Show COPPER COPPE R MINERS IN SAD PLIGHT the following appeal from clifton arizona to the arizona congressional delegation gives one a clear picture ot of what is happening in the copper mining communities of 0 the west utah arizona and aid montana are the three largest copper producing states in the union the time has come to demand ot of congress immediate roller relief from the importation ot of duty free foreign copper announcement hits has been made this past week by the phelps dodge corporation that operations in the clifton morenci copper mining district would cease about july 1 it Is difficult to picture tile the situation to you and your colleagues for some months past operations have been on a curtailed basis of two to three days per week which means that most families with small sayings savings have been compelled to use a part of these savings to live on while working only part time now that they will be deprived altogether of any income puts these families on charity immediately A great many ot of these people have hava lived here from 10 to 30 years have raised families milies ta here have a small income but as nothing can be raised in a rough mountainous district such as this they are compelled to buy everything which they cat and with no income and practically no savings you can no doubt realize the condition it is nothing short of criminal that thai a condition can come about whereby a co ot of some or people can be closed down to the point where an actual exodus must take place and our population scat to the tour four winds and thrown on an already serious unemployment condition throughout the country the conditions here are no different from those in copper camps all over the country but as copper mining lias has been the chief industry of our state the condition here Is acute while people living in the agricultural sections of the state have their homes and can raise a part of their living they are dependent to a great extent on the mining camps tor for a market tor for their products and you can no doubt the conditions in our farming districts which are almost as serious as in the mining minine camps it if this session of congress will put a tariff of 6 5 cents per pound on cop per imported into this country it will make it possible for or the mining camps in this state to keep operating and give employment to the thousands that are now without a moans means of livelihood it will also alleviate the suffering of the families who must now depend on the tha charity of the world at large we would urge with all the force at our command that you get the th picture of conditions in fit this state as well as other copper mining states stales before your honorable colleagues in congress and ask them tor for human itys sake to consider most seriously and immediately the importance of 0 a tariff on copper imports yours youra most sincerely HARRY W HILL and other citizens of greenlee county arizona |