Show As suggesting a partial remedy for the most important feature of the salt lake smoke nuisance he article in this issue by 0 W ott is one that should interest every consumer of coal in this city I 1 jn n addition it shows that not only does proper installation cut down the disagreeable smoke nuisance but also results in a direct saving through the efficiency of fuel combustion this should commend itself to every one using coal for fuel even though he operate on the desert with none but prairie dogs and rattlesnakes to complain the comstock of Nevada nevada has become the source of another malodorous scandal we are not in possession of the actual facts in the case but mr whitman symmes formerly in charge of operations for several companies in the lode has charged in a lengthy pamphlet that a group of mines was ads run by six crooked brokers whom he names for the purpose of collecting assessments that no legitimate mining was done and that bad methods were intentionally used in turn he is attacked tacked it by the brokers in question as not being wholly a desirable manager irrespective of the actual facts the mere charges alone serve to increase the nausea experienced by many people at the mere mention of comstock the tariff bill introduced into the congress gre ss just assembled proposes a reduction in the duty on lead in ores from one and one half cents to one half cents a a pound A curious argument of those w who ho protest reduction is that a large production against an any y of gold and silver comes from our lead mines and yet in figuring the cost of producing lead they are prone to say that there is is only the slightest margin of profit on lead and do not consider the gold and silver recovery as part of lead mining again they say if it were not for silver and gold lead mining aou would id fail in the west perhaps it would I 1 hut ut that does not alter the fact that tle the gold and silver is there and should be considered as an inherent advantage that western lead ores have unless logical fac facts ts are presented no one can hope that the sort of arguments now being given give n publicity can have any effect on congressional committees mit tees |