The Price-Fixing of Copper

Abstract

Fixing price to consumer of a commodity necessary for war, 72. — Necessitates regulation of distribution, 73. — Copper industry unique, 76. — A unified industry, 77. — Demand for American copper decreased at beginning of the war, later expanded, 79. — Copper became practically a “cornered” metal, 87. — Cooperative Committee on Copper appointed, 89. — Necessity for price-fixing becomes apparent, 92. — Sources of supply, 99. — Risks encountered in expanding production, 100. — Increasing cost due to war conditions, 103.