| Show FARMERS TS SMELTERS A Delegation of the Farmers in this County Lay their Grievances Before the Owners of the Furnaces I I A preliminary step in the adjusS ment of the controversy between I the farmers of Mill Creek South Cottonwood and Union and the proprietors of the Morgan and Horn Silver smelter was taken yesterday yester-day The farmers committee Messrs J F Snedaker W H Atwood At-wood Wm D Park and LeviHelm waited upon Mr Hanauer owner of the Morgan and Major Hill manager for the Horn Silver to lay before them the grievances and to ask what relief might be expected A HERALD representative met the delegation immediately after the interview with Mr Hanauer and asked how their statement had been received We have every reason to feel said Mr Snedaker that the gentlemen I gentle-men owning the smelters appreciate I the position of the farmers and will do all in their power to alleviate I the injuries we are sustaining Both Major Hill and Mr Hanauer assured I I us that they were considering I the methods adopted so success udy by the Germanfa and several other ways of disposing of the fumes from the furnaces If they do that and they say they will I as soon as the weather allows the S evils we are suffering will be considerably I con-siderably lessened if not done away I with altogether I fo what extent have the furnaces fur-naces been injured by these fumes onr reporter asked C That is hard to put in figure was the reply If To give you some idea though I will mention that within a radius of dx miles around I each smelter it has been found impossible im-possible to keep either horaes mules cattle bee or even dogs and cats let stock be turnei out to feed when he dew is on the grasp and theyll die like so many Pheep Our hay is practically worthless A few years ago there were in our district between be-tWEen 2000 and 3000 stands of bees Win Young personally owned 1000 today you cant find oneall killed off by the fumes from the smelter smelt-er > I What method have you suggested suggest-ed for disposing of the fumes One that can be readily employed em-ployed with the out ay of a little money answered one of the deputation deput-ation All the evil can bo avoided by building mora expensive condensing con-densing chambers longer flues and higher stacks This is done at the Germania and there is no complaint at aH of that company the otner smelters have promised to do the same thing so I guess well come out all right We learned further in the course of an interesting conversation with the gentlemen of the committee that a petition was now being circulated cir-culated in their district which would be presented to the Legislature this session by Mr Brinton The petition peti-tion asks for the establishment of a law regulating the condensers flues and stacks of all smelLers upon some approved standard as done in the old countries If this law were passed committee think no further fur-ther cause for complaint could be urged by the farmers against the smelters As the deputation emerged emer-ged yesterday from the melting companys office on Main street our reporter was forcibly reminded of a similar scene in the play of the Long Strike when a delegation of workmen waited upon the manufacturers manu-facturers 10 ask a redress of their wrongs The spirit with which the farmers were met yesterday however how-ever was a far different one from that with which the Manchester capitalists answered their workmen in the play and the amicable understanding under-standing arrived at indicates a much happier arrangement of the recent controversy |
