Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1921-01-19

s'""' |s'HAs - MbkHt HSfs pSGN sE-
peeted. Representative Rsodea has
, assumed the task sf sssin. the indus.
. try the needed tariff protection.
Missouri ore sells for SO Per ,on,
I. o. b. shipping point. Freight 10
Ne~ York, Dos,oa or i'h.iadeiphis is
$3.50 per ton, making ,ne (. o. b. seq
board price on the American eon,u.o-
dity $3.50. But German produ segs
are laying the crude dowa in New
York for sl2 and less per TOT. For
the manufactured xrticie the figures
are: ST. Louis market, s24.5o; pack
age, So: freight, $50; total, Ss7. Bu,
the German manufacturers enote a
price of $500 for delivery at efthe-
New York or Philadelphia The Am
erican p-oinct cannot ever a.trac,
attention. III such a market as this:
hence it is no Wonder that Eeprs-
sentative Rhodes has besn receiving
calls for help since Septernbar. OF
that be Is receiving every 6ay letters
from American manufacturers anS
producers giving reports Of tee ar /
rival Ct huge German shipments ara |
sta,.ns tina, the writers will seoz |
have to 60 out Of business, If they
have ret already done SO. Repressr..
tat'Te Rhodes now has . bill befo~r
me Ways and Means Committee and
the Tariff Commission which. II en-.
zcaec. XII! 9l@ce q duty Of SIC per ton
on lAe ct1oe and & graduated tariff
on chemicals running as high as So |
per ton. Il is designed to give the |
ecessary relief and Mr.. Rhodes in.
1efcs 10 keep behind il unsll j, is en-.
acted mtg law.
Al! the lead companies. geoycser.
tatiVe Rhodes sAys, are either clos.
'nE DOWN or posting notices reducing
wages from twenty to i,airey per cen.
On JanaaFy ]. MIR. Rhodes will. ssk /
The Ways and Means CoF,l-r, is.ee aur.
ns Inc Forthcoming tariff hearings e
impose d-;y Of - ce..ts De-
'olnd on the naetal5e content: or. !r
''he- words, to return 70 the sche-
i0les Of the Payne Aidricn law.
I'm account Of the general de !:
':esslea which is affecting a!l inter
sts, the mining industry of the cotsn- \
~ is suffering" Mr.. Rhodes SD !
Cpon the reorganization Of the
ioaSe Committee on Mines and Min. Z
az, and my assumption ns the chair | \
1ansEip. after reviewing mining cen. i
''4ons generally, | stated to sise cora. .
'lUee members .iaa, Il wzs my ho-ss Z
nat cur committee could do ses.re. "
hing 10 relieve conditions. whiie !.
he committee eas sot gone se la as \
agree upn1 any definite line n 3
c'!oa, its members are IN sy.a arathy | :
''h the suggestion thaI something | :.
'cDid be done TO relieye cua5 ..ars> y
far as possihle. The committee
Is recommended the pass &c Of leg
laF'en 10 susre3a assessment woYa
" 1870 on mining claims IN the boz ,
'at claimants may not lcse ,heir =
aims On aceoQHt If rot having beer q
''e to do wo,L necessary under .ir ~
tn'nF laws. There are o.hc. bills ~
'GTe the committee relating 10 min. "a
& matters which will tc taken u =,
% tsGs; of the year" :,
In other words, neither the colhat r.
ines ot Missouri, nor any o;hcr kind
mi''e Of Missouri or any ether Stat.
all be Permitted 10 lie dornan; fo- h.
io'hsr hundred Yeas, ar ary psrt q
one hundred years. on aecour, of 10
z importation Of foreign ores pro. h1
e"d by laharers pad in money Il,
nth nickel u w@raninad. If she sss
W chairman Of tie Haaxe Mines he
d Mining Committee can proven: 80
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