| Show SMELTERS TO BE SUED Injunction Proceedings Arc Now Be Being Being Being ing Ribbed d Up UpI It I was wa reported yesterday esterday that before the end CUd of the week about 50 of oC the te ranchers and ad farmers living in tho the valley and ld within a radius of several miles mies of the smelters would begin ac action acton action tion ton in the federal courts to have the scaled smoke and fume nuisance abated At the time the suit sui Is 15 filed nied fed it it is the understanding that an injunction injunction tion ton will wi be asked for compelling the smelters to close pending a determination tion ton of the allegations contained In the complaint complaint In anticipation of what the ranchers rancher might do In the matter of opening a fight on the smelting industry Manager C C W Whitley of the American Smelt Smelting Smelting ing Refining company has ha addressed a letter leter to all al patrons of his company and mine operators rs generally railroad officials and many other interests interest which h are directly or indirectly Went identified Ident fied fled with the business of mill milling mf tug ing ng and ad smelting re requesting certain ertan data that that may raJ be used in case the threatened actions are brought It I is the intention to show as nearly nealy as possible how ho many men m n and their families gre re directly or r Indirectly de on the smelting industry in inthis InthIs inthis this state for a livelihood how bw many mines would be compelled to cease pro production ducton In case they the were compelled to send their ores out of the state state for treatment and how much approximately approximately approximately the profits of the business of those who might continue under such sucha a change would be diminished in case the home smelters were required to close If these theS data are ae supplied as s expected the exhibit that the th smelt smelting smelting ing lag concerns will wiil wil be able to present will wU be simply appalling With the smelters closed down there would not be dozen mines in II the state operating It I would close up Tip every mine at Bingham Tintic Stockton Ophir Alta Alt and ad nearly every property at Park City Cit as well wel Not less than men would be without employ employment employment employment ment in a week From to persons would suffer directly direly while every ever line of business would be pro proportionately crippled Mining men are ae beginning to view the subject with wih alarm andl from the expressions heard during the last la few days it seems certain that the mine i ne owners owner will wUI join the for |
