Show protecting protecting LABOR in the popular mind of the west that part ol of it which do lends ends lit some measure upon copper iro reduction for sustenance there will je e no doubt hut but what the senate fin inco committee acts wisely lo in rector restoring tho the project tariffs on copper long iong beford this many american families lave boen visibly impressed Imp with the vital part that copper production r i dally daily existence exl atenco they have seen their means ot of live chood dissipated by an ince ance ot of the rod red metal and attendant prices irl ces those remaining in the he industry on a part time basis linow know that they are out an all ex existence exl stance istance in a urge large measure by the sufferance and the fortitude ol of the industry their only hope under existing conditions is s to be ba found in the remedy which it is now proposed pio posed to apply a tariff which will vill afford them a measure of protection against foreign competition there was a time when the tha industry itself needed this thia protection to on en lure but the past score os ol years it has been able to more thau than meet the ot of foreign production its ita position now Is not so promising the tenure ot of those dependent upon this activity for or a 0 Is loss secure if it Is not altogether uncertain at this time the need ot of a copper tariff ta Is felt keenly by those dependent upon tho the industry for tho the support of their famines families in the western particularly a considerable number of people are directly engaged in the process 0 of coper production their misfortunes are reflected to other lines of business busi noss and industrial endeavor without some protection against heavy importations and without some encouragement to american production their economic eto place in the life seeks to preserve in some measure I 1 their accustomed place in n the industrial du life it if the west I 1 without V ill this protection they aro are faced with tile the necessity ot of finding r new occupations at a time when every field of endeavor Is seriously disturbed by its own surpluses tile the proposed tariff Is not to bo be confused cont used with endeavors to foster infant enterprises rather it Is a well reasoned effort to protect labor against industrial decay preserving so far as possible the labor fabric of a gigantic industry salt lilke I 1 tribune way may 9 1932 1032 |