Bisbee daily review., 1921-04-13
[ S ! SUSPENDS PRODUCTION; TO
 KEEo 575 HERE
Shelter At Douglas To Be Closed; Development
 Will Continue

Approximately 575 men will be re. tained in the operation of the mines of the Calumet and Arizona Mining company here. and about 15,00O tons of ore per month will be mined and stocked, according to official an- nouncement made last night from the office of John C. Greenway. gen. eral manager. following the annual meeting Of the board of directors. at which it was decided to cease pro duction of ore here and close down the C. & A. Shelter at Douglas.
 Forces at Ajo, at present number ing 522 men on the payroll. will be reduced to 300 men on the Dayroll.
 The announcement means that in spite of the temporary suspension of the production of copper. the two big mining companies of the district. the Calumet and Arizona and the Copper Queen. will retain in their employ more than 1900 men. Direc- tors of the Calumet and Arizona who have been here contrasted this sit uation with that in Michigan, where the mines are shut down absolutely. and with other camps in the state where the same situation holds in large measure.
 Greenway's Statement
 The announcement from the office of the general manager follows:
 At meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Calumet and Arizona Mining company. held at the office of the company at Warren on Monday, the decision was reached to tempo rarily close down it's smelter at Doug las and cease the production Of cop per.
 "The power and boiler. plants will be continued in operation and the crushing plants will be operated un- til the beds and filled Necessary repair work will he done at the shelter
 "Tha present rate of development wo-k in the nina will he maintained Gnd approximately 15.000 tons of ore rer month will be mined and stock ed The work of concreting the June t'on shaft and of completing the Campbell shaft will be continued. Ex plnretion work will be started in the old Cole No. shaft This will en- able the company to continue in em-' nloyment at the mines approximate ly 575 men. and so retain as many of It's old and faithful employees as possible.
 "The decision to suspend produc ton of copper was taken with regret. and only after deliberate considera- ton compelled the conclusion that no other course could be followed un- der existing conditions.
 When the armistice was signed November 11th. 1918. an agreem1lt existed between the government and the copper producers. which fixed the price of copper and prescribed working conditions. At the request of the government. it was agreed that production should be continued at the then current rate until the end of the year. After January 1st, 1919 it was ascertained that there was an accumulation of unsold copper amounting to nearly billion pounds Ii was also found that large amounts of copper were held by England. France and Italy and that Germany which prior to the war had been a very large buyer of copper. was un- able to make any purchases. Pro- duction was necessarily curtailed at that time and wages temporarily re- duced. but as the domestic market revived. wages were increased in July of that year. This increased wage continued in effect until the first Of January. 1921.
 The export demand for copper in 1919 was limited but large domes- tic consumption developed. and to- wards the end of the year a good buying movement developed. both do mestic and foreign. which carried into the spring of 1920 and justified the expectation that business for the year would show satisfactory rate Of consumption. The copper sold in this spring movement covered deliv cries during the large part of 1920 New sales of copper in quantity how ever. did not materialize. The early months of 1920 showed very mark. ed decline in the surplus of copper but the latter part of the year, and
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