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Show . CURTAILMEHT OF .lisuiisiii 9 UTAH.MACKEHZIE Production CosU Too High. He Declares at Rate Hearing A ruriailnnt or raaatht of nonfvrrnna ratal mining In twentr tao of lb twenty. nina rountMa of 1 tab, whth Induafrr reprpaowt an avoraffe ln-uji of f;s:s; an niiailr. or : H ter rnt of the In-romo In-romo of tha ataie. mul ha adptd ttlera thai reiaenl low OiarfcM prtrn alwtw an upward trend or ama meana of rettirng nrodm tlon rta la a'eltp1 " HU'h waa the atatemnt of A O S'K-kenxlo. 1h flret wltneaa calUd f l'nlav morning wlia-n the natm WIH hearing nf freiglit ralr-a on nonfeomia ma)a waa efntliiud In ilt !ak In tha 1 1 '(! I tali Mr. la k-ni. aim aHrtarv god lratirer of the t'tah ehapir of tit Amrhfi 1lnlng enngreaa. ofxipld tha witnei-i at and during t greater part of the dar. K K i Mullen and A. A. Mtti of th Inieretat rommrra mntmllnr aval aa aiimln-rt. with t 'ommtalno ,mrta Mtie of Arlrona. fiaoraa K M'-ttnnagl of t'tah. I Iienn'a of! Montana and r rank hmltli of Idaho g1o In attendnne. OTHKR HEARINGS HCLD Th hen ring la the ruM of ron-gramonal ron-gramonal a tl'-n and la the fmirth of a eerie. Other herlnga have heen held In I'hlrago, aahlngton. Ii. i', and rhnnix. ArU.. with iatr aeaiona a'-hedulrd for Montana and pfVfiil.lv nar gnd New York Hal V. rnrkett, attorney for the A mi iran M intng mngreea. ron- durtd tho d I raw aiamlnatlnn. Mining dlffra from ordinary huaineaa in that a mln la a 'waiting 'wait-ing .M.' aaid Mr. Markentte, "Kirh ton of ore mined lowra the talue of tlie .rotwrty o that eitent. Aln ther la whit la knwn a devtnpment work In a going 4 mln. rtnaae. aa 'dead work Thi la locating and prrpartng fr removal re-moval ton af ore fr each ton al-iradv al-iradv rntovrd; tdherwlra the mine would aoon ha yalurleaa. COSTS ARC UNSEEN Tliete coal ara unwn but an average mine In thia locality ent I la l.' 7;o."&01 lor devrlopment which km I tnt.it of eighteen pr rrnt of tha income from or aulra. Tha modern nvthoda of mining rail for greater effh'lem-v in eery branrh of tha indnetry and coata are now figured In frwtlona of tent inatead of In dollar, aa for inert v, f "l teh miner are flxturra in thflr V'rallilra In many inatanca. and IUy provide Uhor dining dull mining min-ing Neaaona for tha harveat r'nuire. nienta of tha farmera," larknilr a id. "It la uneonnrnlr to cither curtail or end the production of a mine, aa tha veihred, conaletlng of 4 fcrptnr t he pi onert y In rcpa ir, nn Iniainlng pumia. a vlng tnx'a and derrrriMrn n eiulpnent. ra-niaina ra-niaina at anproltimtrly the aaina (Continued on pago ft ) CURTAILMENT OF f MINES LOOMS IN UTAH, MACKENZIE (Continued (rum pig 1 l-vffl a whan working full 11111'." I, Amnpg otlirr liEuiv. prearnlrd ' v ,1. that of lh loailing ol orri In I lull, which ihow.4 a lolsl of ID 01 I ar cant of tha cnllre fr.ighl In t taw ii.tr. exiluaiv of Inioiiiing ship-innitt ship-innitt and tint lha .lata rarclne. fiom the ml nr. approximately to liar rant of Ita tax... 6TRCISCS VALUE etrrsa was laid on th value of the mining Induilry to the .tale ol I lah, where but a per cant of tha l.ind I. available for farming. du to niturr linilliitions. and it v.ai staled tliat a re.1 net inn In liclnHt rate on ores and bullion would ens I'll the .lata of I'tah to continue . In favorable competition with th. ait mine productions of other antes and of foreign nations. Mnnv oilier wluniaea wrrr a-lirdilled tu appear al this hrarlng and ll was eiiininted ttiul Hi. ses. .ion wuuld contlnu fur lo or Dint dun loniti. a |