Show UTAH COPPER REDUCES PAY OF Sliding Scale Announced I for fOl Men l in ill Mines s S and Mills Declared to b be made necessary ai- ai aib b by th the slump Jump In the co coper pcr mar market marketa et ii T reduction duc tion In ages w of ot men employed In th the mines and mills of oC the Utah CopP Copper Coppel co company pan will bo be carried effect toda today This was announced in Bulletins Bul kill l po posted at tho the Garfield roms mills and n the ham mines yeste yesterday day The Thc reductions win will be bo scaled accord according ing to t tb the wa wages es previously received tl d dby by llY the tho he men en the Ut g among monS U th the s et p dd cain fj S Copper nob Robert flobert rt C C. Gemmell general manager of ot the Utah Copper c company's mp properties pointed out has declined In price from 26 G c cents to 20 O cents centa since December Do- Do tho the government Jo stopped purchases cember SI a Tho consequent reduction In pa pay he explained Is s not confined to pl plants ts here bU but Js s general through throughout out the thc west the An Anaconda CoPP Coppe similar re reduction re- re company compan ho said made a yesterday nt Xe Tho The readjustment of or the scale Is made absolutely ne necessary essary b by the drop In copper copper quotations Mr tr Gemmell said When copper was as high and co conditions dillons warranted raises in wages ages were extended last July and these were based on copper at nt 26 cents a pound Now ow that the tho slump has come ome the hl high h W wages cannot bc be continued The bulletins Issued to the mine amIne and ana to the mill workers were vere Identical 11 ex except except ex- ex In the paragraphs relating specifically figures The Tho bulletin addressed addressed ad ad- call cally eally to wage dressed to the miners read In this parl paragraph raph as follows From 26 6 cents to 22 2 cents the wages of oC all will be l 12 l cents for each one cent decrease In the price of or copper With nth copper below 22 2 cents and including including- 18 cents who receive a baso laso wage In excess of Hi per day will continue to bo be reduced at the above rate pf of or 12 cent decre in cents for tor each one decrease decrease- copper price but all other will wIn bo be reduced at nt the rate of 10 cents decrease per da day for each one cent 31 Mill 1111 III Workers' Workers Scale That addressed cd to the workers In the mills rC read From 26 cents to 22 2 cents the wa wages of oC all will be i educed 1 1 cents for tor each cach one nt decrease In Inthe Inthe inthe the price of or copper With I h copper below below below be be- low 22 2 cents rentS and Including 18 cents employee who receive a a. base wage in excess of oC 35 per da day will continue to be bo reduced at tho the above e rate o of 12 cents for each one c cent nt decrease In copper price but all other will be bo reduced at It the the- rate of oC n 1 1 cents day dav for e each one cent decrease per oer The rhe bulletins In full CuU except fo for th par paragraphs already quoted wore n aa as follows ollow Owing to tho the condition of ot the tho copper copper copper cop cop- per industry a as Cull fully outlined In the I the United statement given gic out by department of uC labor In Washington Washington Wash Wash- St States ington on February ri 5 It has to readjust wa KC c necessarY Effective February i L 1910 1919 the scale cate of or wages paid to cm- cm present of ot the Utah Copper company I will will willbe be considered to be the scale when copper Is selling at 26 cents per I pound based upon Engineering t. t M Mining I a I n g 1 Journal TournaI 0 u rn a 1 q quotation on u o t a t i o n s. s When hn copper ell bet between w on 26 cents and 18 cents per r pound e there thero will willbo bo bi a reduction In WR wages es for lor gr each one cent decrease In Sn the price per pound of ot copper opper Tho rho scale takes Into the tho present coat cost of ot living and subject ct to lo revision r ev even n when copper IB is soiling pIling at ut n n. price above 18 cents cent per pound whenever er such fluch r revision lelon is Justified by br r reduction of or living cont Heretofore tho the cu custom tom ha been to baRn baso ch changes In Beaten of wages on average n monthly quotation of ot copper price t for l' l the tho preceding month but that thai custom cannot bo be followed In iii Inthis I this bee there here re wor Weri no I tinning during January Therefore I I Iha as the tue basis In this notice the price ha has assumed at nt 20 W coins cents per per pound which IH Is higher h than tho the price at which nn any s sales were were- mad luring during January and well above o tho present price tuot quotations for tor February I Continued on lai 7 UTAH COPPER REDUCES I IVI VI AGES OF Continued from page 1 Anaconda Posts New Nev Wage Vage Scale Butte Eutte Mont Feb C. C The Tho G Tho statement of or the tho Anaconda Mining company the tiro largest employer of labor sani says that commencing February 7 the wages for tor regular miners will be 1 i shaft that mi ml- miners ners ners journeymen in the tho different different differ differ- ent crafts The Tho wages of ot miners has hag been 7 rind mid others othora in lion tion The Tho lIC new scale will wilt apply while copper tolls sells front from 17 to ta under 19 13 cents and until further notice will not bo be re reduced ro- ro If IC the copper should hould fall taU below bolow 17 c cents Tho The official quotation for Cor copper yesterday was 18 IS to cents All tho the smal smaller r operators It la Is understood will twill adopt the new scale The reduction will apply to Anaconda ula and Great Falls where tho Anaconda Copper Mining company has lan large c re- re reduction reduction re rea plants T |