The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-08-21
Sutherland Speaks For Lead
Producers And The Farmers
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There is one very essential and T.
portant difference between the lead
mines of Missouri and the lead mines
Of the Rocks Mountain region. in that
in the mines of the far West-th
Rocky Mountain region--lead is a
ciated with the precious metals. All
Of the lead bearing ores in Utah In
Idaho, and in dorado carry a certain
percentage of silver and of gold. Sc
whenever the mines Of that reg!o are
closed down you have not onl1 cur
tailed the production Of lead In the
United States, but have likewise cur
tailed the production Of gold and
silver, and very appreciably curtail-
ed 1t.
The matter of lead mining, think,
illustrates the benefits Of the protec-
tive system as well as any article en-
braced within the whole list. During
the years 1853 to 1862, 10-year per-
iod. the production Of lead In the
United States was 800 tons. The
consumption in the United States was
422,359 tons. So we produced during
those years less than one-half Of our
consumption, namely, 44.b per cent.
The average price OF lead in New
York during that period OF time was
6.13 cents per pound. The average
London price during the same period
was 4.93 cents per pound
During the next decennial period.
1863 to 1872, the production in the
United States increased slightly
while the consumpt on increased ma
terially; so that the ratio of prodnc
ton to consumption in the United
States fell from A per cent to 36 per
cent and the price of lead rose from
6 10 cents to s 40 cents per pound. 1t
would seem to be clear that what
brought that about was the relatively
decreased production in the United
States as compared with the con-
sumption. The London pr.ce during
the same period was 4.3l cents per
pound.
In the period between 1883 and
1892, during which time there was a
substantial duty upon lead, the pro-
duction in the United States rose 70
1906. O42 tons. In other words, it ILL
creased from the production durits
the first per cd have mentioned,
lSS,6O0 tons, to 1,505,042 tons. We
consumed during that decennial per-
iod 1,53S994 tons. So that the ratio of
production in the United States rose
to 97.7 per cent of our consumption,
and the price fell in the United States
to 4 .23 cents per pound, the London
price during the corresponding period
being 2.74 cents per pound.
Between 1898 and 1902, during a
portion of which time the Wilson law
was in operation, and therefore dur
ing which time the duty was three
fourths Of cent per pound, VIII IL
during the other portion, under Tie
Dingley law, the duty was l1a cents
per pound, we produced 2,17j,3SI
tons the ratio of production as com
pared with the consumption being
95.6 per cent.
From 1903 to 1912, the last aecen
NAL period, the production of lead in
the United States was 3,459,473 tons
and the consumption 3,525,42 tons
During that period we produced ys 2
per cent of all lead We consumed.
The average New York price during
the period was 4,6 cents while the
London price during the SHINE period
was 3.22 cents.
call attention 10 thest figures for
the purpose of showing that under
the protective policy which has been
in operation at the substantial rae
OF ~ cents per pound with the OK
ception OF three four years when the
Wilson bill was in force the produc,
ton OF lead In the United States hes
steadily increased until we are pro
ducing the vast quaint y of nearly
100000 tons for the 10.year period
and instead Of considerably less thar
one-helf OF what we consume We AZ;
producing nearly all we consume
while the price has gone down fror
G,lS cents per pound to 46. cents pc
pound.
II the rate proposed by this hi
goes into operation, / have not CE
slightest doubt that the same resul
will follow that followed before, name
ly, that many OF the mines WI b
closed, Nobody can predict VIVA
proportion, but many of them viii b
osed. | say that because, as ! sNa
SOW in a moment, ii Is utterly in
possible for the mines OF the Rock
Mountain ser1iOn IN Droduca ION