Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-10

and detailed speeches pertaining. to our
domestic copper mining industry. The
II first speech was delivered in the United
States senate on April 9, 1885, and the
second on June 26 1926. These SHOULD
be read and studied with great care by
every Arizonan-not only by residents
of the copper districts, those who are
vitality and directly interested in cop
per tariff, but by each and every Ari-
zonan who is truly devoted to the well
fare of their state.
! Copper Vital to Arizona
The copper industry within Arizona
occupies so vital an economic position
that anything that befalls it is imn1e-
diately felt throughout our whole eco
nomic structure. When our copper dis
tricts are vibrant with energy, it truly
can be said that Arizona's Industrial
prosperity is at it's peek Conversely,
| if lethargy prevails within our copper
districts, it is undeniably true that the
effect is felt throughout our state.
When prosperity prevails within our
copper districts, the copper miner has
an abundance of funds to purchase
those things which. he needs. He buys
greater quantities Of and a wider vari-
etv IF foods, and he purchases more
and better clothing. Furthermore, the
variety of his purchases come from the
smallest of cur local industrial chan
nels. All of this denotes that when the
copper miner is in receipt of sufficient
! earnings, the local communities also
enjoy prosperity.
Mine Taxes Essential
| The operating companies, when in
receipt of better incomes, are easily
able to pay the large amount of taxes
which are now and have been for years
an important contribution to the main
! tenance of our state. The copper dis
/ tricts now and since some time in the
past have contributed one-half the
taxes paid into the treasury of the
state Hence, anything that destroys
this source of taxation means the doub-
| ling of taxes for the remaining indus
tries.
When the domestic copper Industry
enjoys prosperity, it ans means the
| constant flow of millions of dollars
annually into the scores of undeveloped
! copper districts scattered throughout
the length and breadth of Arizona.
These development funds bring into be-
| ing new ore tonnages and much wealth
| to our citizenship. s.s 4
No state within our union is SO VII
tally dependent upon the mining of
copper. We produce nearly as much
copper as the rest of the United States.
In consequence, we are the ones most
vitally interested in the copper mining
| industry, and it behooves us to he ever
watchful of any and all factors per-
tanning thereto. @sgsa A4f
The Foreign Copper Menace
I Senator Cameron in his speeches be-
fore the United States senate proves
! conclusively that foreigners not only
possess twice the volume and a higher
grade of copper ore, a lower. wage,
transportation and supply cost, but that
they can easily and continuously sup-
ply our domestic copper consuming
! market with copper at cost price of
one-half our domestic cost. The for
eigner can lay down his copper at New
York at a cost of six cents pound,
whereas our domestic cost is II cents
! a pound. The foreigner can sell his
product, say, at II cents per pound for
a short interval, making five cents
per pound profit meanwhile. On the
other hand, our domestic copper indus
try, to meet this competition, will suf-
fer extinction due to selling it's product
at a loss. #tase.
/ IF two merchants universally control
a product, the one possessing twice the
supply with cost one-ha1f that of his
competitor, will undeniably in a short
time reign in supreme control of the
marketing of that product. This an
aIogy holds true when comparing for
eign copper poundages and costs with
domestic copper poundages and costs
| If these two competitors were of our
own kin and operated within our coun-
try, each controlled by equivalent eco
nomic cost factors, no aid could be
I rendered the weaker one, but when
| consideration is given to the fact that
the more powerful economic producer
is a foreigner and utilizes cheap Indian
! and African labor to undersell our
1 weaker domestic producer, it becomes
evident that this competition is unfair
Such foreign destructive labor competi-
ton can only be met by erecting an
economic barrier, by securing a pro-
tective tariff. There is no other eco