Show SM J S VALUE V AlU OF f TARiff t TO 10 UJ AU MININ Urges res Chamber of f Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce merce to Exert Every Effort Effort Ef- Ef fort to Protect Industry V 1 t HV hc F Pho importance e 0 of the tariff to 1 Tali mines mines' is revealed In a state- state ent made by Senator Smoot L id nd d r recently submitted t to to S the min min- committee of the Salt Lake c d of commerce It follows vs l position as one of or the leading producing mineral states of or mho West Vest Is undisputed both as regards re- re gards values alues and diversity of prod- prod u 1 In 1925 Utah led the pro uc- uc ion in in sliver silver was second in the reduction of lead third in copper Vand and nd sixth in gold and led in the of dividends amount amount- t ng to over There w was s total production of f nonferrous 1 metals coal and mitt mitt- of approximately t which makes the st state te Tic greatest mineral state stab in the West One ot the most remarkable features of Utah Utah mining is the lOi longevity of t t th the Estates Estate's mineral d deposits p 8 Some of the mining camps camps' havi have p produced d steadily since 1863 a. a 11 peri pe- pe nod ri d of over sixty years ab about ut GO CO per cent of the total yield of Utah remal n the thc state being e ex- ex for wages supplies freight Creight f taxes and dividends Consequently f j- j V during 1925 the bf of f the state l-state was vas enriched b by practically fr from m mining mining- alone ENORMOUS OUTPUT S During the past pst sixty years y ars Ut Utah mountain ranges have yielded base baseI 1 I nd ind precious metals valued at over ovet fone one and one-half one billions of or dollars not inot to sp speak alc of the enormous coa coal I production Mining 1 supplies 85 83 per cent of ol IS the Rhe the freight traffic originating with L the Ithe state and there ther is employment nt L Iby by the mines smelters smelter and mUs of ol r Jover over o men calling for an n an- an annual nual of about The output of silver was vas ounces ounce in 19 1925 5 with the value ot of the Ithe output being The Th S athe output of lead was Zinc Zin production of Utah was 4 0 pounds 4 in 1925 with the value a ot S Ithe output being With m silver declining by reason of t Ion over the proposed closing of oC the thi LIndlan the coinage of silver alive l sand fjand and b bv by reason of the exchange o of Caliber er by bv China for gold with which vl cl 1 Eto to finance the the outlook outlook out out- look would indeed be dark dark 10 for r Utah's tah's mining industry W were ivere re it no not notor t for or the price of lead which is due du S primarily to tIle the tariff on n l lead ad look which protects Utah's lead Industry I against the importation of oUe lead d from iron 1 Mexico being mined by bv the labor o of f Mexico on a lesser w wage ge scale than thai ori ri he miner receives here herein in in tb the a y ted States t l t s ot of Ameri li Put i ll into Ho v i f j e effect th doctrine of at tariff for tor revenue reve rove revenue fl nue ue off lead the much much- need needed n d protective v nd it will vilI willbe vilIe b be e se seen ri at a glance that sil sll- sil- sil v lead ver mines would j necessarily h have ave to cease there would w be no less than men t thrown out of employment by reason rca rea son s on of cessation of work in mines smelters melters s and mills H HELPS ELPS FARMERS Then again again- the cess cess' cessation cessn n of lead m mining Ining in this state wo would woud ld be more f Inasmuch I As us in the v valleys alleys of f Utah there 1 are re re agricultural t tural ural districts which sell the products products prod prod- u of the soil solI to the mining people peole people peo peo- I le of the state It appears to me and it shoud shou d appear a to the people tople of ot this great c commonwealth that If It you ou want a c continued period of activity and p prosperity in this state which ranks pa pw w with ith Its gold silver lead copper and a nd nonmetallic minerals foremost among mong a the Western states we wo s should hould use Uso ever every effort to s sec se e to it I t that hat no sio act of or ours will strike down clown t the he b baste basic lc Industry of tills this state t thus hus e enabling a d depression in budess business bud busi n ness ess from which It will be vcr very difficult dif dlf- f to recover True you have a avery avery v very ery large copper production In f fact act th the Utah Copper company ompa y is probably one of the largest argest ar est producers e ers rs of copper in the United States Its I ts production equals nearly 18 0 pounds of copper per month with the total prod production of copper in i n the state for tor 1925 being pounds with a Value of some at or which was produced f rom from silver lead ores and the gold production the state in 1925 was l ost ot I which l h was vas produced pro pro- ro- ro laced i froth from lead sil ores STEADY INCREASE S Uta 1 mining industry cannot cannot- thrive alone tr from m the production Of f COpp l i dd g gold Td a's as s both amo amount nt to but third one of ot th the tot total l of mineral min mm- eral production It may surprise surprises s 's some me to l know that t for or a per period od of ol forty five years the 1 mineral pro pro- 1 ro du of oC Utah has has lias increased for tor each year five r period of this time from to The value al of ot mineral d l production of 01 entire UT United lt d Stae States in this same same period increased front from to in en each eab h year five ive pe period lod of this time so that it shows sho that Utah produced one one- tenth of the entire mineral entire mineral production production tion lion of the United States Your mining districts are arc far famed The Utah COI Copper per mine min is known all over over the world The Tintic Standard and Chief Consolidated Consolidated Consoli Consoli- dated in the T Tintic district and he andt the Silver Sil King Coalition and and p Park rk Utah in the Park City district are are the tour sour largest silver lead Amines on the tile globe lobe In conclusion s onI desire to tate that as I understand s mineral we wealth it may be summed up up as follows S Value of mineral production 1925 1225 I Metal et mining dividends d 5 j 0 The worlds world's largest open pen cut copper mine is operated at t Bingham Bingham Bing- Bing ham Utah The largest silver mines in the United States are in in Utah I IN FR FRONT NT RANKIn RANK RANK In 1925 the state ranked first for silver production second in lead third in copper coppel sixth In gold and i first In total paid The worlds world's 10 st smelting Cent renter r i is within situated d. d of Salt Lake Lalie Cit City The total value 1 of ore Ole treated in Utah In 1025 1925 was wet more mOle than The value of gold silver si copper Joad lC and zinc prod produced from ced from Utah I mines In 1923 was more mor more than ian each week From my brief r observation and L what hat I know about Utah's mineral rz sources resources the state is not scratched I a and ad if Eastern capital were were advised 0 of f what you have here In Utah it surely Lirely would see the opportunities and nd embrace them knowing that Utah tab bids welcome to capital and its 8 development it being so free fret from oppressive legislation I I e I |