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Show f ( 1 Sf v I r v! 2v & r - y X ?y K "y F t " J Rep. W. A. Dawson . . . Rep. D. R. Stringfellow . . . says mining vital to all. supports lead-zinc aid bill. Metal Tax Bill Supporters Warn of Utah Ghost Towns Ghost towns are a reality in Utah. So testified Rep. William A. Dawson, who appeared with Rep. Douglas R. Stringfellow before the House Ways and Means Committee in support of the Simpson The Simpson Bill contains provisions pro-visions for a sliding scale of import im-port taxes on lead and zinc to protect pro-tect the domestic industry from low prices resulting from dumping dump-ing of cheaply produced foreign metals. Rep. Dawson's reference . to ghost towns in Utah was in answer an-swer to testimony given earlier by Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay, who said he doubted if use of the term was justified. Rep. Dawson quoted the Rev. Patrick Cullen of Park City, who had written, "Park City looks derelict a ghost town, a shadow of its former self. It's a deserted village." In his testimony, Rep. Dawson said, "The bill holds out the hope of health to a sick and dying metal mining industry. But more important, this protection is need-' need-' ed to maintain the productive capacity of this nation. The present pres-ent law offers no relief." Rep. Stringfellow pointed out to the committee that every dollar paid for domestically produced lead and zinc plays a part in the economy of the entire country. coun-try. "It pays wages, buys goods, pays taxes, or is reinvested in new or expanded industry," he said. On the other hand, while it is difficult to estimate how much of every dollar paid for foreign metals returns to this country, it is safe to assume that it is far lower than in domestic purchases, he added. Rep. Stringfellow said that income in-come from production of raw materials ma-terials is just as vital to the economy of Utah, Montana or Idaho, as it is to Peru, Africa or Mexico. If the American lead-zinc lead-zinc industry is forced to quit operations, fewer automobiles, refrigerators, sewing machines, television sets and other American made products will be sold in states formerly producing the metals, he warned. "The time for making plans to assist the lead and zinc mining industry is right now," Rep. Stringfellow said. |