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Show CAMS FOR COPPER TARIFF TO AIDJ9INES Increase in Pike cf Metals Woivd Directly Affect the Pro-pcrity cf the State by Cycr.iss V? New Markets Harry S. Joseph, well known Utah mining mar who had been in Cidar City for the Elks convention con-vention over the week cud. spent Sunday in St. George in the inure-1 of a copper tariff. For several months Mr. Joseph Jo-seph has bean c'.iree,ing an intensive in-tensive campaign in the interest inter-est cf the copper mining industry. indus-try. AHhough he ha; announced announc-ed himself a candidate for an important state office. Mr. Jo-senh Jo-senh denied that lie -was making his present trip far political purposes. pur-poses. "There are more important things to be done before my time vu be jvacfed ra a personal political po-litical campaign", said Mr. Joseph.. Jo-seph.. "The copper and silver situation sit-uation must be straightened. Utah mines must be working. People are net interested right now in who is going to be the next governor of Utah. Thrv aie more ititere-t-ad in their bre'd and butter. They want to know bow they ate going to take cave of tl.etn-telves and how thev are going to get tiuu!& '-in '-in g nest winter which apparently will be as hard as we have bad. I'm going to help all I can. One, of the best ways to do that, as I see it, is to fix up the copper and silver situation. Higher prices for these two important metals will open most of our Utah mines. It will send more, people to work in various industrial indus-trial line, as well as agriculture. agricul-ture. It will create a market for fruit, butter, eggs- and poultry. Tt will increase the price of these commodities so that thei farmers wiil receive a decent price for their product". Mr. Joseph will represent Utah as a delegate to the national Elks' convention in Birmingham, Alabama, in July, and at that timo will present two resolutions adopted at the Cedar City convention. con-vention. The first favors action to sta-tvlize sta-tvlize silver prices, pointing out that half the world depends- upon up-on silver for money, consequently consequent-ly silver's price measures purchasing pur-chasing power. The Utah Elks association resolved to urge congress to pass remedial legislation legis-lation "in order that an, adequate ade-quate base of exchange be established es-tablished so as to p-sen-cofe world trade . The second resoltt flan reviewed review-ed the effect- c" the d - vcs-hm stagnation of i'ti' tv ' t y. decrease of tax tevent-e and itvtea a of ,, -r. V;-;-:e'sf - ; and re-o'votl -t.-.. --v,-;, ;; - at tn c-nd to the at-: at-: ','-'.;: of every Elk the- betie-;.; betie-;.; i j ;- alt t a' ': ui-'g ! their :c vtl . : cettv- -it'll. through U -;- as; sn of the v v-. and . of I he c -" of Utah -a v tared good-;." |