Arizona republican., 1902-03-07

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 troduced by General THE Charles H. Grosvencr GROSVENOR of Ohio. which proposes MINING to apply portion Of SCHOOL the proceeds of the MEASURE. sales of public lands to
 the endowment support and maintenance Of schools or depart ments of mining in the several states and territories in connection with the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanical arts. Inasmuch as the proceeds of public land sales in Arizona average little more than $3e,- GOO year. and the Hansbrough- New lands irrigation bill would not provide enough funds for . reservoir. in Ari- zona within fifty years. it may be taken for granted that there will be no oppo- sition in this territory to the Grosvenor bill, since the latter measure would provide substantial encoura cement to the mining industry The house com mittee on mines and mining has made a favorable report on the bill and the following is an abstract of the report:
 The purposes Of this plii is to provide means for instruction. researcn and eX- pertinent in mining, mining machinery (with the applications Of electricity thereto), mining engineering, mine ex- ploitation, metallurSy, chemistry, geO!- ogy, forestry, agricultural. engineering and road making, irrigation and irri- gation engineering and the branches of learning pertaining to such subjects.
 To accomplish this purpose the bill carries an appropriation providing fo" the payment to each state and territory in which colleges for the benefit or agriculture and the mechanical arts are now established. or may be here after esta bliShed in accordance with the provisions of an act of congress approved July ?, 1882, of the sum of S10,0G0 for the current year. and for an annual increase O: the amount of said appropriation for the ten years by an additional sum Of S1OC0 over the pre- ceding year. the annual amount to be paid thereafter to each state ana terri tory being $20.000-
 As originally drawn the bill conteu-- plated the payment of this approDria- ton only to the colleges for the benefit  with the proyiso that in states where a separate school of mines has hereto fore been established by specific act of the legislature any part or all of the appropria ton might be paid to such separate school of mines if the Iegis- lature of said state should so direct. In the course. of its invss tisation of this subject. however. the committee found that ir many states. responding to 9 local demand. the state univeT- sites, in nearly every instance en- dowed originally by federal land grant. andia every instance wholly sup ported by the state. had already es- tablished and were maintaining Ge- partments of mines and mining of the kind contemplated in the pending bill. though with inadequate equipment and support.
 Keeping in mind the purpose Of the bill which is to develop the resources and promote the industries of he coUn- try, and not to build up any Particu- lar class of schools. the committee deemed it the wiser policy 10 strength en the schools already established than to attempt to build up entirety new schools. With that end in view the committee has amended th= bill to pre- vide that in states where q mining de partment is already in operation aJ the state university, or where 8 school Of mines is maintained by the state as separate and distinct institution one-haIf of the approp1iat tion carried by this bill shall oe paid to each min ing department or school cf mines and the other half to the college for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts.
 The committee believes it is: ;.rneces- sary to present any extended argument in favor Of the adoption of this meas ure. The principle upon which the bil proceeds is one w5ich has been long established in our legisiation. the con- gress having in 1852 committed itself tl the policy of extending federal aid ii the way of grants Of public land t1 the several states fol educational pur- poses.
 The splendid success which has i. every case attended the esta biishneni of the agricultural and meehanica colleges and the invaluable work they have done in developing and increasing the agricultural wealth Of the nation have abundantIy justified the wisdom of the act which founded them- 'rh' committee believes that the passage oi this bill will do for the mining inter ests of the country what has been s, well done under the original act foI our agricultural interests It is a mat ter of common knoy-ledce that. not withstanding the great value of our mineral product. amounting iE the veal 1900 to the stuDendous aggregate of $l. 070.10S s5S, there is vet an enormous waste in the present pr1e,cs of e., tracing poth precious and colclnol minerals. There can bs TO doubt bu that scientific research. investigation and experiment will eventually deve.oI methods and processes by which :arg' part of this waste can h" avoided aus the aggregate wcaith oi tiic Uaiipi thereby vastly increased.
 II is a well recognized fact that th' science and art of agriculture in tn,