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Show v SMELTING TAX ' ISEXPWO Officials Declare Charge on , Silver Is Logical and Misunderstood Th receipt In Halt Lake City yesterday! of a letter from IVnator William H. King! In reply t a complaint from Utah? mine -operator th( amettewa were Impoalng rhaig af 3 4 rents an ounce for silver. In addition to ethr eni-tting charge, started a report that th am-lur would bs forced by th government to refund to Utah mine operators an amount vinnuily eat I ma tea from $751, 00 In II, 104.000. gnator KinCi letter say In part: "Tour of the 7th Inst. Just at hand I . have taken op the matter of tha aibltrarr chnrgea made by th smelter ami onlfri will be alven by the treaaury at onr that they will not buy elivtr where thla arbitrary practice la folowed. It la dear U.ar tlita centa per oanc charged by the smelter. Indicated by your letter, is wholv Improper. Im-proper. I'loaae telt all ttiei Interested that If they "will ad vie mt of anv Improper charge. I ahall promptly have the eecrr'ary M of the treasury dal with the ameiter that at7 " ara treating- ao unfairly the ore producer." It la declared by official f o al einelt- Ins compantes that .the raus of tli aup-poedly aup-poedly extra e barge for the ameiiine; of ailvrr ore I thoroughly understood by trine operators generally and that imn of the large mine operators mado any -oinplalnt. The plan nt Imposing; a cham of from 1't to cents an oun-e n aiiver bullion produced by S'lieltm wne adopted by all . the Binelttng coiti inlea. It fa Staled, In 1611, Ictiar before tlie IMttman act went Into ef- ft-et. The plan was adopted. It la etatcil. a inrati for the MWMera to pvtniO tTie-TncB"rr TmcTTTrT hi I e TT.lTT- aT and' ripper bullion fiom about 110 to lfi.f.e p-r ton. and also by rraw.n of th h-a vy Increase In-crease la labor and other operating coata. It Is declared that If such a plan has not beon put Into effect, then the dlrrt charge en all or would have been tn-rrend tn-rrend to an amount equal to the addrf n-rbin n-rbin obtained throuah the reiiurtion made In tha price paid by the amelter for the kllver. liy the prest-nt arranaement. It Is declared, th lead ore I relieved of aa 1 advance In am I ting charges. Aa declared by one smaller official. "Th whole affair l mleundemtood by th' not thoroughly acquainted with th situation." |