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Show ( j SMELTER COMBINATION". i American Smelting and National Lead Negotiating. From'a telegram received from their Xcw York correspondents yesterday ny James A. Pollock & Co., It would appear ap-pear that the smelting Interests of the United States, and perhaps Mexico, have becomo Imbued with the community of Interest Idea, and that a combination against which the miner and the oro producer pro-ducer could not register an advantageous kick might come Into existence. The telegram tel-egram referred to Indicates that ncgotla- j tlcns looking to a combination of the biggest big-gest smelting interests In the country arc In progress. In short, that the American Smelting and the National Lead companies, compa-nies, which were considering and discussing discuss-ing a plan for combination beforo the holidays, havo resumed their deliberations. delibera-tions. The plan, as It Is given out to the public, pub-lic, Is to effect a merger of lead concerns and tho lead Interests; but It In reality means a consolldatlpn oX Interests and, If effected, will forco the ore-producer to sell to the combination and will eliminate elimi-nate competition In tho buying of ores. The negotiations having been resumed, there are now dally sessions of the representatives rep-resentatives of the two factions, and tho hope to the lead producer Is that they may bo unable to agree on a division of the spoils that will bo satisfactory to both Interests. |