Show UTAH MiNE OWNERS I II I FAVOR LEAD LEi TARIFF Wh While c the mino mine owners of Utah Uth are arc a n little lito late in taking action acton on the matter of removal of the tariff on lead lend ores they taken up the question In earnest and yesterday the tho t o executive c committee of oC Tintic mine owners forwarded forwarded for for- warded the tho following communication to the Utah representatives es in con con- congress gross cress I The Tho The miners and or ore producers of or the Tintic mining district of Utah urge 3 rou ou to uso use every ever effort with wib the house com corn committee on ou ways and means mean to maintain the present load lead tariff schedule pAtny Any reduction would cripple the len lead mining minin industry of this state The Tho crippling o othis oi of this industry would be detrimental to all aU occupations C C E. E AT ALLEN President JOHN BERN DERN Vice TOI DERN GEO G EO W W. JilTER RITER Treasurer II II S. S JOSEPH Secretary LAFAYETTE LAPAYETTE LAP A YETTE It i is claimed that tho the American Smelting I and Refining company has bas been instrumental in holding baling up the price of lead ores during a a time when I all an other metals were wre at tho lowest points attained in years yarB past This is claimed to be bo duo to the fact that the tho American people ar are heavily interested in the tho lead properties in the Coeur dAlone d country where the largest percentage per percentage of lead produced in tho United States is rained mined mired In answer to these complaints filed against the American General Manager Franklin of the Colorado department of this com company nY make the following reply Tho Th American n Smelting and t I lag ing company largo as 31 it i is is and has been hn utterly without influence ou on the tho I quotation applying n to silver sHyer copper and zinc It I has as the greatest producer producer pro pro- ducer of lead in the United States State lent its sustaining influence to tho the maintenance of lead karl prices and to the extent which the the- company compan has been able abl to ni aid in tho creation of hotter better prices for lead the load lend producers of the United States Stats have shared the benefit Tho The quotations which w ich are sent Pent Dt out as ns governing co the price of load lead b by the tho American Smelting and Refining company are arc taken from tho the record o ot 01 actual sales from week to week weel as made mad by the company and this record is open to the inspection of any nn ore oro I shipper having business with tho the corn corn- pan paU y |