Show r. r l SMELTER tl IS EXAGGERATED President of f Chemists' Chemists t Sa Says s Trouble Lies in Lack of Harmony Harmony FARMERS SHOULD CONCEDE t. t ALSO o Smoke Makers Must Mint hl t Admit 1 t It t Injury Done HOlm by I their heir I 1 S Plants 4 I ti v Dr DI F F. W. W Yo president t of oC the thc Western Association of or Technical Jf Chemists ls rind Metallurgists l In a papel c 1 read rea by h another at al the annual m meeting yf of r tho the a association lust last evening a admitted admitted admit admit- ted th that t in hr some cases and amI um under 1 el some n. n r conditions acid achl gas gases R from flom smelter r smoke may t do to some damage yet he lie j showed showe that In mo most l instances this 6 p damage amage is usually greatly exaggerated of the t He advised d that the settlement o trouble la lay In the acknowledgment b by t the smelter of or this damage and the tho J a admission ml b by 11 the farmers that their theire th troubles tr uble are arc not all cau caused 1 b h by th the tho e I e t sn stoke smoke olie The rime second at annual meen meeting d of or the lie t association opened ope d yesterday and will I lust three days das There are arc over a dozen doz r 1 en distinguished metallurgists from l outside outRIde states state and t over thirty mem men members F hers bers were present at tho the meeting last lust evening All the meetings are arc open to the tho public and the papers l and discussions are ore In many instances of ot f much interest locally Yesterday r morning the members visited 1 Hed the ther r t. t state tate university and were Ne shown the equipment Its extent being a Ii maU matter I of surprise to most of or the VI visitors even en those from Crom this state In the I. I 11 livening evening the first session was ivas held hII In Ini JI i Y r tb the university labora laboratory tOl I. I r Swart Made Bade I F A short business session se was held r before i 1 r Ie tho the papers JS J'S were taken talen up and i W. W G. G Swart of ot Denver was ivas elected i president nt for fOl the coining coniing year car ear The Theother Thet 11 t other uther officers will bo be appointed by hy the J f directors b before ole the meeting cm closes W W. 5 J. J Blum Blum- Blumof of Salt Sail Lal Lake Labe l' l presided at lasts la last t s 4 session J The Tho pr president Dr Dt F F. W en cn n was unable to tn be present pj and his apes apor on Tho rho t he I 5 1 elany m J read tl by Hi IW I secretary If IL Ii D De Deal V At ll of ur ln iv tr treating 1 4 fi of ur smelter poke 1 Dr r. r divided the question of or jl y tg 19 l lda tar I uw a aw t l mil t OlIn tn Tr I nr n-f with V the land In th the vf vicinity tn ty of or the smelters ut Door Lodge valley all Anaconda county Mom limit There Thre lie he 1 admitted admitted admitted ad ad- the th soil noil I oll differed from that near noar Salt alt Lake In that It was as an alkali soil soli and not ur of a high agricultural grade radl He showed showell that in that locality th till the fumes from th tin tin- smelters smellers 1 do not affect the soil Mil seriously lr but hut In some cass cases 11 do It a t great deal al of good the tIle chemical chemi chemi- cal ettl reaction riall really Improving ing it it It ItIs Is an alkali in the soil soli and anti the acid from Crom the tho smoke neutralized each caul- cl oth- oth I and the Ie result was an Improvement j Smelter Has lIm Rasa Farm r To tn f th the thc matter mattei time of-time of or the atmosphere he compared the conditions there with l those at City Park Montana which he hc said ald was a garden spot There the company compan con conducted successfully successfully success success- tull fully a l model farm Carm as a business 8 venture yen ven Lure ture and as aN a department of the smelter which It adjoined The business bust busi 1 ness manager of oC the smelter mIt 1 company llad stated slated under oath that th the farm tarm was vas profitable and t vegetables and A t specimens of or the tho crops crop had bad taken 4 h prizes at many mon fairs Calls The only effect of or llio Ule smoke there had been the spotting spot spot- p tr t- t Y- Y r r ting tang of or the leaves leav's b by the acid In in the Hie j smoke mo e Ex Experiments made with live stock i.- i. l l In n Montana had shown that they did dla t not nM suffer Buffer from the smoke It had 1 shown conclusively ly there that thol f. f there was no such thing as ns acute or ori i chronic arsenical poisoning These 1 animals animal were fed on hay crown grown under underexposure underexposure exposure to the smoke The They were fed ted arsenic dally daily and ancI without an any bad bod J effects One Ont stallion was given 1 0 I grains In one day without effect Experts Ex Ex- tf k called in where the farmers had h 4 f. f claimed sores resulted from the smoke had proved that these sores were due dues s to a n. fungus parasite The company 11 bought up animals called smoked and V bought smoked ho hay bay and ana feed teed und and I n they hey thrived on It t In nearly every fi case making gains Different In ht S Salt hacks e. e r i r. r Dr said that lie he knew 1 that at the co conditions somewhat J were ele l ti Il 1 different in Salt Jt Lake but he thought they tIley were not so greatly different that j i tC f f. f tR t comparisons could not be made madcHe He r thought that thal If 1 both sides stiles took a fair fate attitude altitude th the smelters admitting that t i J 1 the farmers had some just cause for f complaint and the farmers in their t ii turn not blaming th the smelters for or allf all io Ul their lr troubles the matter could be bIr b f adjudicated on a basis that would be bei i satisfactory to all He lie advised bart harmony bar har t I. I mony in an effort to get at the real Vi 71 acts facia 1 Other OthI Papers Head Beall i Other papers read were A Ara ra Sampling Experience with l f r hy by Francis A. A Thompson and Note ou I j nn inn Electrical Method of oC Preventing Pre f J Holler ofer Seal Scale Scalo by Stephen it tf s The various papers were discussed t r. t ri Informally most mot of oC the members tak tak- r Si r ing part and W. W Blum and and C. C C C. Crismon Crismon Crismon Cris- Cris mon pointing out local conditions Today the members members- members will visit the smelting plants of the American Smelting Refining Henning company and of or orthe the United States Smelting Refining Mining l company compan This evening at S 8 o'clock at the University laboratory the program will comprise papers on Cyanide Practice in Boulder County Colorado Ores by Frank Frt Leonard on Technical Volumetric Methods in General b by V V. II H. Gottschalk and anti a discussion on tho the Determination of Insoluble Insoluble- Residue led by 11 H H. C. C Parmelee On Saturday the members will visit visit- the plant of ot the Western Ore Separating S ing company go to Saltair and have havethe havethe the annual b banquet quel In the evening althe at al atthe the Commercial club which the they have hac made their theil headquarters durin during their stay here |