Show import amport duty on copper of vital importance to west congress will undoubtedly pass pasa the import duty on copper at this session ot of congress was waa the statement sta made by harry S joep joeph li prominent salt lake mining man and republican candidate tor for governor in panguitch Pan gultch monday mr joseph junt recently returned from washington D C where ho he appeared before the united states senate finance committee in behalf of lot an import taxa or tariff on copper coppa while it Is my opinion that congress will pass pasa an amport duty on copper at tha session of congress I 1 want the people of utah and the other cop cap 1 per producing states of the west to know that we have just begun to tight fight we of the west aro are not going to allow foreign copper to invade our shore s close cloae down our mines and bankrupt our communities without a struggle and that la Is just what la Is going on today there are thousands of minors miners ot of the west out oat ot of work at the present pro sent time many of them in actual want aro are wo we of tho the west going to permit this to continue I 1 for one am not in normal nomal times said joseph tho the mining industry of utah employed i about one third of the total umber of employees carried on by the state industrial du commission produced about one third of 0 the now wealth annually created in the and supplied four fifths of all railroad tonnage of utah in actual figures its annual output was worth about of 01 this gross value approximately approximated y was waa immediately expended largely within tho the state for or wages freight smelting smelling sm elting alij ati supplies thirteen million dollars of tills this was spent P for labor ut at the mimes and smelters shelters sm elters the mining industry Is indeed to I 1 U buhs pre present senit economic structure with it diminished to any extent utah labor loses directly and indirectly one third ot of its ita payroll pay roll utah railroads lose tour four fittim of their freight business and utah agriculture loses its closest and best market anu anil when I 1 say that agriculture loses inqui lt i and best beat market you people ot of panguitch Pane and garfield Gartt eld county know what that moans mcana whon when the mines close cloae you not 0 only aly lose loae your markets but your taxes are ini increased then on top of that you have to contribute your share to feed the unemployed of 0 tho the state so you 13 beto you have P anu unu interest in this MO movement to secure a tariff an n copper how many men axe are being employed by the mining industry of 0 utah ti today ilow how much new wealth Is tho the mining industry creating creat ng ta la the state today now how much railroad freight tonnage Is the mining industry supplying today now how much in actual figures Is the annual output ot or ton tonnage age today how much la being expended in utah today for wages freight smelt amel ing and supplies how much Is the farmer receiving for his produce from the mining camps to day I 1 will let those gentlemen who ore axe closing down the utah copper mines so 30 that they may work their foreign properties answer those these questions tho tha sale of agricultural products when the mines are operating to mining communities of utah during a twelvemonth twelve month period runs runa to thousands of io dollars it Is also true that only about twenty percent ot of the farm products which are marketed in our mining communities could be moved out at 0 the state to any other market due to excessive tion costs so again you see why the of utah should have a direct interest in this fight to save the copper mining industry the campaign carried on by the people of utah will bo be one of 0 the deciding factors in this tight when the present campaign began in a copper tariff was waa only lukewarm in the east cast thera was no sentiment for it the bombardment at 0 washington through telegrams and letters resolutions and petitions changed this this apathy into enthusiasm the digross di tross in utah and tho the other copper states wan waa brought to tho the doors of congress the reality 0 of the disaster to homes and people ot of our oar state cast its kmil lous shadow over the dome of ot of the capitol and congress saw the plight A copper tariff of four cents a poun pound d la is now in tho the revenue bill the tha battle now Is to te keep it there and make the duty sufficient to enable the copper industry in utah and the united states to live and supply the american market my plea to you Is to work now as aa you have never worked before urge your senators aena tors and your congressmen to do everything in their power to pass this legis lotion and savo save the copper industry from complete annihilation 11 mr joseph concluded |