Mineral Resources of the United States, 1917--Part I--Metals . 0 Production imports Exports Apparent consumption(Includes production and f/7ipoj-£sless exports). Figure 15. -Relative production, consumption, imports, and exports, of copper by the prin-cipal copper producing and consuming countries in 1913. to the United States copper that had previously gone direct toEuropean countries. With the shortage of labor that was developingin the United States during 1917 and that continued to increase in1918 it was evident that a large importation of copper was desirable,as this would utilize labor i
Mineral Resources of the United States, 1917--Part I--Metals . 0 Production imports Exports Apparent consumption(Includes production and f/7ipoj-£sless exports). Figure 15. -Relative production, consumption, imports, and exports, of copper by the prin-cipal copper producing and consuming countries in 1913. to the United States copper that had previously gone direct toEuropean countries. With the shortage of labor that was developingin the United States during 1917 and that continued to increase in1918 it was evident that a large importation of copper was desirable,as this would utilize labor in some neutral countries that would nototherwise contribute directly to the prosecution of the war. Theshortage of shipping which had been increasing during the war be-came acute when the transportation of the American Army began. 730 MINERAL RESOURCES, 191*7—PART I. The full utilization of labor and the shortage of shipping favoredthe importation of copper in an advanced state of manufacture andin a highly concentrated form. These conditions resulted in theissuance of an order July 12, 1918, cutting off importation into theUnited States of copper ore e
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