THE COPPER QUESTION.
GERMAN DOMINATION OF THE TRADE. . REPLY TC)"~MR HUGHES. MELBOURNE, July 20. Mr Casey, chairman of the Electrolytic Smelting Company, replying to Mr Hughes's statements regarding ■German domination of the metal trade, says that they are wholly inaccurate." As o, matter of fact the price of electropytie copper in En&--lam! was £00 and in Germany £180 per ton. Mertons, one of the firms mentioned by Mr. Hughes, were the accredited agents of the British Government. A cablegram just received from the London chairman of the Mount Morgan Company says-that Mortons are contractors for the War, *\dmiralty, and India Ofnces and also for the British, French, and Rmssian Governments. They are constantly supplying them with large quantities of copper. Mr Casey pointed out " that Mr Hughes in November sanctioned the sale-of 1000 tons per. month of Morgan Conner to Mertons.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 175, 27 July 1915, Page 2
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141THE COPPER QUESTION. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 175, 27 July 1915, Page 2
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