Bisbee daily review., 1921-05-22
No WAGE CUTS CONTEMPT HATED HERF DOWELL
 TELLS PE0PLE

eral manager of the Copper Queen. in a short talk before members of the Warren District Business Mems As sociation, gathered together at the Odd Fellows hall for smoker and entertainment.
 Dowell said that he had been ask ed to make a statement in regard to wages, on account of the fact that there have been rumors to the effect that there will be further cuts in wages.
 Il cannot make definite statement on this subject" said the speaker. Anything that l say will by my own opinion, but I think that unless there are further reductions in the cost off living there can be no reduction in wages. Present wages are based on the old sliding scale, with copper at IS or 19 cents pound"
 Dowel made it Clear that no fur ther reduction in wages in the mines is now under completion. and that ru- mors to the effect that there will be further cuts in the immediate or near future are without foundation.
 The speaker said that the Copper Queen is now employing about 1900 men ln the district, with a monthly payroll of $1S0,0O0.
 With what our neighbor, the c. & A., is doing, this is not bad. We are producing no copper, but we are car rying on development work, and are doing whatever we can. l am fairly we'll acquainted with conditions throughout Arizona, and 1 can say that the Warren District is in far, far better shap than ether camps"
 Spirit of Camp Praised
 Dowell emphasized the value of the spirit of cooperation as developed in the Warren District, ascribing the present condition of the camp to this spirit. We don't have to look back far" hes aid, ito find when this be- gan-when business men, both big and little, began to realize the bene- fits derived from cooperation. This condition has obtained in this district to a greater extent than in any other district in the state. 1 need but to cite an instance to show what can be done: During the war it was under taken in certain mining cap, not more than a million miles from this one. to stop the production of cop per. There was class of men who said, ITO hell with the country!' but there were some loyal men who stay ed at work. These were insulted in the picket line; lunch buckets were taken from them. and sometimes smashed over their heads, until one day these men marcheds the hill in a solid body. No buckets were smashed that day--that is what lit- tie cooperation did"
 In conclusion, Dowell said that he believed that tho bottom of the slump has been feached in the Warren Dis tfict He said that he appreciated the spirit in which the business men re. ceived the announcement or the sus- pension of the production of copper, and that ne was confident they realiz- ed it was for the best. /''The scales" he said, "are already turning. Even at the present rate of copper sales it will not be long before the surplus reaches normal, and production can be resumed"
 Talk Interests Merchants
 George F. Kilt, president of the Ari- zona Merchants' Association. told the business men something of what that organization has accomplished and hopes to accomplish. He told of the success of the organization in combat ing the move by the state legislature requiring all merchants to mark plainly both cost and selling price on the goods they sold, declaring that if this edict had been enforced it would have been disastrous to Arizona mer- chants.
 The association was also instru- mental in killing the bill in the state legislature that would put the insur- ance business of the state under the control of the corporation commission and Kilt pointed. out what calam- itous effect this would have had on the credit and business of merchants in the state. He sounded a timely. note of warning in the matter of state expenditures and taxes, declaring, that in the past the mining companies have been paying most of the taxes of the state, but that with the mines closed down and the cattle and farming busi- ness in hard circumstances, that 1t will be up to the merchant to foot large part of the bill.
 Sutter Talks Optimism Fred Sutter, acting as toastmaster, told of the optimistic view for the fu- ture that he found taken by the busi- ness men in the east. while on a re- (CONTrNtJlyp ON -.tGE TwO)