The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-02-10
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which viii preserve Ills industry. The
first means the shutting down Of the,
lead mines Of the west, taking nwgy all
incentive 10 develop the mineral re-
sources Of the country. the paying out
to foreign countries large amounts OF
money, The latter means giving 10
Aacricnn labor opportunity to uu n.
tain Its standard OF living aul TO
American capital announcement to
| take tie risk necessary to develop one
Of the natural resources.
\ factory may be closed for a per.
iod and the owner Still has a fuct,ry
WI ich he may again operate. A farm
! ms he left Idle ana the farm remain.
/ AM at most the loss itself is felt cu'Y
Over the period of depression. Mines
must be maintained when closed
down the cost of rcopcr'"- is prol'M.
tive workings hnvC cA,,d and have Le-
, come flooded
l~'so.tant Data Given.
Ai,cr crcdltlng precious metal values
ana giving no consideration TO deple-
ton, ttal's cost per pound Of lead to-
! DAY. Is over q cents. Lead is selling at
"a cents. Lead hOnan2ns have been
worked out and It Is safe TO predict an
increasing cost, or at least no material
decrease In cost can he expected
We view his question not from the
point of this period of restricted de-
mand, but In relation 10 ordinary con
ditIons. We are not looking forward
To and do not ash for an artlHcially
high price. We do ask for duty
/ which win maintain American stand-
ards and provide for the difference be-
tween Mexican and American labor
costs
Mr.. Fre0r-What is the cost OF pro-
durtiOn nbroal7
Mr., Bamberger- IL almost impos-
slblc 10 determine the difference in the
costs, but as u practical example, we
| know that even when lead reaches Al
, cents we have had very serious iia-
portatlon
Mr.. Frear-The last speaker Just be-
fore you argued thnt the item OF
| freight rates was very important be-
cause Of the distance from the mines
In the west TO New York.
Mr.. Bambcrger--I have referred to
that.
Mr.. Frear-whnt are the freight
rates from Mexico to New York;
Mr.. Bamberger-Mexlco TO New
York; do not know, but am salts
fed there would be a difference. We
are asking for this specific duty Of ::
cents pound on account OF our
greater cost Of production.
| Mr.. Frear-I imagined that the
freight rates from Mexico to New York
are as much az they are from Utah.
unless they are taken by vessel.
Protection Asked For.
| Mr. Bamberger - We feel. of course,
In connection with that, even here in
our home market IL that were our only
market we should be protected TO that
extent. We feel that we should have
] that protection IN order to enable us to
meet the lower cost In Mexico, and TO
| keep them from dumping their product
| IN this country.
Mr.. Frcnr- Have they been brought
in in the past?
Mr. BamberEer-T They have been;
yes, SIR.
Mr.. Frcar THAT is what I wanted
10 know.
Mr.. Hamburger The importatlons
, have been very heavy In tie past, and
will be In the future.
Mr.. Hamburger. who Is the Republic
: can National Committeeman Of Etah,i
, returned to Salt Lake recently audi
stated that there is Il feeling Ot optlm.
ism In the east which Is much more /
noticeable Than II was two months ago |
! while no great demand has yet !
shown itself" he said, "bunkers and
Business men alike are much more OPP
tim,stlc aud are looking forward to II
speedy renewal In trade. While all
, Tines may not have been completely
! lipuidaicd, II II the consensus of Op!n-
ION that the clran,nguut process has
been pretty wei accomplished"
The 1879 national calnpni IN cost the
Republican party uhndt S3iO0ODa Mr..
Hamburger said, ana IN order TO take
care uf these expenditure lie national
committee has nrgullulcd for II lorn
Of close to Sl,iOOOGO the approximate
amount of the deficit.
Mr.. Hamburger, II hc can arrange
his affairs, will return to New York
within the ncNi few weeks for the pnr-
pose Of aiding In some special w0ri. IN
h"lHlf Of the Republican InrIorI cola.
UItte", Chairman WIN II. Lays having
asked him Ia assist mt cuurmitipa head
, quarters just prior to the meeting Ot
, the committee AZ Washington, srErd-
uled for March 3, 1921 The N,ruhll-
can national committee Is arN'rus 10
! wipe It's slate clean Of G"h' before this
March meeting and an effort Z. now
being mudr to cover This ud''. eda"eV
| by subscriptions. E.rn'I ,,ltr has U,cl
apporlioucd M amount ~ I've 1r'irit,
based ON the yutp for Mr. Il.rG.lg.