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Show THEhPUBUG is s -DEEPLTLINTERESTED The mining Industry as a whole has, been running short handed for the past six months or a year. Many small mines haye bee forced forc-ed to close due to shortage and high coat of labor ana material. , By, spring. and. early summer It Is belJeYod, condltlpna will bo much th4t maayof these saaeil. mines can agala operate and the .larger mines will be la apposition to take on, additional' ad-ditional' mea. Of course this theory 4s predicted on the fact that there will be a continued con-tinued demand for western copper-and copper-and other metals. It. also illustrates' in a most forcible manner the necessity neces-sity of maintaining and encouraging thevBUalag..indutryaad as .soon as that tho government buy present floating supply of copper at official prlco and then leave the business without further attempt to regulate prices, ' The general publlo is deeply interested inter-ested In prosperity of. the mines as they are one of our greatest distributors distrib-utors of wealth and employers of ,1a- ?i ' bor at good, wages. COJ! I Viscous tax measures and .uncalled for regulation can make or break this Industry. 4 |