Show THE SMELTER STRIKE mercur miner the strike of the employees at the germania smelter was short lived the trust refusing to grant any advance and most of the men went to work again at the old wages wages n which average less than a day the public and newspapers all sympathize with the strikers but the trust has everything its own way it can cut the men down to the lowest living 1 wages and charge 11 the mine owners the hia highest liest price for smelting smelling sm elting t their ores no strike will remedy such acordi a condition no protest of the public will move the trust the only thin thing D to do is to erect an independent smelter on the operative cooperative co plan the mine owners of the state could undoubtedly save the cost of a smelter in the difference between the charges they now pay and what it would cost at an independent smelter there are also a number of mines which would be shippers if the price were leduca reduce for instance the ophir hill mill has not shipped a pound of concentrates since it started up because the reduction charges are unreasonable dark clark is simply stacking t up the concentrates until there is a chano change e it would also be a good o idea to have the workingmen stockholders in the concern so as to be interested in its success fair wages dacres should be paid not less than for eight hours work and the charres charges for smelting smelling sm elting 0 such as would 21 give a fair profit on the investment the profits to be paid to the stockholders and to the ore shippers in proportion to the value or amount of ore they ship we have no faith in an any y attempt of legislation to control tho smelter trust the people have the remedy in their own hands and if they dont avail themselves of it they deserve to suffer er |