Arizona republican., 1917-07-29

What the investing public needs is | to be awakened to the possibilities of
 the copper industry of this state--and l
 awakened to the fact that now, of all times, is the time to put their money | into Americas natural resources, and help bring those resources to a profit producing stage, by the time the world is crying help in their reconstruction work
 The Strike Situation
 BISBEE, Ariz, July 27.-The situa- tion in Arizona copper mining district which have suffered the precipitation of so-called strikes by I. w. w. dur ing the last two months, seems to be at a standstill except in Bisbee and 1 Jerome. The strike in Bisbee ended abruptly
 with the deportation of 1. w. w. on | July 12. as it did in Jerome with
 deportations made in the proceeding
 week. In both districts the mines have i gained men steadily ever since Abate-
 ment of 1. w. w.. terrorism in both | instances occaSioned the return to work of many men who had withheld l from opposing the transient l. W. w. l element In the case of Bisbee, every
 train during the last week has brought Americans from different points of | the country, some of them old time | employees, WHO are coming with the intention of making the district the
 one big strictly American copper min l ing camp in the country. With that accomplished, it is held that there will be no danger of thouble here for
 many years, if ever agai.>, while the infusion of progressive blood will I bring about expansion in individual
 endeavor and opera tions in the dis
 trict which it is believed will in a
 very few years place it at the very
 front among copper mining centers.
 Each day the present week has
 shown increasing numbers of men go-
 ing to work at the different proper
 ties. The end of the month will see
 conditions at this rate very near re-
 stored to normal, both on the surface
 and underground. The tonnage of ore going out has been climbing daily. It has reached a point where the last possibility of embarrassment to the l smelters at Douglas is removed. It is now assured that the record will be achieved of having kept the latter go
 ing at full capacity regardless of the crippling of the mines The strike : loss is therefore confined mainly to l the mine pay rolls and to the loss of : ore production, which cannot be , caught up with. There has also, of course, been a considerable amount of money loss to the companies through ? lessened efficiency and upkeep of ) workings, maintenance of workings
 and plants, and in increased protec- ? ton expenses which were necessary, - and are not yet entirely abated.
 . In Clifton and Morenci the situa- ton is unchanged, with no prospect : fof the early resumption of work, al l though destitution is coming about r among many of the MeXicans lured t into striking by the l. W. w. and these may ultimately upset the pro- l gram with violence wrecked upon ] those who mislead them with promis- s es of winning the strike demands in l the course of a few days
 Like feeling is growing at Globe : and Miami, where the men were told t that the strike could not last week s without the companies giving in. t Troops at all of these camps are the
 present safeguard against violence from the I. w. w., and have entirely d spoiled the plans of the latter.
 d The Globe District
 e GLOBE, Ariz., July 27-This great :. mining district, inclusive of Miami e continues tied up tight at the whim e of the I. w. w. organization. But for S the latter the conservative mine em- = ployes of the district would go back 1t to work, but so thoroughly is the feaI d of the terrorism of the I. w. w. i'm t planted that men do not feel that they n are justified in risking the lives of n their families by defying the organi-
 Zation of sabotage.
 e Realizing this attitude on the part n of the employees, the mining com tt panies have practically announced n that there will be no work until suffi- o ficent forces voluntarily report fol y duty, which means not until the sit e uation clears itself through the de- n parture of the I. w. w. forces, wheth- y CT through action under the vagranvy '- laws or through some hoped for ac- l. tion on the part of the government y which will rid the community dis e tricts of the unwelcome horde O. l. wandering disturbers, whose whol, e present excuse for operations is thei d avowed determination to compel tn, Il United States to withdraw from tn, l. war or suffer defeat at the hands O e Germany.
 a The ways in which the tieup in tn, $ Globe Miami district is crippling tn, ] state and nation are more than one 't Primarily, 24,000,000 pounds of coppeI )i per month have been put out of com e mission indefinitely. The Inspiration 'e Copper company. the largest factor il 'e this total production apparently ha 'i no expectation that it will be able t, Il resume for several months, all em ployes, including the office forces having been laid off until Septembe 's l, with qualification that at that tim, u there may be notice of further exten sion of leave of absence.
 9l On the state tax roll the producins e mines now shut down are given val uation for purposes of taxation o J. more than $1l0,0O0, ,000 Inasmuch a. valuation is fixed of the basis of pro 's duction of copper and price receive, U for the metal, the state is losing a biz ,u lump of money every day these mine 'l remain closed, while the nationa y treasury is losing another big item il excess profit tax. The states loss vii h show up in next years valuation t which will be minus the revenues -s i from production during at least tw, yi months, with curtailment because O ', decreased efficiency in at least tw, lS more months.
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