Show MINE lk IN PRESENT N EEDS OF M ETAL ernest bamberger of utah and J JJ J day of idaho plead for specific duty on lead before house committee washington jan jall 29 the avee sity ity for 1 I duty or of 2 cents a pound oil lend was alas explained to the lie house houe committee Il on oil wa and Il ni leall ii by bv jerolim J day of wallace representing the lead producers of if the lie coetia dalene mining district of idaho and ly by binet bamberger representing enting the utilla ut ih mine operators operator their presentation was made with a I 1 view to having their statements considered when the ways and means committee next session oll starts in to formulate formulaic the new liew tariff bill which is to supersede the underwood law fall mr day made a general statement on behalf of the industry and was followed by mr himberger Iam Mim borger berger who went somewhat mole moie into detail und and spoke more inore particularly of the utah situation damberger bamberger takes stand mr bamberger tool look the land anti and testified as follows follos mr chairman abild of tile COMIl committee littee tit alif lemi lead bic producers of utah come before aou ou riot not a buriff tell Is ig or one which will tend to produce profit pio fit we plesent kiei ent to aou ou the lie laid plain statement that NIt without hout protect protection lion the lead industry india try of utah as well nell as all other Nc western stern slates cannot annot the largest lead prod producer licer lias has loed closed down chrol throwing ing or boic ole men out of employment several other producers leave reduced the extent of their ol 01 oiw rations M many any of it us would cease ea e pr 0 if it were ivere practicable A As it is i we nio nie mining and shipping our products wasting our ore bodies 0 our ur a 1 a sets with no profit in connection anith schedule She Slie dule C cair pan and IX 1 i 1 l we e fanor n I 1 spec t ile fie duty on oil lead in ili ores ore at the late of 2 cents per pound mr young ilow how does doe that callipare calli pale with the duty in the payne law mr fr gamberger nam ran berger iberger that i is hilf a I 1 chilt higher mr young A halt half a cent a pound mr bemberger Bim Bain berger we i make inake no beoni men emendation dation at this time iiga iding tit tin duty daty on lead bullion that does doe not nol affect the producer alin ho is v riot 11 celtin ili ills own ole oie but we ie liar no n ollive tion to a hi glier iier rate rac 6 on n tena bullion etc ec rivine 1 it a differential over lead in ore sufficient to cover the increase increate cost of if sm elting etc cie sn III the united states ad val valoree valorem i cry duty opposed we 0 oppose nil air lid ad duty lie because ve ne believe that such form forin of duty I 1 cause endless disputes and and mould N lie be t doiy both tit to the lie government and to tit alie producer cel under tin an ad dut n collide lable of lead iad tillight he brought I 1 roll into till ills country fico of duty in 1 I 1 ole 01 es insufficient lend lead to pay sm melting elting charge barges but lush high enough in oilier metals lo 10 4 adint ai int production ino pio lead I eid is iq the in factor ili ID most ot of tile nn tal it milne kilnes in ili utah this title dilling tile of 1913 to inin 1920 lias has prodded proda ed about olle himli of ole pin ino of ill lie states state and one I elath of tit lie oilia oi it id lil s ill I 1 lion ion over 0 per er cut tit of all of lilt lie var nagi balliel ei ea ineis lliel nf if tile hie state oneley by the 01 kins mens rompo notion let act tile aie en arned age in ill lii nimit nii it milling and vi mine mille supply 85 8 per cent of tit he laili oad tonnage of the late hiir lilt in ami lid allied industries fullil 11 tile the gleit gle it ni ciket ket state s ril ral products pio ducts we aie on tending etli alth high labor and 1 supply cot costs on distantly bantly ancien ing in freight and sin eltin diaries charged A N production luction decreases decre ae clinies cli aies ir disc we ipaty in the licar furuie fetui e inci eadd N bild oi ill production the hills lilt bilk lias ills been settled ettie mexico mth alth the of it its VAZ vast will bring into ito the milt let laige laie quantities 0 of cheaply pro dued leid lead rich de decoit at coment atchely ballow deaths deit hs efficient anil and cheap labor gho i in it ienco mexico an adana ase age e cannot ovel ille the aline of ale aie expellee to explode to ti develop and to opel liv the 11 e bodies a as a I 1 tile nile a aie e it in I 1 eular of small and often few fell and far between be teen mines anine zue aiu walked No ikei to able delith dealis det lis largely thio tl li ll aft va vlist bligh cot costs and often eiith tit liva liei pumping diaries charge mining kiil und me lie it nn misnomer I 1 er in ili addition to indio thail IN crage luuis K lik ii should hould hf be ox 0 pecked filin fiction nn an edtia busl ins e lie retilio on oll tile C gilve ted ind oil nil that ti pital during till pellom i of a plo to a balne b vs must vot not be disregarded A choice clinice inn dinst t lr be ninde between en coul couri li iKin gi imiri on tin the one ind on oil lilt otylior chiong pl Kin 11 dut NV aich all ill Ii sievie evie till tills Indi industry itry the firt first beam 1111 allotting Allitt ing don doii of tile lead anine ol 01 the hn et taking away ivi ull all illo gitil to develop ler loi tin tile InI ailin neill ail le auree s or of the ilio the hie iiii Mii out to foreign fo iLin counti countries Ies large aino of ill money oiley the bitter ahing to anniean An ninan abr tu to it its of livins living and to Alne lican acin aiji ip itil tal to t etke tle the risk alry to debloi dei loi one of tin tile jint uial A factory may he be closed fi 0 vl for a period and the ovner oner still lias has a factory lie may jinnin n ain operate A faun faini may le be left fille ind and the alie faint re and at mot tile lo 10 los it itself elf I 1 is felt only oer tile the period of depression mines na ailed must lie be when clo closed don dolli the cot cost of reopening Is I tini or kings han liae e aved mid and ba fmc c become flooded important data given after crediting pre clon clouR metal and hiilis no consideration to depletion Ut silis cost per pound of lend lead to dnn is over 6 cent canth lend land 1 is selling sall in at 4 centi cent bead I laid 1100 IK litva worked out and it is safe to predict tit in cost or at t leit least no ito material doci deci ease case in cost can be expected AN we len thi aliis question not front from the point of fill tills period of df de but in ill relation to ordinal y conditions on editions dit ions lon we are not looking forward to and all do riot not ask for an high price ii ice we do ask for a duty duly which enill ill maintain american standards and provide for the lie difference between mexican and american labor costs 0 s t mr brear what la Is the lie cost of product iun alnoid mr air Bain herger it is almost impossible to determine the lie difference in fit the cot cost lint but it is 11 practical example we know that ever even when nihon lead reaches 4 aa ah cents we ne have had a ery serious tation mr the hi int hit t speaker just before ou oil argued ur uel that the gitein of fierlit ia rates i was nita deiy important be baue of if the lie als from tile mines les in ili the best wei t to new york air I 1 little refe referred ried to aliat mr freir what winit tic aie tin the freight late flout iello to new york mr I 1 r im I 1 libel gel mexico to N new e W yol boik 1 I 1 to do riot not know but I 1 am ain satisfied lied lie si a difre difference rene we lie aslan il ilig for his specific duty duly of 1 2 edit cuts ii 1 pound iiii nl on oil account of our utiler ui iler vot coit of in production plo mt mr biear I 1 that the fici ht i rates ite flout bioni mexico leio le io to new york are us x inucci n A they ali v tic aiom utah link they tire are talen taken liy by mo nebel el protection asked for mr ger we ve feel nt if course in ill fill that evell lle lacre c in ill our hoine inai ket if that let cm our onh macket xe v be protected to that event we feel ft 01 ol that ne Q hould have it eliat i it prote protection tion in ili older to enable us its ty to 11 nanct I 1 M tile lower coit coa co it in ili mexico lexi cu anil and to keep floell lumping ping their in ill aliis Y mr ir aien llie they been blought in in the lie pat past mr it they line been es sir mr fival I 1 bear that is lint ilat I 1 slanted to kilow alno mr I 1 Lun beiger mie liane liae beell nely deiy lly Y it in the 4 mid and will V ill be in ili the lie future mr r Bain herger who is the republic bli van in national committeeman of utah returned to salt lalo lake lei T antly and staled that there is is it a beelin of optima I in in tile vast liichi is much wore more notie noticeable vable thaia it atas nia lo 10 mouthy ayo while tio no preat great demand lias has et ct shon itself JK jie said ban bankers bacher her and bu business bugies hies men alike are aie enuch optimistic thi ti alad me ale liok ln foi foulad lad to 1 1 beedy m nen al in ili while all linc may not ha becci liquidated it iq i the cow consensus enus of if opinion ili hint it the lie out prow proofs liis beell well I 1 the ilif 1920 WO 0 national ot ost the republic aai pirty party about mr air Dain beiger ald and in ili older to take care of these expenditures the national 0 attee lia has negotiated tor for a loan ut f close cloe to the approximate of the deficit mr if i lie can call surmise air auge aih nf falis il 1 to ne aw doik 1 ll thin liin the next fell fe beeks for the purpose of in II ilK cial CLIal nork ork in ili behalf of the republican national committee li chaine an will H has giai heillig li aln askel aca lihn to at committee headquarters a ju just t prior to lie clie Illee tiD of the committee at Wash histon scheduled for march 3 1921 the pin ein national lonal committee is an anxious ancion xion to AN ipe lie its binte ninte clean of debt before this march and an effort f is now being made to coer this 00 indebted indebtedness by each 1 icci state lia ha been un all allio of file dene deficit it based on oil the ote forar for mr Il raiding aiding |