Show SMELTER S PROBLEM TO TOS TO'S TOI S 'S L l BE SETTLED RIGHT Operators Are up Lp in Arms Over Alleged Unfair Treatment Treatment WILL TAKE IT OWN HANDS p 9 Independent Plants Will Wil Come a Quickly Sa Say Mining Men t That the thE American Smelting 8 Tic Tic- bI lining company may have have- o over reached w It lf In the tho the hartne hardness of oC the terms mule h It Il Is la attempting to to Ue tie tc up pro Queers with wih long time contracts Is ts Indicated In tn I MF J I I by expressions tJ ch mining 1 men are arc Il beginning beginning- to 10 make freel freely Th The I 11 t tru truSt t has assumed an attitude made t 5 p possible only by tho hele belief that nil all 1103 o ible elbie competition hat has ha ben been t throttled 10 it i Is la t J I laili its Is demands through the median 1 c f of or the tue non new contracts contract proponed being J 4 littie short shot of or confiscation J hiI rhUe It Is la true said Md ono out large IS S operator yesterday that the la base bao e rate charged for treating ore orf tins lias not be bell u I S advanced sith ud BO 80 0 much mich It I la Is is a a. a fact thAt the 1 l penalties o ba ha hab b ben been en sp J manipulated that in n man many C cases the amount t demanded doS de do- S mamle for tor or treating the ores is c thre thc TT 7 tho tim former charge charge j Another nother operator r said that he ho hail had hal I been hEen shipping a class clau of ot 01 ore that formerly gave O net iet returns of about holt ti 5 K a I ton toil that clint if fe decline In the tie price of metals would v j out lt out th the hO values olus not in to exceed x 1 15 a aton 1 r ton an yet jet Pt under the new IW rates charged CharGed i J. J fOr H smelting he II was waR attic to realize only about Si 1 15 a ton from rein om t lii ht same eiss I y of sit- tire pro J 1 P 1 MV t 1 S. S These statements are o ot r ri tio tho tha complaints lh that t are ar being ng made on F iA S every ory To Io say a ay that thA t the p producers rOl IOS k are re In eo up arms arm over 1 0 the situation is ig putting titting it I mildly r. r It Its ha s evident J that S relatively b few are aro ar sl signing the new con con- tracts It I Is is' better betler heter for tor the HIP mines to I lie liei i Idle to thc they say a titan than tha to work them for fOI forthe t the sob op lM benefit o of the smelting trust c The demand for independent ent smelters to be he unanimous i S. S It I is known that thai projects for at least two large larGe smelting smelting- meling plants plants one ono ne for Utah I I and one for Nevada Nevada ire lre a-lre well veiL wel along inthe In lu th the promotion stage e. e And some of th the J strongest muting mining miling men In th the country ai arv aN behind them Th These Thee projects plate the building of pf refineries ns as s melm so that rr plants will sill b bo be com completely eon eon- orn- orn Independent n of 01 the tw ill h st It I Is not riot a question of getting dies dies' for Cor such smellers It Is s 's s no longer r n. n t question of or raising money to build them The he only I t feature that thai worries tl the producer I Is the tho attar of the time required to ge get them l n ii o operation p aton II I is realized that there t l be a year Is of ot concerned relative Inaction naton so o fn far l I 1 would strongly 1 advise nfl all al operators o 0 t rf fUSe fuse to to o sign winder pe Jhn the tite 1 t A M 1 n 1 r a fu i VI I i in moa most eases for the Iho thereon re reason reon on that thai 1 penalties exacted In addition addi 4 tion to the Iho advance of f 26 a ton lon In th the ha base e charge are nr prohibitive The Tho situation situa situa- lun- lun then tion ton Is wholly inexcusable Only a n short time turn nt the tie smelters were weT l begging for tor ore oro at the old oM rates rales g for treatment It I Is riot not tot true that the drop In the prices of 1 metals mak makes s It St more expensive to treat trent the ores Orts 1 It t Is not necessary for m mine ne Downers OWleN to turn their heir business S over Oer O'er to 1 the tue rUt trust There herc will I be le Independent i smelters and the they wont won't ont be he long in com com- ing I 5 Tin Me I Tho iho Iho nr first t relief reler In sight for or Utah mines mines' Is in Ju the smeller that in is' being built buit In Inthe the Tintic district In- In by the Knight J. J Will 1 Knight who was WM In the tho i city yesterday e said sal that the tho plant would s e 10 no pushed to completion with wih nil all ni po porsi possible sl- sl ble itlo sp speed t. t It Is is' expected od to 10 l have veIn It In 4 operation some tune time in 1 a ni nt th lat latest Latet t. t While lilIe the Initial capacity will wl t IKS be Io Jt little more 10 than titan will be ho required for 1 tho- tho the Colorado an and l Beck Beek Tunnel mines mineR t t. It tt IK Is JJ the as ns soon foon as M the first firsti frt i Is In operation to i r. r add dd d more moret t 5 j i furnaces until capacity sufficient lo to 0 r. r 1 bandie the oi 0 ores s of the entire Tintic IT shall have haw been The nd- nd t f hl provided c. c c dlton to l be b made will wi o of cour course e take talc V S. S far less tes time lime to complete than does the JL S X original plant ri rl Th additions will wi In- In 11 elude at least on one copper cOpier furnace t The fhe builders er of or the new nw smelter smelters s t i anticipate no 10 difficulty In th disposing of or jM t. t r their product If I difficulty l la Is' en en- i. i f S countered said Mr Tr Ir Knight a refinery wilt will b be hi built builth j hunt wl h l |