Show RITER REPORTS TO MINING MININ MEN UPON TARIFF MISSION Recommends Preparation of Brief Covering Case Cae for Zinc and Lead Tariffs George V. Yo Tiller nier who ho recently re re- re ret turned from Washington where here ho ap before tho the ways wn'S and means committee of the tho House of oC i taUves In behalf behal of or the tho lead and zinc zino producers of Utah Uth for tor a discussion of tho the tariff schedules schedule read his report to a a. of or mining ruining men at the Commercial club last last night Based upon up up- on advice nd given him b by Senator Reed Smoot and nd others in congress Mr Riter recommended that tho lead and zinc mining men of the western states unite unie in iii preparing a n brief of their case cose cae containing only the most vital facts and figures for the Information vial of or the W ways S and means committee of the House and the financial committee of tho thu Senate which will wil make for Cor tariff legislation For the purpose of or gathering Utah tah mining statistics and to co with lh mining men of ot other states In In in- the following lead and zinc producers named as committeemen committee committee- men Duncan chairman G. G W W. Lambourne vice Ice chairman George Georga W. W V flitter secretary Thomas Kearns Ernest Bamberger Hamberger John M. M Hayes Haes W W. Lester Mangum Manum George GeorgO H. H Dern C. C E E. Allen Alen and Imer Pott PeU Mr Ir Riter's re report re- re port addressed sed to Chairman was in part as follows follows- tore lore In ha 10 connection with wih the recent hearings bo- bo be the committe on Cn ways and sud means muns at lit Wa Washington to 1 I to call cal attention to some rome phases el of t the he proposed tariff talU 1 legislation that tbd teem seem em to call for lor I cal prompt action octon on the part of ot the tl western lead Jed or ore ore- producers In te defense of ot their own Ot Interests Milton Ufton L L. L who has baa ha appeared at former forer hearings as 01 the representative of ot tome some flU fifty manufacturers of ot lead led now DOW cites a placing placID lead leod on the free ee ll list t and p. p There Thero I Is 1 no DO more mor reason to for a 4 duty on lead than there thero 1 is I on copper The ad ld TS- TS a lorem duty of 25 23 per cent cl Pr by the Ibo for tor mer mr Un ecco bill Ni and objected to by the tho miners as D tending to tl destroy the tho in Sn- Sn Il is I. I R condemned b by Mr Ir as 8 being of or no belp help to the consumer and aDd no benefit to tbs government Company Recommends Recommend CatTie Cut Cat Tie The Te National Lead ad company In a calo cation p. p to the committee committee that the daly on white lead Iud be at l the present rate rte 2 cents per ter pound but recommends a 0 cut of ot i cent from frol the J present ent doty duty of ot 14 1 cents cent per PU T pound on lead la in I ores and ald a cut of ot i per t pound Lound und from coin the pre present duty duty of ot 2 i'S iS j cents cont on en le lead lea In bullion bullion- While In New Ness cw York City Cly 1 I bad a conference wits an on official of ot another large e lead IUd company Jut after his hi return from an n with of or the ilie members noine of ot the tID finance r ne committee on ca the to Iem Democratic BId side Ho lie Jo forecasts foret Als a talf tariff u rate rato to of i cent per on Iad lead In la ores Instead In II- II stead of ot tho the existing rate rato tto of l H cents ee ors With wiLl E Edward Brush o one of the e vice I li d denU of the American ln k Refining company I I ahi ao had bad some Ile conferences while er In New Neni ew York City Mr Brush rh In the mi main In of or the brief filed on 00 behalf of t the Utah I lead Iud or wo producers In other ro word words word Lc he e thinks l the lao o date duties ought to be specific rather than ad find tind th that t the existing rato nto of it Hi cents ld per pound on 01 I lead ad contained In la ores orr 12 reul not to bo be cut app appreciably if J ot at all al Individual members of ot the committee on ways end lod means means I In 10 discussing the lead lel tariff privately quote the statements malo to them that no nl matter what does docs dos In an ao effort to help tt the tle Irad miners the benefits I wilt will all efort be gobbled up by the 60 lead IAd tl 41 trust statement statementS Bid aid to state havo originated with meu who claim to bo be J lead ore or producers wil AVI UI 11 Inter Enter Polities Politic o 0 of course coarse will enter Conre wi largely Into foto the he new tariff act Tour years O an the Cue party pirty th then n In power l acknowledged u a political fu debt to tho the lead hUld producing states I Yet et tb the lead ached chell ulo ide of ot the tho thC bill bi wai adopted leal I by narrower majorities than any anI other portion of tb the tb act In other olber word Ic lead 1 Lad bod fewer ct teter friends than any other protected d The party In power this thin year acknowledges n no political debts to the lead eileen Interests ami enl sees IM Mf little JUo 1 In tb the form u of or future political benefits to b bi b pained gained a entering CAtering to interests The Tb political debt bt be c if ir 1 any an Is h la JQ fa a v TOT vo ol of ot the communities from which the demands now come for tor lower Jowel tariff on lead Jud Two months tio go the political pr program that tnt bad had b be been n mapped out for the revision of ot the t tariff ariff lr was wo as s follows 1 I A bill bu to be hO b reported by the committee on ways and means mean veiling down all al tariff rates This bill bi to be 0 Jammed through the nou House In special fusion fenlon slon without much mouth amendment debate or on i delay C ti The Senate to bo be trusted to raise uhe the rates contained In th the House Hous bill bi reliance being placed on the finance committee to tob tobe tobe be b m 2 J In the te conference following Ui the t laev- laev lobl disagreement between the Roule and anal the Senate lente the managers in conference to compromise upon fairly conservative rates In general somewhat lower than the rates of the law More recently however there are ae signs sign sIgs of ot a c change hange In this program for tor the te reason that the Democratic majority In la the tho to new Senate promises prom rm I ie sea to be rather than ultraconservative ultra ultra- c conservative and o President Wilson eon con Cn e elders his bis bIl duties dutu l legislative as u much as a executive neu oxe-cu- oxe et t ef ire tive nod and oud seems likely to take talc a band In II tho the f framing raming of ot the the new bill bi bills More than likely I t therefore the tho bill bi that Chit will wi bu be r reported by the c ommittee I on n ways i and means will t approach n closely cl than was c formerly y Intended the measure that the committee r really ly wants en en- a In Into to law lair Committee S Sc Tb Te The forecast of or the selections ns for tor the Democratic Demo Demo- c cratic cate side of cat this tbs tho the finance committee contains con con- cn t bins alus the tho n names o of ot no champions of or tb the sUrer silver l lead ead In Industry On the Republican sId Ild of ot the tho finance com corn committee death hia bai lu removed ec Senator one of ot th the ablest champions lols of ot the tit lead Jad tariff and It Is 18 possible that tbt Senator Clark CIrl ot Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wo miD ming will 1 be ae off oft the committee In II order oner t to o make Iao room rm for tor a Democrat The Te only champion chain cham 1 pion 1100 of tb the J silver lead od Interests who 1 I I. reasonably rca rea e sure ur of ot being continued on the te finance committee 1 Is I Senator Smoot woot but lut as a a member of oC tho the minority be may get only scant consid oration ra ton la lu be House the tbt protective forces hue hare b b been n almost completely routed not only through b baa lews 10 of ot numb numb era r but bat through b loss Joss of leaders leaden OC or the seven Republicans holding places place on the te recent re- re r. r cent crot committee on ways and means mean only one of oC them escaped detest defeat In I his own congressional district Iiii M year yur therefore It h Is II plain that the case for tor lea lead mut bo he 10 presented o and fought on I its and sod that there Is no time to tai waste be m merits I to uto Son lore or j getting tt ready rudy for tor the nut next move mOT Senator Sin on Ule urges mst most strongly that tat the tc lead lend ore oro or producers of ot Idaho Utah Colorado and other western states get together In conference and agree upon a 1 memorial or brief to b be submitted t to leo th the finance committee la In I behalf of ot the western west west- silver lead Industry In IU its ern cnn It entirety This brief should buld bo be 10 It largely statistical Ucal 1 Democratic members of ot the old 0 finance committee corn com cm I are ae alto also frank frnk In recommending rc that tha ra make common 0 cause In no ci far as they I ep are affected by the same Mme paragraphs of talt tariff net oct At t the hurl bearings 1 before the committee on ways seaTs and Ant means in which Jud Judge King KIn and tho writer represented the Utah Uta lend lead leal producers our efforts s O directed ct towards toward winning n the f gc f committee I away from the Idea of t ad valorem or duties lutei and Inc towar towards toward securing consideration for Iroil lenal from a I protective standpoint No 0 great ret stress was G laid laM on the tho rotes rates rte that ou ought bt actually In the new tariff act 1 I can to pren prevail te DW speak 00 only In II terms term tera of tb the tbt manner In fl which Judge Klag Ein KID performed hi his bis part pat of ot the mission As As 5 to the tariff talU on zinc T I fount the th MU- MU Ih court prou producers en well wel and receiving some omo operation co-operation from tom western pro producers but hut not as al much M as I the cause Cale deserves The he Missouri Mis l campaign rl 10 zinc fine zoe producers are aro keeping up an active |