Show 0 MINING NEEDS SUPPORT 0 1 tour our hundred business men of 0 spokane were present at a recent meeting of 0 the chamber of corn cora merce to listen to aa addressee dressea upon the tariff question as affecting minerals and mining the mining program was in the hands of frank M smith smelter director of bunker hill sullivan mining smelting co and chair man of the mining committee of the chamber of commerce donald A callahan speaking tor for the lead and zinc industries urged preservation of tariff rates as recommended in both the senate and house but tor for the operation of the pittman act which held the price of silver at one dollar an ounce the mines of the coeur d alene dalene district would now be closed down to the serious loss of 12 people of sho shone county alone who depended solely upon the industry for chell hood and the consequent injury to business interest of the entire north west he urged his audience to give more heed to the prospector and his work and to the subsequent mining operations which followed his ini bial success and to support by every legitimate means the tariff schedules concurred in by both senate and house every western state should back a sound bound program which will en courage development and operation of our mining industry 0 o |