New-York tribune., 1894-01-06
LEAD MEN Up N IRNS.
THEY WILL MEET At WASH NGToN AND PRO
TEST AGAINST THE WILSON BILL.

THEY WILL MEET At wAsmNGToN AND FRO
TEST AGAINST THE WILSON BILL.
| There IS II he a conference Of the lead men of
! the United States In Washington next Tuesday
The call was issued by Hugh ~ Camp. of this
| city treasurer of the St. Joseph Lead Company
The following are among those VINO responded ana
have promised 10 bc present. 9. i. Parsons. vice
president OF the Doe Run Lead Company, Firnan
Dcsloge president Dcs,oge Mining Company. Mo :
Ex-Governor Hausor. OF Montana; j. l.. Neville
CRANKY Mining Company. No; .. II. Pitcher. pr"si-
dent Pitcher Mining Company; L. +. Holden Ola
Jordan Mining Company. Utah; J. W Bradley
president Bunker Hi Mining Company. Idaho;
W. y. Caswell. manager La Moite Mine. Barton
Scwell president. National Smelling and Refining
Company. Chicago: ". u. Burke. president War
rior Mining Company. col; William F. James. salt
Lake CITY: James X Clarke. president Occur
d'Alene Mining Company: Edwin Reynolds. Morning
Mining Company. Idaho; W 4. Taylor Earring
ton. Nd: f. L. Bellan president Inion Leasing
ana Mining Company; +. y. Curtis. president.
orphan BOY Mining Company and the president
of the Old Dominion Mining Company. OF Spokane.
Wash
These men are 70 meet IN Washington n pro-
against certain provisions OF the Wilson bill
| on Tuesday ncxt every member of the House Will
receive a copy OF the following letter. signed 10y
200 minc-owners. representing property worth mill
ions Of dollars:
Those who are interested I'm lead mining In Mis-
souri, and in al the lcnd-produclng states west Of
the Mississippi River feel that they have been most
unfairly and inconsist'rtly treated 10y the Com
mittcc Of Ways and Means Cot Intentionally. but
under misapprch nsion of the facts n the cas') in
the framing OF tho tariff hin before the House
OF Rcprcsa antatives They feel that II this bill be-
comes a law II Will substantially ruin their indus
try built up during the last thirty years In reliance
upon the belief that under circumstances would
the difference between tho cost Of labor I'm this
stfy.1
in tariff legislation. and they therefore submit
to you the following statement:
The Wilson Bill as originally presented. pro-
vilc1 that the following duties should be paid:
Pig lead. cent per pound ..,
White lead composed wholly Of lcaoD, 20 per cent
shot. sheet lead ana pipe lead / cent per pound
1t also provided that lead contained In silver ore
whore the value Of the silver was the greater should
This bin meant substantial free lca1,. for with
ore and dross at II per cent. or about l-'C cents
per pound not a pound of pig lead would be i'm
ported for all that needed would come in as
b. as great as though pig lead was allowed spe-
cifcally to come IN at the same rate.
Those representing the white lead and the sheet
LII hat vim tb. prcsidcni Of the National Lad
Trust at their head. they went at once before the
ing The dutv on white le ,d changed from 30 per
cent ad yai5rcln to il, cents per- pound ana on
sheet and white lead from cent per pound to u,
composed wholly Of lcndJ 30 per cent lower than
under the Mckinley law. but leaving they
were. or 90 rer cent lower than the present duty:
and retaining the injurious provision making lead
In silver free
We have asked the committee to put our interests
on the same basis nancy 10 tax ores at 3ii cents
pound Of lead contents. instead Of IL cents and
T. tax the lead In silver ores at the rate.
But our requests have not been granted.
II the bi. IL now stands. shall become a law
the miners Of the West. most Of whom are de-
pendent for living upon this business. II Will
also ruin the mine-owncrs who have many millions
invested In mills. machinery ana dressing works,
which would be rendered Of little value. for
with all the appliances We possess we cannot com
pete with the cheap labor Of Europe and Mexico, !
TO New-York. which are 8 to 81 per ton against
s. 10 s. per from -. Louis and sl5 10 go per
ton from the far West. We desire also To call
your attention tO the fact that lead has become one
Of the cheapest metals known II having fallen from
cents pound IN 1865 to an average or $40 cents
per pound in 1888. This country, moreover, has
our own production having Increased from lb"n
tons In 1860 to 10000 tons In 1872. growth that
has only been possible by he protection OF ms IN
dustry which without protection. would not have
been able 10 live.
We also complain because the lead smcltcrs on the
borders OF Mexico have been especially selected J
Mckinney law, during the last thro" years We have
collected In duty those silver ores about y2v,Vn
and. although lead has been exceedingly low in
price. yet this large amount oi ore mas come IN !
Is II not fair To say that II Mexico can afford to /
send 5000 tons In 1893 and pay ~ cents duty, II
can and will send 5000 to 300 tons without duty?
ticular KIND Of lead ore? Why not let these ores /
bring into our Treasury the $4,000 10 sl;Oe0 |
Tat duty OF . cent per pound would bring IN .
In conclusion. ask why are not the miners OF
the country as well entitled 10 be considered as The
sugar planters Of Louisiana? The plea tlat Iead
lead ores In the bowels OF the earth are worth but
u cent per pound and By the time they are made