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Show Metal 1Metal 1 ' " Imports Affect These Men Ms Ms"za I _ 14 ' 3 , d dw dv "za za " ' dI I w v w > 4J k kT f i I Ii Iw T r * I Ir It w t ' 3 % s s sM ktV 9 ) A M : ' A group of Utah miners who would feel the Impact of further furthertariff furthertariff tariff cuts In normal times The Importation of one ton of ofzinc ofzinc otzinc zinc In the form of o zinc concen concentrates concentrates concentrates trates represents the loss ot of sup suD support suDport gupport port tor for one day ot of appro'limately approlimately approtimately approximately196 approximately196workers ' : 196 -workers workers - and dependents It is isshown isshown isshown shown inn In ' \ in \n n analysts analysfs analysis of tree free trade tradeand tradeand tradeand and Its effects efIects upon conditions in inthe inthe Inthe the Intermountain arpaStudies areaStudies arpa area arpaStudies Studies show that tor for every ton tonof tonof tonot of zinc imported In the form ofconcentrates of ofconcentrates otconcentrates concentrates results in the loss inemployment in inemployment inemployment employment in tha the Rocky Mountain Mountainarea Mountainarea Mount inarea area of 16 58 man shifts tor for miningand miningand mining miningnd and nd milling mlIing ! zinc ore and Ilnd smeltingthe smelting smeltingthe smellingthe the lead and iron concentratesproduced concentrates concentratesproduced , produced in the milling mlIIlng processIncluding processIncluding process processIncluding Including the semes serVIce industries industriesdependent industriesdependent Industriesdependent dependent on this work total em employment employment cmployment ployment Increases to 55 26 man manshifts manshifts manshifts shifts which represents support for forone forone torone one day ot of ipproximately appro'limately approlimately approtlmately ' : 196 work ers and dependents dependentsIn In case ot of the importation of ot100 100 000 tons ot of zinc per year to dls dis dlsplace displace displace place Rocky Mountain production production65 65 000 people would be deprived of ofl1vellhood oflivelihood otlivelihood l1vellhood livelihood ( that is 100 100000 000 bmes times times196 196 divided by 300 working days ina in ina ina a year equals 65000) 65000 65 000) 000 ) without tak takIng taking taking Ing into account the loss ot of employ employment employment employment ment in other areas because ot of lossof loss lossof lossot of we western : > tern marketsEtperience marketsE markets marketsExperience Experience Etperience E " < perience Indicates that free freetrade freetrade treetrade trade strongly trends to reducewages reducewages reduce wages In the productive Industriesand industries industriesand Industriesand and break ; down the barriers against againstlowering againstlowering againstlowering lowering our standards to foreignlevels foreign foreignlevels foreignlevels levels It seems the better part ofwisdom ofwisdom ot of wisdom to wait walt and . see whattomorrow what whattomorrow whattomorrow tomorrow brings before embarking embarkingupon embarkingupon embarkingupon upon a program ot of reduced metal metaltaritrs metaltariffs metaltariffs taritrs tariffs |