Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-20
LEAD, WOOL, SUGAR, HIDES.
Advises Mining Men to Bestr
Themselves and Send Rep
resentatives Down.
Strong Effort VIII be Made by Manu-
factnrcrs for Free yvool--Utall
Delegation VIII "Stand Pat

Especial 70 the I.,.tews..l

Especial to the P.ScWs.")
Washington, d C.. Nov seuas
tor Sutherland is here ia advance Of
the meeting of Congress in order to
look after Utahs interests before tae
ways and means committee. which
body is now considering tariff bill
When the News correspondent saw
the senator today lie was engaged hi
answering a number Of kilograms from
Utah which referred TO various sched-
ules Of the Dingley tariff act
UTAHS GREAT INTERESTS.
'Utah is vitality interested in main
tanning the traiff duties on four ar
ticles," said the senator. They ara
lead. wool, sugar and hides, While 1t
may not be generally understood the
duty on lead affects a greater wealth
producing source than either of the
other articles mentioned and affects
first and last more people of the state:
The total production of lead in the
United States in 1907, was $4,000 tons.
Missouri came first with 122, 900 tons.
Idaho second, 10000 tons: Utah
third, 61,000 tons and Colorado fourth.
$4,000 tons These are round figures.
The total production of these four
states was $4,000 tons. leaving only
10000 for the rest of the country.
Utah produces. therefore apron.
in1ately 90 per cent of all tlle&lead pro-
duced in the United States. Based
upon prices for 1907. this product is
worth more than five and a half mill
lion dollars, Il sum i'll excess of all
gold produced. sum equal to more
than two-thirtls OF all silver, a sum i'll Z
excess of the value of either
sugar or wool proucts of the state.
UNDER WILSON BILL.
During the period when the Wilson
bill was in peration--from 80 a7--thei
value Of lead fell as low Us Z cents
a pound. The result Was that hal
the lead producing mines in the stats
We're closed down. HuneifaAdsssofg men
! We're thrown out of employment in the
mines themselves. This in turn, by
cutting down the quantity of ore snlelt-5
ed, threw men out OF employment in
the smelling industry; il affected the
farmer whose market for his products
was curtaied, and first and last resulted
in causing an injury of millions of dolls
lars to the people of the state. includ-}
ing mine owners miners sIneltar men.
farmers and merchants. The DingleN
bill. passed in 1897. restored the old
rate of duty of 11s cents per pound on:
all lead contained in ores. The result
was the immediate revival of the milf-
ing industry. Lead advanced rapidly
in price until at one time in 1905 III I
sold for as high as q cents per pound
There has been no period since the
Dingley bill was enacted that it has
fallen below 1 cents Il pound. It is
perfectly evident that this one ten,
of l u cents per pound duty on lead in
the Dinghy bill has added millions up-4
on millions of dollars TO the wealth of
the state. The result has been notsonlH
the Increased production of lead but all
increased production of silver and gold.
which metals are associated with lead
IN lead ores With lead AZ ~ cents Il
Pound many mines which pro
and gold. could not be operated
at all, Willie with lead ut 4 and !, Genie
a pound these mines can be operated at
profit and good wages paid 10 min-
erS With the result of an increased pro
duction Of gold and silver as we'll as OF
lead | have 10 doubt in the world
thatif tine duty should he taken OF
lead entirely that il would mean q loss
directly and indirectly to the State o:
Utah alone of many millions OF dollars
per annuni.
MINING MEN WARNED,
while 1 do not believe that there is
any danger of this being done, still #
would be well for the mining men OF
the state to bestir themselves and u
see that members Of Congress and sen,
ators from other states are put in pos
session OF the fact. l think it would
be we'll if some representative mining.
men who are thoroughly familiar witt
the situation, are present at the hear
ing before the house ways and means
coniritte on the 25th INST, at which
time the metal schedule Will be
reached.
Quite as important will be the qi1es-
tion of retention of the duties on wool
and sugar l do not see how it is pos
sible for Republican Congress to re-
duce the duties on either Of these az
ticles, but the fact must not be overs
looked by people at home. Interested in
these Industries, that a determined ef
fort is likely to be made by wooden
manufacturers to cut down the duties
on raw wool, and that strong effort
will be made to bring about the admis
sion of sugar from the Philippines free
of duty, and from Cuba either free o.
under n greatly reduced tariff l ani
quite sure that the Utah delegation
will be a unit in standing against any
reduction of the tariff on the articles
first enumerated.
TEarurpc paw RaTSED