Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-02
ONLY TEAM WORK CAN INCREASE ARIzoNA's
COPPER OUTPUT
(El Psso Herald-l

(El Pzso HeraldD
Arizona produced 600 worth Of copper in 1917
percapita production if the states whole population
be considered $500 In pounds the production
less than that of 1916 because the strikes of last
and the early fall put the mines behind
their schedule that it impossible catch up be-
fore the END of the In value. the output is e
in the history of the copper industry
than that Of other in 1917 any other year
Thirty copper early the year ran the value very
high 1t the highest figure copper had reached
the market in many years The price is fixed at
2ss pound by agreement between the producers
and the government and is likely advance before
the end of the war.
The only way. then which the value Of the copper
product of Arizona this year equal of last year
by making the total output than that of 1917
It offset the difference ss cent copper
and 80 cent copper for part of the year.
On the other hand there viii be the advantage that
the mines this year viii operating full capacity
ing the period when they practically produc-
ing year The words will are used thus posi-
lively in the confident assumption labor troubles
of 1917 viii not recur. They NUS not be allowed TO
The mining companies must so live up TO the
spirit OF the agreement with the presidents
investigating committee give no ground com
plant their part Labor in the mines and smelters
must also live to the agreement and further
consider making demands based uniOnisn
such the closed shop They should present nOthins
related and should only revision of the
wage scale if the living advances to make
that course imperative
spite Of apparent spirit of hostility
big mining companies Of Arizona exhibited by of
ficias the department labor spite similar
spirit by officials of the American Federation OF
Labor there is believe that the miners viii
receive every consideration the companies and that
labor viii continue receive better in Ar
any this connection il is in
terestng to note mining companies of Arizona
paid over ssOO0OOOO year their employees
that the total wage payment of $1,000 labOrers Arizona
last year larger than in other where ap-
proximateIy the same number of wage earners
ployed-
This does indicate that the copper companies
trying to exploit their indicates that the
companies are willing pay their higher wages
paid elsewhere in order stimulate them 70
cooperate with the companies in making the copper
production the greatest possible
Furthermore. the big companies Bisbee have Just
paid bonus of s1OO to each of years service and
$50 to each one of six months service and have
nounced they we're considering permanent means
of recognizing continued faithful labor This does not
show spirit inimca the best Of the work
ers-
Nor are company stores taking away from the men
what they earn in the mines Al Clifton where local
freight rates taken consideration in max
ing up prices published price comparisons re
Gently showed that the principal company store was
selling food to the families OF miners and others al
prices substantially the same the maximum prices
fixed in E PzsO Some Clifton stores prices were
lower than e Paso. others little higher and the re
nainder just e Paso's- In Miami and Globe
and Bisbee prices in the company kept low
as market conditions cost transportation viii
allow
II sympathetic spirit between the mining companies
and their employees can obtained this year; if both
viii work together for benefit the nation and their
mutual profit will be greater copper production
in 1915 than ever before And that is worth striving
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