The border vidette., 1933-09-23
THE PRESIDENTS NEXT MOVE
FOR THE COPPER WORKERS

AeVOoOVO1S u0y hiHk0 OSsuOl 10
vitalization or continued stagna
ton of Yavapai county.
Since this county is 80 largely
dependent for its prosperity, and
ability to perform all the fuctions
vital for the welfare of its resi-
dents. upon the operation of cop
per mines, further delay on the
part of the administration will
sink US deeper into the mire of
our imposed lethsrRy.
In their memorial to President
Roosevelt. to governors of IA
copper producing states. to mem
bers of Congress and TO employees
Of other companies the United
Verde workers have clearly stat
ed irrefutable facts.
They are:
l. The export market of Am
erican copper producers has dis
appeared, beyond recapture.
2. A high tariff or embargo
would restart American produc-
ers.
3. Production Of copper would
not be deferred by by q continua
ton of depressed conditions.
! 4. President Roosevelt has
within his power under the Ma
tional Industrial Recovery act
| (NIRA) the power to impose
such . tariff or embargo.
II has been authoritatively
stated that the present world
market can be supplied by either
of four of the African copper
mines-Mufulira, Rhokana, Kat
anga. or Roam Antelope, that
these mines have ore of higher
grade and can be operated more
easily and cheaply than those in
! the United States.
Let US not delude ourselves
into believing that q high tariff
wall or an embargo would be a
boomerang.
There is no wayssthat the ex
port market can be recaptured
and it is better to forget that it
ever was available or now exists.
Let America be forced to buy
American copper and the mices
may open.
Copper consumption, finding
greater and wider use in indus.
try. in homes, in utensils in vari
Gus and sundry uses developed
by engineers, is showing an in.
crease. The day may come. as
it already has for experimental
purposes, when all copper homes
may be built.
How could foreign copper be
kept out of our markets?
| Under sections Of che MIRA,
the President is empowered after
due Investigation and where an
industry is faced with extinction,
to invoke either an embargo or
rear tariff wall for the protec
tion of that industry.
This is PRECISELY what the
Journal-Miner asks.
A four cent tariff now in effect
is woefully inadequate in view
of the low producing costs of
foreign operators and the depre
ciated state of United States
currency.
The copper industry is not
fighting for temporarily alleviat
ing measures. The copper in
dustry will not revive, it dare
not. and it will not, until it has
been given an opportunity to re.
sumo operations on q basis hold.
ing some hope of profit.
Government aid for the copper
industry is not bid for support
of individual companies. When
the Journal-Miner fosters an
mbargo or tariff to keep out
foreign competition, it gives
voice to the cry for the prosper
ity of the West.
Specifically, 1t seeks the pros
perity ia Northern Arizona.
Until the copper companies
start operations, which means
that until copper may be mined,
produced and sold at . profit,
Yavapai county. and Northern
Arizona, will pever recover from
the depression.
In 80 far as the copper indus
try is concerned. the rest of the
world has ceased to exist. For
too long this nation has been a
big brother to other nations,
while We have neglected to
straighten our own necktie.
Here is a vital. tremendous
and life given-industry in our
midst facing not possible but