Show oppose reduction 0 i lowering of tariff on lead would kill Silver Lead camps of utah 9 I 1 the utah mine operators assoria As Ass socia ocila tion acting in conjunction with st eirno in 13 lq lar associations in other lead prod c ing states is making an effort to brej pre vent congress from making a redu reduce tion in the tariff upon lead certain changes are to be made ia the tariff schedule next year an and while there may be some reductions it is quite certain that the tariff upon lead will not be changed at any rate the mine operators miners and in fact everyone in this as well as other lead producing states will use their influence to prevent a reduction as they all realize that to lower the tariff upon lead would sound the death knell of every lead camp in the west throwing tens of thousands of 4 men out of employ ment C E loose md and 0 E alien allen as special representatives from utah were in washington this week to appear before the ways and means committee to plead for the duty ua on lead and petitions from all of the camps in the state as well as reso lotions and telegrams have been for warded to washington to back up upa their arguments i several of there petitions were circus cincu in tintic gintic during the week an I 1 they have been signed by almost everyone prof B N lehman chair chairman manof of the committee for tintic gintic is hardat bard at work upon the matter and the mine operators have the support of utah s representatives at washington |