Show HELP INDEPENDENT SMELTER After members member of the executive committee com corn of the tho Mine Operators Operators' association association tion had bad met nt with th tho local officials of the United States Smelting company it became a apparent that the they thoy ivero not entirely en en- satisfied with wih tho tine exi existing condi condi- tons The Tho United States officials stated stated stat stat- ed that that- that the they not riot in a position ou to promise any an different charges for tor ore oro treatment as they aro are real really not in the custom smelting business at the present time Ey Even n if th the tho valley alt plant of this company is permitted to enter re-enter the field b by r the courts couts it is is said Raid that the tho company y cannot sec so c its way clear to tomake tomake tomake I make further reduction in the tho treatment treat treat- i ment charges as the price is now fixed ns as IS low lot as IS would be consistent with good busi business methods In I reply to this thiR last statement of tho the smelting company some seine members member of tho the I committee of the tho mine operators point I to tho the profits rad mado b by this smelting plant during during its is existence e which foot up several million milon dollars a year car anti and ant contend contend con con- tend that if the smelters would lower Jower the tine rates so that the ores could bo be mined and and marketed l at the pr prevailing price of f metals metal a hi higher ber price mi might bt ho bo charged when metal prices have im mi- proved Smelter companies naturally want to get a good return on the tIne in in e invest inest est est- t. t meet ment each year but it i is argued that the major maior portion of the profits should revert to the tho men who discover the tho prod prod- ueL With Wih the present situation mine owners own own- ers era of cv r mining camp in tho tIne west arc are d dissatisfied and tho the only solution of the proposition seems to be the con construction con of an independent smelting plant Sonic of the largest mine operators ope ope- s of this state have indorsed the tho plan pIau and within a few weeks weel s it is proposed proposed pro pro pro- posed to have the plans and specifications tons for such a plant drawn Everything Everything Every Every- E thing now points toward the tine complete completo success of tho the proposed custom smelter and minin mining men generl generally general believe that this is the only way by which the tho vexing vex vex- in ing question can cnn be bo settled |