The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-08-21

w. Brickend, jr., 10 the Department
II Commerce and Labor, March 13,
1911, take the following:
THE thickly settled d stricts ad-
jacent to Comitan and San Cristobal
supply all the hands necessary in the
agricultural sections as well as the
mining laborers, at daily wage Of
so cents to 81 (Mexican) per day.
Which would be rs cents to so cents
United States money per day. SO it
is seen that the wages paid to the
Mex can miners In Mexico range from
rs cents a day up to 81, the highest
that are paid. while in the State Of
Utah the miners ere paid from 81
to $3.50 per day, and I think IN .da.
no the wages ere thst much, " 10
more. ! yield u the Senator from
Idaho.
Mr.. Presiden-, ~ 1t seems to me-. i!
this lead-miu ng industry Is wor.h
preserving at all. is monst .ous
proposition % ask the people OF tn's
country. VINO d. their miners 81 10
80. 80 per day, to compete witt u
country where the miners are pii'l
from rs cents to 81 day. 1t simply
means that II that is attempted 10 be
done these mines must close to a very
large degree. Only the mines tha'
are producing ore of exceedingly high
grade. or where the associated pre-
cious metals are IN large quantity can
possibly afford to operate. The low.
grade mine. the mines which produce
ores that carry only a small quantity
OF silver or lead, must inevitably close
with all the results that follow from
that, directly and indirectly.
shall call attention very briefly to
the question of associated metals. be
fore come to that, however, wish
to speak of the condition in Canada,
where the production Of lead has been
increasing dur ng the last few years.
In Canada the miners are paid sub
stantially the same that miners are
paid in this country. think there is
very little difference. To the
extent that there is a difference the
wages are higher in this country than
they are there. But Canada paws IL
bounty for every pound of lead pro-
duced. Upon that subject read
from the article contributed by 9. Z.
s ebenthal on the subject of lead
and smelter products in the Minera,
Resources of the United States IN tire
ssue of 1911, in which he says:
THE bounty paid by the Dominion
of Canada to lead producers amounts
to rs cents per hundred pounds cad
content of Canadian ore delivered TO
Canadian shelters, when the London
price of lead does not exceed Ella los
per long ton (3.15 cents per pound
With increase in the price of lead the
bounty decreases at the same ratio,
ceasing altogether when lead is about
ELS per long ton (3.91 cents per
pound.) The result of the bounty is
to ma ntain to the producers h steady
value for lead, under the present ar
rangement, of ELS per long ton"
There has been appropriated for
the payment Of that bounty In Can.
ada during the last few years, think,
nearly 100000.
That is the way in which the lead
mining industry in Canada is encour
aged The amount Of bounty paid by
the Canadian Government for the p %
duction of every pound Of lead in as
great as the amount of duty which Ii
proposed by this bill.
am not advised as to what the
amount Of duty imposed by the Can
adam laws upon the importation o.
lead is, but whatever that may be, u
must be added to this bounty to ar
rive at the aggregate protection VIII CT
that industry receives.
So we find upon our northern bor
der country which produces In com
petition with us. great quantity @
lead, and which Is put on more "a
vorable terms Of competition with Vi
by the payment Of bounty for ever!
pound Of lead produced; and we fin'
upon the southern border our great
est compel tor. a country where M
wages paid are so little in comparisoi
with our own as to make competition
on anything like equal terms an abso
lutte impossibility.
Mr.. President, call attention +
the fact that the gold product on O
the world has evidently reached II
high point in the matter OF produt
ton. Certainly ID has reached its hig