Arizona republican., 1916-08-06


 While the state gains many advant- ages Dy having a U. s. mining Ex- pertinent station located in it's midst, those gained by the Arizona College T Mines are even greater. More over. the authorization of this station vas recognition of the true value and importance of the University of Ari- 'ona College of Mines and Engineer ing.
 c. F. Kelley on the Proposed Tax on
 Copper
 It is the belief of C. F. Kelley. vice president of the Anaconda Copper Co. that the teX on copper which is in- eorporated in the new revenue bill will be stricken out in the senate In q recent interview Mir Kelley dis cussed the situation and the result of his trip to Washington:
 l, of course. have no definite knowl- edge as to what the action of either the senate finance committee or that body itself will be upon the pro- posed measure. Upon our arrival in Washington we found that protests had been received from practically very commercial hody in the state of Montana and from a large number )t prominent citizens. including not only those who would be directly or indirectly affected. but also disinter- ested people who merely had the gen eral welfare of the state at heart We also found that the matter of op- posing this provision of the bill has been actively taken up by the con gressional delegations of many of the western states. but particularly by The Montana delegation. under the ferv ale and intelligent leadership of ,f.t.
 ing III a the time. MT. Evans had opposed the measure in the house and had there been further time for consideration. I believe that his ef- Tort to have the provisions stricken from the bill in the lower house would nave been succe ssful. Our mission resolved itself merely into that of ilrnis1ing such Information. statis- 'lcsl and otherwise. with reference to the copper business as was aVailab ble 10 those directly ergag ged in it.
 As matter of fact there prevails an erroneous impression as to the amount of copper which Is being nscd in mlnitioE manufacture. Ii is 1uite impossible for the producers t1 follow the copper disposed of to its ultimate use. as ey far the greater part Is worked Dp into brass and oth- CT alloys and used by manufacturers eng3ged In making an infinite variety of articles. of which munition manu- fracture is in some instances fnci- ientai tO. or forms part only Of the general business conducted Pure copper IS used in nunition manufac- 'nre for only two purposes, to-wit. The primer of shells and the expan- ion ring that follows the rifling of he gun discharging the she'll The n r,af
 Initesimally small compared to the
 eneral production. A compilation of he uses to which copper is put in he arts and industries would. and 'oes. fill an exceedingly large vol me. mere suggestion of the gen. -ral production of the mills and foun- fries. such as wire and bar brass and 'ronZe. sheet copper. tubes. etc. in- licates the infinite variety of useful purposes to which these different manufactured shapes or alloys are levoted. It has been estimated that here is over billion and a quarter pounds of copper in the telephone md telegraph mileage of the world hat in the sIngle long distance tele- ihone circuit established between Icw York and San Francisco there is bout 6.0O0.000 pounds of copper. In the electrificat tion of the Butte, | Nnac0nda & Pacific, for instance, ! U 800 lbs. of copper per mile were Ised: in the identification of the St. 'aul mere than 24,000 lbs. per mile we're used In an ordinary steam lo. ,omotive there is more than 5000 lbs. | of copper. It enters into practicall.J / | very line of trade, among which | irincipai items may be mentioned
 lectric lighting industry boat and | hip building. heating and cookin-; | lcvices. building construction. hard | Dare and csirage. It is estimated tha, | lilly I0O.0G0,000 lbs. Of bearing meta, s milled annually in the United 1 States to take care of the demand for
 cw journals. Of this amount prob | tbly 5O,00U,OhO lbs. so deseroyed is l opper. so that the manifest injustice
 taxing every pound of copper pro
 luced and classifying it as wal | intuition becomes readily apparen:
 1oreover. 1t is doubtful if the de.
 nand would nave been substantial,
 IS great, although no doubt the pric,
 9ould have been much less, had ther,
 cen no war.
 | Germany and Austria constitute tn
 principal copper customers of tn
 world. In 1919 the United States ex
 orted to Germany and Austria alone
 .ccording to leading authority | SI,00e,000 lbs of copper. This ex 'oit business has been wholly de II troyed by the war It may be con | | iervatiVely stated that the amount 0 | 1 opper which has gone into war mu
 !itions since the declaration of wa
 las been considerably less than tn mount which would have been fur 'ished 10 the market of which tn
 irited States has been thus deprived
 Another fallacy is that the 1expor
 rusiness tremendously increased o } ccount of shipment of tremendou
 mount of copper to the allies. Tn ] igures available in the advance shee , l the United States geological sur 'cy show that the total exports C l opper during the year 1915 amount
 d to about 6s2 900, coo lbs, as agains
 iO,e00.000 for 1914. l7,000 900 fo
 9l3 and 77500000O for 1912 An an
 lysis of our export figures disclose
 hat in 1915 there was less coppe
 Xported from the United States
 Europe than in any year since 1g1l III is no doubt true that in additio the raw copper exported a yer arge quantity was exported in tn l hape of manufactured munitions. tn | 'xact amount of which is unattair ! lble.
 All this merely discloses the in quity Of the proposed measure in al | empting to fix tax as a war mu | aition on the total production of tn | | United States irrespective of the pui ! Iose to which it was intended How yer, 1t Is gratifying to feel ths ! through a proper presentation of tb | natter particularly Oy the Montal | | lQl n ala,