To Congress this week went Interior Secretary Fred Seaton's plan to help depressed U.S. mining industries and also to quiet opposition to extending the reciprocal trade agreements. Under Seaton's five-year plan, which would cost an estimated $161 million the first year, the Government would pay the miners of copper, lead, zinc, tungsten and fluorspar the difference between the market price and a set "stabilization" price. To Canada and the Latin American countries that export metals to the U.S., the Seaton plan is a welcome alternative to the tariff increases they face. The increases, plus cutbacks in imports, have already stirred up...
Business: Subsidies for Miners?
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