Show ASSAY OFFICE FOR SALT LAKE t Action Taken by Clearing House Association REQUEST TO CONGRESSMEN Co gRESSMEN E G BOOSE There was an Ii important meeting of the clearing house of Salt Lake in the Utah National bank baak yesterday y after alter afternoon afternoon noon nooR at which action was wu taken in hi fa favor faor a avor vor or of establishing e tabU a government assay office in this city in hi favor of the re removal removal moval of the internal revenue war taxes relating to banks ba ka and heartily endorsing President atti attitude attitude attitude tude as 88 to the arid and lands kinds of the west Every bank in the clearing house was wu represented at the meeting except Mc Mo MoCoral Coral Corni its It and it is said that that in n is in hi hearty sympathy with every action taken Those Tho e present prescot were Morton Horton J Cheseman C of Walk era John E J Dooly of L LS LS LS S Hills Hill of the Deseret National C S Burton Byrton of the State bank T R IL Jones JonesI of his own bank James Chipman of the Utah National W H Cunningham of the Bank of Commerce John W V Don Donnellan Donnellan Donnellan of the Commercial National Jo Joseph Joseph seph mph E Caine of the Utah Commercial A It Sings Savings and Frank Knox of the Na National National National Bank of the Republic Need Heed of Assay Office As Aa to the assay office eStee the meeting was waa unanimous In the opinion that Salt Lake should have bave such euch an institution tion Hon It was set Ht forth that Utah is the oldest state in ia the Union without an au assay y office and that now it is the second state In the entire Union An assay asay office in Salt Lake would save the trouble and aDd expense of sending the precious metals metal to Boise or Denver The he Utah representatives in congress COngre II wilt will willbe m be urged ur d to use Ulle all the influence they have to locate a All an assay aasa office in this city The importance of Salt Lake as a site for tor a government assay office is admitted by all conversant conver ant with the situation There is now coming into Salt Lake practically every month in i the form of gold bullion and cyanides most of it in bullion Con Mercur sends ends in De Lamars mines in Nevada Annie Laurie Horseshoe Ophir Johnny Lucky Boy I Dexter OOOO and Century To Tomake Tomake Tomake make the showing still stilt stronger It Is given as 88 the opinion of the best in informed informed Informed formed local mining men that with the development work going on these fig figures figurea figurea urea ures will be doubled doubted within the next two years ears Emphasis is also laid aid on the accessibility acce of Salt Lake to the surrounding mines It is I a very easy matter for the producers to ship their stuff to this point and the establish establishment establishment ment meat of an assay auay office here would be bea a great t convenience to them as well as asa asa asa a means of saving heavy expenses es Roosevelt Endorsed A resolution was adopted heartily heartH endorsing President Roosevelt for the position he be took toor in his message to con congress congress gress gross on the question of reclaiming the arid lands of the west and construct constructing constructing ing large reservoirs for this purpose with the aid gid of the federal government Just tI ret t as other public improvements ts are arenow arenow now made I Another resolution re was adopted re requesting requesting questing the Utah senators and rep representative representative to use all honorable means to have repealed that part of the war revenue law Jaw that relates to banks The i principal taxes now remaining are the tax on the capital and surplus of the banks the tax on foreign bills Mils of ex cx exchange change original certificates of stock transfers of or certificates of or stock time drafts and aDd some others These are all aU considered special taxes and are held by the banks to be in the nature of class cla s legislation The banks all over th tb the country and especially the clearing clearinghouses clearinghouses houses of the various cities are taking similar action in this thle matter |