The Lamar register., 1906-10-24
THE OTHER SIDE.
smelter Manager Talks of company's
Good Work.


gress. held in Denver Thursday of last
week Franklin Guiterman, general
manager of the Colorado department
of the American Smelling and REIN
ing Company, which is operated by
the Guggenheims, spoke before the del
egates regarding the criticisms that
those not well informed some time
pass upon the management of the
smelling company, with which he is
connected.
MIR. Guiterman's remarks brought
forth words of warmest praise and APP
proval from the delegates, who said
they regretted that more publicity was
not given to the merits of the Ameri-
ran Smelling and Refining Company,
which is doing so much to build up the
mining industry OF the West. Mr..
Guiterman was made the victim of
misstatement in the Denver papers to
The effect that he had retired from
the mining congress after making his
speech to avoid being asked questions.
After this statement was published, a
delegate arose and offered resolution
TO the effect that the congress knew
that Mr.. Guiterman sought rather
than retired to avoid the issue pre-
sented, and that the congress requested
the press of the city to correct the err
roneous idea that there had been any
attempt on his part to eNade debate.
Among the more striking of the
statements made ty Mr.. Guiterman,
during the reading of his paper, were
the following: THE senator has
stated that in Colorado there is prac-
tically no competition. | wish to gain
saw that statement of his and to de-
clare that in every field in Colorado
to-day. no matter whether it be Lake
county. or San Juan, Teller county or
Mineral county, we have competition
on all sides, and that we have at all
times been ready to meet such compe-
tition in a spirit of fairness and equity
to the producer.
with particular reference TO the
Cripple Creek district, ] desire to say
to you that the formation of the So
called trust, when the American
Smelling and Refining Company alb
sorbed the last remaining great
smelter in Colorado, namely, the Phil
adelphia plant owned by NJ. Guggen-
helms sons, that since that time in
stead of there being an advance In
treatment charges there has been
steady reduction of the same, with the
result that there has been more paid
to the miner than when individual
smelters were operating.
1.-The miner to-day has the privilege
of supervision of the sampling at the
smelter by his own representative, as
he had IL before, and he has the privi-
lege OF making hts-own assays. He can
resort to the arbitrament OF umpire
assays as he did before. There Is
nothing that l know OF that has been
taken away from him. but what has
been done has been done in the inter
ests of uecency and self-protection TO
ourselves, to which we hold we are en-
titled.
In Cripple Creek in 1902, and the
Guegenheim smelter was taken in
1901. our average margin was $3.50 per
ton the gross value of the ore being
S44 Al per ton. In 1905 our average
margin had been greatly reduced, Sc
that we were receiving only SITE
ton, while the values had increased to
the generous sum of s50.i7 per ton. In
other words, the Cripple Creek pro
Queer was receiving 81 per ton more
three years after this combination had
come into existence. 1t does not look,
consequently. as II we were trying 10
exterminate that industry.
I'VE found, however, one thing, and
that was that in the purchase of these
ores grave abuses were being prac'
selves. so that we could not continue
the policy of making reductions in
treatment charges on that account.
We found on the part Of the miner that
he could utilize the sampler, the
smelter. and utilize his own appliances
, TO sample che ores, and that he was in
sistent on getting the very highest re-
turns on his ores which could possibly
be procured by any means. And we
also found that in pursuance OF these
methods the smelteIs were suffering
great damage on account of metal con
tents which they paid for but which
did not exist.
Hence, the circular was issued
which the senator has mentioned in Inns
paper read before you, namely, That we
would adopt such means as to larry
ascertain the value Of the ore, and.
having adopted 1t, we would come to
gether on an agreement as might be
to the intert st of all parties concerned.
There is nothing in the circular men
toned which can possibly be taken
exception to by any iair-minded inul-
vidual.
at NAV interest sou to know, since
the senator has mentioned it, and com
, pared us to railways, mat our position
is entirely dissimidr Railways are
common ca riers iCr public conVen-
fence. We are not common receivers.
We must exercise the doctrine of Sc
lection in the class of material we can
utilize. We must exercise with the
shipper this doctrine Of selection and
must determine for ourselves to what
extent we can go to the al! and devel-
opment of this important industry.
And thus it appears that to aid them
we are called upon very frequently to
give to certain shippers facilities TO
assist them in their davelopment in
manner which could mo- be universally
applied. II is wclEnown fact that
men will not delve in he ground I'M
less they receive theit Just reward.
M. Guiterman then cited figures for
nearly all Of the prominent mining
camps of the state. 10 how the reduc-
tons which had been made on the
price of ore treatment in the past rev
years.
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