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Show THE SMELTER SMOKE TROUBLES. Alto. Independent. On Wednesday afternoon, tho 20th Inst., thu executive committee com-mittee representing moro than COO farmers living In tho Salt Lnko valloy refused to meet a commlttco of tho Mine Owners' association to fur-thor fur-thor discuss the possibility of compromising com-promising tho smelter troubles. Chairman John C. Mackoy of tho farmers' commlttco said: "Wo do not purposo to meet with any person to discuss this question. Wo havo fought tho mntter out through tho courts nnd wo nro going to nbldo by their decisions. Neither Governor Cutler nor anybody elso can havo any uTfcct with us. "It Ib ridiculous fur them to hopo such an invitation would bo accepted, and wo positively rcfuso to meet with any of them. Tho ruling of tho court gives tho smelters sixty days to comply com-ply with tho decree, and If they don't do It in that time thoy will havo to Bhut down. "It is absolutely Impossible to estimate esti-mate tho loss tho smelter smoko has I nil let ml on tho farmers. It has been Injurious to human life, to cattle, to tho harvests; It has caused families to move away, and hurt tho community It has Injured th soil until it will tnko years tq restore It to its proper valuo. "Tho chomlsls, not only thoBO employed em-ployed by ourselves, but 'thoso of tbo smelters, havo Bald that If tho smelters smelt-ers were allowed to run unhlndored another five years, It would tnko a hundred years to got tho arsenic out of the soil. It Is Impossiblo to compute com-pute tho damago and harm tho fumes and smoko hnvo dono." It Is a serious matter, look at It whnt way you may. If tho smoko nuisance can bo abated It should bo dono at onco. nut tho right of eminent emi-nent domuln Is too Importnnt to bo given excopt In oxtromo ensos. It Is to bo hoped that a bolutlon can be found, yot in n struggle botween human hu-man llfo and Industrial enterprise human hu-man life has tho first right. |