Show I OFFERS NO ENCOURAGEMENT Committee of Utah Operators Association Gets Little Sat Satisfaction Satt t From A committee from the Utah Mine Op Operators association consisting of W V F Snyder C E B Loose and Secretary H HS HS HS S Joseph held a conference conference with the chief local officials of the American Smelting Refining company yester yesterday yesterday ster day afternoon for the purpose of get getting getting ting a line on the attitude of the trust smelters toward prospective shippers While the conference conf rence was wa held be hind closed doors enough was learn learned ed od after the meeting to make It evi vi dent that the trust has no Immediate Intention of pursuing ani an different pol icy to that which prevailed when the mines nines ceased production v That means of course that no mat ter what the price of lead and silver may bo be b the smelter will collect just as much as it Is felt the tho producer will stand and still continue to operate his mine In other words It Is still sUll the intention to make the preferred stock in n the great concern g goon on earning its 8 S per cent while the common stock will be ue made to pay about three times as much nuch not to say anything of or hun of thousands of ot dollars per an annum annum annum num that will wUl go to the energetic em of the th company who help to tomake make tho the big dividends come regularly Its the same old story said a man nan who learned something of what took place at the conference The Th company officials talk smoothly enough but at the same time they make it H plain enough that if the price of the metals advance they propose to have a slice and a big one of ot what whatever whatever whatever ever the advances will amount to above a minimum fixed value Smelting charges are also going to be higher and the same old games of figuring penalties units and percentages that invariably work to the advantage of the smelter will be resorted to There is a chance therefore that the Independent smelter proposition will now be pushed harder than ever al although although although though there Is a chance of getting fair treatment for a number of producers from the Knight smelter and a still better chance of getting some substantial substantial substantial relief if the United States com corn company company pany gets permission from Judge Mar Marshall Marshall shall to operate its Us lead smelting works at Bingham Junction |