Show WINE OPERATORS PRESENT EDS NE S OF F ML METAL lim INDUSTRY ernest bamberger of utah and JJ J J day of idaho plead for specific duty on lead before house committee 0 4 washington jan 29 the necessity ity for a duty of 2 cents a pound on jed ead was vas explained to the house com bayce ou on ws hayg I 1 and means by jerome js rf atee day ay 0 of deage wallace the blead producers of the coeur dalene i mining di of idaho and by ainest amberger representing the utah apine pine operators their presentation tation awas was made with ft a view to having their statements considered when the ways nays on nd d means committee next session start in to formulate the new bailit bill i is to supe supersede rede the underwood law t mr day imade a general ge on behalf of the industry and wis was fol lowed by mr bomberger who i I 1 I 1 I 1 a went en t somewhat wore more into detail and spoke gre particularly of the utah situa F alliod 1 D bamberger berger takes stand sir mr took the stand and testified ns as follows fol lOINS mr chahwan and members embers ni of the ago n the he leadore lead ore producers of atall come before you not asking a starlit tariff which is prohibitive or one which I 1 will tend to produce extreme profits we present to you the bald plain statement tat ement that without protection the vaa industry of utah as well as all fiher western states cannot survive th iho a largest lead producer lias has closed aown own thron throwing ing or move more men out of lo several other producers lave aye reduced reduce the extent of their oper ions many of us would cease producing illing it if it were practicable As it it is e are mining and shipping our pro acts westin wasting out our ore bodies our asi atts ts with no profit in connection with She schedule dule apar C par graphs and we ive baior fin or a n c duty on lead in ores at the rate of cents per pound mr young how does that coni compare pare rath the duty in the casne law jaw mr that Is 15 half a cert til togher I 1 emr mr young A half a clit a pound io jimr mr we make no recommendation men en dation it at this time ie gardIng tile the apty pty ty on lead bullion that eliat dopa not feet the producer iho AN ho Is not dot Mii sni elting Is s oiin jovn ore but xe we hane hae no objection a higher late on lend lead million bullion etc ving a differential over letto lea in ili ore vi to coer the hie increase cot of to i netting etc in the united staves states ad valorem valoree duty opposed we oppose an ad valorem valoree duty bets bea luse we believe that sub form of ity aty would cause endless disputes and and would be pry ry both to the government and to the lie ducer under an ad valorem va duty considerable amount of lend lead might be seducer So ought into tills this co country free of duty ai 1 ores containing insufficient lead to L py y smelting smelling sm elting charges but high enough 1 other metals to arrant production fload lead Is the determining factor in ost lost of if the metal mines in utah this fate t e during a u ring the period of 1913 1013 to 1920 0 as produced about one sixth of the reduction of the bulted states and arf e th of the worlds world production ler 30 per cent nt of all of the wage waga eners 0 of f th the to state covered by the adners mens compensation act aro are on cn ged in ill mining milling and lae ne products supply 85 per cent ot of ie e railroad tonnage of the state mins FA and allied industries furnish the eat at mailet for the states 1 products id we e are contending with high labor u uh to d supply cost costs constantly orist antly increase increase I 1 t freight and smelling smelting sm sini lulng elting charges cli argos As dantion decreases paes Rm elting charges cli arges ie rapidly we anticipate in the tha oi ob ar future ii world orld production M ie broken strike lins has ho lioen en setd mexico with mith the opening 0 of f its st rt sources will nill bring into the lie marits maran an ts large quantities of cheaply prod p ed lead ean par n lively y pais efficient and cheap labor give to mexico on an advant nee age wo we cannot over overcome rome T the 11 0 mines of utah a ate ie expend ve to tc explore ci ilore 0 to o develop anil and to operate the ore bodies bodie ns as fi a rule nrc are irregular ninny of them thein small mid and often few and tar between tile mines are worked kl to 0 o considerable depths largely through shafts alth correspondingly high cots costs and often with pumping haige mining dividends dividend and profits are a misnomer in addition to more than average returns N which ditch should be ex pete evernie petted from an extra business tho the return on the capital invested and interest on that capital during the period of developing si a property to a paying basis must not be disroon rde 0 A choice must be made berneen beaw can encouraging cou raging oh tile dol one ie band hand and on the other placing I 1 n g a duty t y 5 will industry th the e hit first means tho the shutting down dovin ot of tile the lead mines of the west N est taking away all incentive to develop tile the lai mineral repa resources sources of the count countley ly tho the I 1 n g oil out t to 10 foi n coun tiles large amounts amount of money the latter means gnang to to american labor opportunity to main tain its standard of ahing and to aim capital encouragement to take tile lie ilsk necessary to develop one of if tin file natural resources I 1 A factory may lw closed tor for a period rind ind the iho oilier still has h is a factory aih lie inay again op operate ernic A farm may lie be left idle ind and the farm roi nahl aill and anil nl at most tile the lois lofs itself is felt only oi aur er the hie period of depression mines lines must le be maintained when closed down the lie cost of reopening is prohibitive noi kings have caad and lime become flooded important data given after crediting precious metal values and ahing no consideration to depletion cost per pound of lead today is over 0 cents lead is selling at 4 cents load lead bonanzas have been ai worked out and it is safe to predict an increasing cost or at least no material decre decreane ae in cost can be expected we view tills this question not from the point of this of restricted domand but in relation to ordinary conditions dit ions we are not dot looking forward to and do not ask for an artificially high price we do ask for a du duty which will maintain arne american rf stan standards and pro ide for the di anie rence between e tween mexican lexicon and amer american n la labor or cots I 1 mr I 1 r what is the cost of production clr ft Ban hamberger iberger it Is almost impossible to determine the difference in ili the tha ct busts ousts ts but is as a practical example we know that cen when lead react reaches le s 4 I 1 a cents we have lad had a very serious im yoi pol Lat lathula iula sir mr piear frear the lat last speaker pealer just be fole you argued that the item of freight rates anas very important because of the distance from the mines in the ait most it to new yolk mr hamberger Ham flain borger I 1 have referred to that 11 mr arear what are the freight rates from mexico to lew york mr Ban hamberger iberger mexico to new aorl I 1 do not know but I 1 ani am satisfied there would be a difference we are asking for this specific duty of 2 cents a pound on oil account of our greater cost of production mr frear I 1 imagined that the all fierlit ait rates from mexico to new york are as is much ns as they are from utah unless they are taken by vessel protection asked for mr damberger we feel fed of course in connection with that eien een liero here in out our home market it if that were our only nia macket i ket we should be protected to that extent we feel that we ve should b hava al 0 that protection in order to enable ul ns t to the lower cost in ili mexico and to keep them from dul dumping liping their product in this country mr freir frear have they been brought in ili in ili the past mr it Ean bamberger iberger thea have been ae cs sir mr it r frear acar eliat is what I 1 wanted to know mr bamberger the importations liue hane been deiy heavy beavy in the past and will be in the future mr air bamberger who Is the republic can national committeeman of utah returned to salt lake recently and bated that there Is a feeling of kill ism in ili the east atch which Is much moro more no noti ti euble than etwas it was two tino months ago abile no do great demand has yet hobin itself lie he said baD hankers kers and men itten alike are much more op ini mic anti art are to a speedy dy bellel 1 in it trade ade while all lines way not have been complete 13 liquidated it is the consensus conic of opinion ahat the cleaning out process hils been pretty well accomplished I 1 1 lie ifie national lonal campaign cost tile party about OW sir mr I 1 gar salil said and in older to take rate cine at these hoe es the national lias has negotiated for a loan f lose to the hie approximate of the lie deflect elt mr J I 1 it iberger r I 1 if lie can aimers ills big affairs mill return to new yurl v the next nest few weeks i for the pur pose pono of aiding asdhig in some special work la behalf of nt the lie republican national com coin chairman will 11 II ainis having aad hini to gwist at committee hend quarters ewt prior to the ot the h committee nt washington ailed hied for march 3 1021 the can call national committee Is anxious to wipe its slate clean of debt before this ills marh march ine inee tins eting and nn all effort is N now boing being made U to covel covek this indebtedness by each state lias has beor apportioned in an amount of 0 the lle deficit based on the vote for mr me hording harding |