Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-20

United States government Immediate
ly gives domestic copper the protec-
tion to which It is entitled, the cop
per cities and camps in Arizona will
The speaker stated that he had re-
Gently seen an official government
report on the Katanga copper fields
of Africa, and that this report shovel
that the production in that field had
increased by leaps and bounds. The
a showing in this, report that the
foreman got about 25 cents per day.
while the native savage workers were
paid II to 1G cents per day.
"The ore bodies were greater by
more than 100 times than the great
inspiration mine at Miami. Some OF
our large American producers have
tanga properties, which explains why
some of them arc against any pro-
tective duty on copper" said the
speaker.
aArizona's entire future is at
stake" said Judge Baughn. "The
mines of this state now pay nearly
one-half of the taxes of the state,
and unless tariff is placed on cop
per, 10 bring back prosperity and
fair wages to our mining camps, this
'g-string menace will flood our
home markets with cheap copper and
put our mining camps out OF bdsi
ness entirely This will mean the
transfer CT a large part of the tax
burden to Arizonas limited agricul-
tural area and the complete impoyer
ishment of our farmers
Judge Baughn stated that. the front
page of the Engineering and Mining
Journal-Pross of September 25, 1926,
displayed an airplane photograph of
the great smelter and refinery of the
Nichols Copper company at Laurel
Ilill, N Y, and that this Journal
stated that a large part of the Ka-
tanga copper was refined at that
point. He referred to this as definite
proof of the fact that the menace OF
g-string copper is a, real one and not
merely simulated.
The immediate enactment of a pro-
tective duty on copper in the next
session of congress was declared by
Judge Baughn to be the only way to
avert this disaster to the whole state.
In the same forceful manner, Judge
Baughn declared himself to be in
favor of similar protective tariffs on
long staple cotton and hides. He ex-
had turned to producing the short
staple cotton because of the futility
of trying to make a profit as long
as the domestic long staple cotton
was not protected, and that due to
the drop III price of the short staple
cotton the cotton industry iE the
state was practically crippled. Ari-
zona, he said, is one of the few states
in which the Iorg staple cotton can
be grown, and declared that it was
no more than right that the local
cotton growers should be afforded the
same protection which is given near
ly every other commodity which we
produce and use
Judge Baughn also pointed out
that the cattlemen could receive IN
the neighborhood Of SIS more per
steer if an adequate tariff were
placed upon hides, and declared that
if sent to congress he would cham-
pion tariff on hides.
Due to an unfortunate understand
ing regarding the date of Judge
Baughn's arrival in the city it was
not known until early Tuesday after
noon that he was to speak ut the
Majestic theater Tuesday evening.
Consequently, many of his support
ers and others who wished to hear
rim did not learn of the meeting.
Those who heard him were more than
favorably impressed by his clear logic
a1d the justice of his platform plans.
He is one OF the distinguished speak
ers of the state. and it was regretted