediately. then. the question arises: How long will the interim between demand and peace de for copper ast2 One guess gOod another and none is infalHble There can be only answer the question. be prepare for that time treating all industry that it will be in condition to weather the storm.
 Arizona produces one Of the most essential of metals. The will feel the interim much, per haps any other region of the nation ,It behooves Arizona in order maintain its future its premacy. to consider well before adverse criticism ad- and oo2catOry legislation aLd industrial sabo age is hesped the that lays the golden egg
 Sanity. in the midst of and fairness the indus
 trial backbone great state will result in the preserve
 ton of the Arizona possesses Otherwise in store fer the people Industry can close its doors but the human beng must live