Salt Lake Mining Review | 1918-04-15 | Page 33 | General Items

recent reports from mexico state that the plant of the american Amb rican smelting smelling Sm elting refining company at aguascalientes the largest si smelter nelter in that country has been closed because of the refusal of the company to submit to an arbitrary tax of 12 i per cent on its products the tax was levied by the state government which is insisting upon payment regardless regard lese of the fact that the federal government has ruled that it is unconstitutional the company is taking the light fight to the mexican supreme court