Show PRICE OF METALS AND WAGES ARE ADVANCED in the metal mining regions 6 of the west test ahas prosperity has been given a substantial boost since the beginning of the month as a result of the advance in the market price of copper and lead the former to 18 cents a pound as this is written and the latter to 64 cents at butte where a call recently went out for 2500 additional miners wages were advanced 25 cents a day and the statement declared that the advance would prevail as long as the price of copper held at 17 cents or better A few lays days later came the announcement that utah copper and each of the great smelting smelling sm elting companies operating in and around salt lake valley had decided to pay a corresponding advance to the wage earners in this field the advance becomes effective today and it is estimated that some men will become direct beneficiaries these advances in wa wages 6 es it is worthy of remembrance is nut the result of labors demand for increased pay it is an example of the spirit of good will and cooperation that exists between the employers of men and the men themselves it is a case of division of the fruits of combined harmonious efforts jf f men money and brains to meet the requirements of rapidly expanding world trade and honie home industry the world is demanding more and more of the useful and needful metals and apparently is willing to pay more to 6 get them the 6 great mines of the country the smelting smelling sm elting works and refineries the fabricating plants and the transportation agencies are all working to a common end the welfare of everybody concerned including 6 the ordinary everyday every day worker and unskilled helper in the hive of industry the industrial forces are moving away from and out of the zones of contention and bickering into the spotlight of mutual understanding and friendship and the world is beginning to prosper as never before because of this wondrous and happy change it is well |