Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-12-29 | Page 32 | Miner Wage to Slide up--[Illegible]

MINER WAGE TO J R SliDE SUDE UP UP DO DOW I V Expected Fluctuations Copper Will Vil Affect j I Wages a b Oes j Some mining camps have a ascale R wa scale which sH slides es up and down In cison ui ci son with wih tho the action acton of or metal Pric The Tho Idea Is that when the tho mine own tn o Is getting a little more for tor his hla m me met tho tIme miner should share In tho the prod in a n limited wa way and when whon tho the mot mote met drop the tho miner should bo be willing vIllIng share In tho the lossos Relative to t tJ tI matter mater hero 13 is tho the way an caste Journal joural looks n nt t tho the situation t If I the tho copper Industry were to agron agron agn agnon on a wage minimum scale scalo based on 2 cent a a pound for the red rel would mean that miners would be bo p p ps 52 a n day after Januar January 1 next Thare Tharo Th are aro ro now getting in most cases da day fr i l Prior to Jul July 1 1 1917 the tho big rat rating rt mil milIng Ing ing companies In tho the Butte Dute Mont d paid wages on a a. sliding eca seal which worked out as follows da day based on copper averaging a und 15 cents a poun pound on copper I 15 Ii and nd under 17 1 on copper at 17 a ai a under 19 25 on copper at 9 under 25 IfO on copper at 25 ii r- r runder ai under 29 on copper at 29 a ai under 33 f K But tho the miners o objected to this sc sea so to the Butto Butte companies adopted a n rie I arrangement effective July 25 19 whereby miners wore were paid a d 0 I basel based on copper averaging under under 1 cents a a pound poun 4 H on copper at 15 ai a ai I under tinder 17 Ii on copper coppel at 17 1 and u U Oar dor dol 19 4 O on copper at 19 and und 21 75 O on oi l copper at 21 and under I 5 3 on copper at 23 3 nn and 25 5 5 on copper at 2 25 and under 27 7 copper coppel at nt 27 2 and under 29 57 J r copper at 29 9 and under 31 6 C G on c Coper co coper per at nt 31 and under 3 33 A weekly pay day was also adopt effective e September 1 I 1917 and wag wag computed on the average price of or co cope pe per t F In all aU probability the copper comp would not Interpose any object object to a return to tho time Butte Bute wago wage s sea sm which went Into effect July 25 19 but it I Is not expected that tha th they w agree to tho the miners' miners demand deman for a 0 ml mi T wage wago scale based on 25 co metal J. J This It Is pointed out would be u u fair tall to producers If Ir tho metal s sell ell l at nt less than 23 25 cents a a. pound a ni a furthermore It would pave pavo tho the w for tor additional demands for tor wages wages at an any time the miners saw I t f tI