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Show Cortimunity Comments , P -, next few months ap-1 ap-1 ii: iqv will be critical ones :9t!ieastem utah as Vure of the domestic fo; :; $ industry is analyzed, ,'iv by industry leaders, S 3 'governments of more ; .'one nation. !'S:-.siS Gulf Sulphur Co. i-1. -mek pointed out to their it! Solders that potash ii '.s continue to be dras-v! dras-v! v below the levels in when the company's b ' venture into this busi-r,"-.' s was planned, having ' " a more than 50 per cent past decade. spite continuing im-""aiients im-""aiients in efficiency at. Cane Creek Mine near ". . . costs are too 5 and product prices too : (o five any promise of lability under present Sens," the report stat- .He extent and scope iiiure operations at Cane are being carefully ;e -id, it said. TGS report went on ay that production coste the Allan Potash Mines i Saskatoon, Saskatche- a Canada, are much low- - :4an at Moab. TGS owns 9 per cent interest in this "" -:t. which is designed to -:te 1.5 million tons per ' ::r. i In Washington' this week, I s U. S. Tariff Commission 'J:::rmined that "less than Y'j values" were being J r;rged for potash import-1 import-1 1 (from foreign countries, " icipally Canada, France. i West Germany. And al-I al-I - 'Jgh Saskatchewan Prov- I n .in Canada is attempf- I I lo inrpose mine produc-;s produc-;s a limitations and mini-f mini-f m prices for the product, J is imports from Europe con- w to flood the U. S. do-l!:;Sc do-l!:;Sc market. Bills have been introduc--: i in both the House and the " -ate to impose import a- a limits on potash. Com-u''--i from mining publica- b and other sources, ear- f' gave the measures little "nee of success. Now, , ;( r h the Tariff Commission - '.sion, prospects appear a brighter. " fihat happens to the meases, mea-ses, however, when tho 3n block gets hold of them -i ; another, yet untold, story. i -position of quotas would 't in raising the price Potash to agriculture do-il'-ally. And the perpet-j-'on of the most ridiculous "m-support legislation over. ;e years in this country, , ;s that the nation's far-f far-f ;-'s have a lot of Congress-c Congress-c ;a in their pockets, and : representatives would v&ubtedly be opposed to ; action which would re-s re-s 'f in increased prices to stic agriculture. ' "any relief for the situa-' situa-' is forthcoming in Wash- ;on. Senators Moss, Ben- 3 Montoya; and Rep. :5on and other western-:i,are western-:i,are going to have the'r . "A out for them. ' It. : "e can only applaud this j j.m we call attention to ! ';ter from a young Moab S " r on Page A2, which 1 ments on statements last week by "An Ang- leenager." The mother, , ' makes real sense, de-:? de-:? e cause of adull- Vei7 commendablv. Wrf you to read this letter, l0 w think represents ,;;7Ms of many res-local res-local residents. |