Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-12
Has Little 20 Say.

Manager r. r. Jones was approached
this morning with "a view 10 securing
some information regarding the earn
ings, expenses and profits OF his cons
pany. figures purporting 20 correctly
represent these items having been pub
lished by other papers As was expect
ed. Mr. Jones would not veudlate the
business details of his c0mpany's trans
actions. Said he:
THE figures which you quote to me
have come from heaven knows where
certainly not from myself They are abb
sOlutely without foundation or official
verhcation and are consequently as in
correct as such publications usually
are. In what particulars they are in
correct ] shall not say, Tor the reason
that II Is not the business OF persons
outside Of the company. il IL entirely
unreasonable 20 expect me 10 make
pubic the earnings. Expenses potts
and so forth. OF the company Just as
much so as Il would be 10 ask the 4. g.
NJ /. or any other business institution
large or small 20 make public a state
ment covering their every transaction
SMALL ADVANCE.
This reported advance Of from three
10 four dollars ton for the treatment
Of ores by our smelters is also untrue.
Our coke. coal iron ore for iluXing pur-
poses. and other materials used IN the
business have an been advanced IN
price and as a natural consequence We
have been compelled % make additional
charges for our work But the raise an
through does not exceed an average of
seventy-tve cents a ton. When the new
mill at the ontario I'm Park city was
erected the mine people selected and
treated the cleanest and best of the ores
IN their mill. and the residue. which was
inferior. dirty and more difficult of
handling. was sent TO us In this case
We made an advance OF one dollar a ton.
In one or two instances we have
charged about three dollars higher.
while In most cases the raise has been
but fifty cents on each ton / have not
actually figured out the average but az
a rough estimate / place the figure at
seventy-fve cents a ton.
MINERS PROTECTED.
"The strike does not work any hard
ship on the miners or those who have
ore 20 sell continued M Jones. In
most cases all their ore is contacted
for; that is we long ago contracted TO
buy their ores az So much per ton. so
that they bring In their ere as usual ana
We store IL away until such time as we
may be ready TO smelt &c. Yesterday
and today We bought ore under these
conditions and snail continue the prac-
tlce indefinitely,
WANTS SETTLEMENT.
~ hope to see this strike business set |
tied soon. for the sake OF both Of the
company and the men, 10 ought 20 be
possible Tor us TO arrive az am agree
ment The only thing 1 regret is the
short notice we We're given when the
men first went out.
CONSIDERATION APPRECIATED.
1.-THE thoughtfulness Of the men in /
properly tending the furnaces until 1
they cooled on without freezing was /
very good and ] appreciate a.
There may be some conclusion arr /
rived at today which win settle the |
strlke-l don't know.
no COMPULSORY TRADE.
al want 10 say one thing very partlc- |
'Farly. and that is with reference 70 /
the statement that the company COM /
pels the men 90 trade az a certain store. /
IL is true that some OF us are interested /
IN store az Murray, but it Is entirely /
untrue that we have forced the smeter /
hands 10 trade there, or even intimated /
that e was our desire Tor them to 90 1
90, This desire TO be emphatic upon"