Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-25
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United States Company Had
Many Friends at Mass
Meeting Last Night.
DAVID 0. RlDEoUT TALKS.
Explains Effectiveness of New Bag
House system--other Speak,
crs Heard.

1t developed at the largely attended
mass meeting held in the Amusc-
ment hall at Sandy last night that tho
United states Smelling, Refining &
Mining company has host OF friends
in the southern end of the valley who
are anxious to sec the big smeter at
Bingham Junction continue in opera
ton. The result of the meeting was
the naming If committee of FIVE
which is to wait upon officials Of the
smelling company and the farmers
committee. and endeavor to bring
about satisfactory arrangement
whereby the lead smelter may be OPP
Grated under some such arrangement
as that granted to the American
smelling 6 Refining company as re-
CARDS its Murray plant
II was explained that the United
states company had nothing to 10
with the calling of the meeting; that
| the responsibility rested with those
| who believed IN fair play; that he
hind the Increment were businessmen,
| worklngmen and farmers who have
| been affected in one way and another
| by the closing of the smeters at Muir
ray and Bingham Junction.
| h II. w lLSDN y IAlSh.
The meeting was called to order by
| w. w. Wilson, who was made chair
man, and Clifford |. Goff was chosen
secretary Upon taking the chair MIR
| Wilson said:
AT Murray, the plant of the AM
| erican Smelling e. Refining company
| Is running. 1t seems to be only a
| matter of simple justice that the
United States plant at Bingham June
Vtsaaa grlN..V IL - H.,
| terms granted TO the smelter at MUIR
| ray. The purpose of this meeting, as
| | understand it, Is to arrange for
| the pehuoning of Judge Marshall Of
| the federal court to grant the United
| States company the right to operate
| on the terms secured by the American
| smelling & Refining company. This
| petition lis 10 be signed by farmers,
| workingmen and businessmen of the
| southern portion of Salt Lake county
| There Is not man in this part of
| the county who could ju tly oppose
the opening of the smelter to Its full
| capacity IL 1t can be run without dam
| aging the farmers"
The principal speaker Of the even
| ing, however was David o. Rideout
| of Draper, who declared that it was
the height of injustice to allow the
American Smslting & Refining COM
| rany privileges and deny the same
4 privileges to its chief competitor, the
United States Smelling. Refining s.
| Mining company.
WHAT MIR. RIDEouT SAID.
''As l live at Draper said Mr..
| Rideout Il have no Interior motive
no mercenary hope of gain in wishing
| to see the United States company
| given square deal | can honestly
| say that 1 am friend OF the business
| man, the workinsman and the far
| mer. When Judge Marshall's ieci-
| sion was rendered, farmer called
me up ON the telephone to inform
| me of what had happened. He Do
| cared that / wished to see the smell
| ter, run, because / shipped SILICA to
! the plant | replied that my interest
| was not in the SILICA, but in the loo
| or 1000 men who would be thrown
| out of employment when the smeltar
| was closed, As TO the SILICA, / will
| state here that / Will gladly give to
| charity the value of the amount
annually send to the smelter to see
| the idle smeltermen once more at
| work.
IAN Draper can hope for when the
J smelter is opened is that It will re-
1 ceive some small portion OF the ST.
| coo, 600 or more disbursed in this part
| of the county in wages every year by
! the smelter.
There seems TO me to be no good
!
| cannot handle the same sort of ore
that is taken 20 the smelter at Muir
ray And i say to you that If the
| United States smelter is forced 10
| close the southern part of salt Lake
| county Will receive a most serious
| blow"
Mr., Rideout then told of visit no
had paid TO Mr.. Rhodes at the United
| States plant, and explained In detail
| the effectiveness of the bag house"
| This new method of taking injurious
| elements from smoke has already been
| explained in the News
because smoke has been done
away with at the United States plant"
said Mr.. Rideout, many people think
that the smelter Is closed. Yet II Is
running steadily, more than 200 tons
of material being smelted every day.
III the United states smeter wore
doing the damage TO the farmers II did
in the past ] would not now urge that
the plant be allowed to resume oper-
atoms. Bnt recent improvements
have removed cause of complaint on
that score
ITO Illustrate the effectiveness Of
tile bag house through which the
smoke goes before passing out of the
270-foot chimney, ! might tell you Of
the 800 tons 1f dust gathered by this
device This contains 10 per cent
lead and % per cent arsenic,
~ new bag house under cOnstruc-
ton Will. when completed, cost $780,
600. This shows what the slpetor Is
doing to remove all cause OF COM
plant
"The United Statea company has IN
vested S3,O00.00O In its plant. Shall
tho smclter be permitted 10 rum
j. L. Rawlings Of Draper explained
that the farmers had expended S22,-
600 In fighting the shelters ana
thought the srHelters should find some
other location, particularly the cop
per plants Mayor Brown of Murray
WAS one OF the speakers, The senti-
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