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Was Given a Henrty Welcome and a
Rising Vote of Thanks Wnen He
Concluded His speech.
PLAIN TALK TO THE CONGRESS
CREATION OF ANOTHER CABINET
POSITION OPPOSED.
Mining Interests, the Secretary
Thought. should BE Satisfied with
Bureau Under CortclyOu.

DEADwOOD. S. D.. Sept. S.-The Ameri-
can Mining Congress to-day began the ac-
tuaI work of its sixth annual session. in
terest centering In an address by the Hon.
Leslie NJ. Shaw, secretary of the United
States treasury. who, however, did not
speak until towards the close Of the after
noon session. The secretary was given a
warm welcome by delegates. who frequent
~ applauded his statements. and when he
finished speaking gave him rising vote
Of thanks and three rousing cheers. The
congress also unanimously elected him an
honorary member and appointed a COM
mittee OF three to draft resolutions thank
ing President Roosevelt for his recogni-
ton Of the congress in sending Secretary
Shaw to represent him before it, an en-
crossed copy to be sent to the President.
According to announcement. Secretary
Shaw was scheduled to address the con-
gress on the question of THE Mining In
dustry and Its Relation to American
Finances" He said ne wished to correct
the impression that ne was to deliver an
address, because he really did not know
anything about mining. I'VE make mis-
take" he said, IF we estimate the impor-
lance of our different industries according
to their apparent relative products He
referred to the necessity OF increased mar
kets fo~ our products, saying he would
rather nave the market of the United States
than all the markets OF the rest OF the
world would rather have the productive
capacity OF the United States than the
productive capacity OF nearly all the rest
OF the world. He said We have TO get some
markets for our products AS to how many
more markets are to be created, he point
ed 10 the countries lying to the south Of
the United States and said in his Judgment
the government could. without DaternaliSm.
encourage installation OF great steamship
lines. In which IL had aided il two great
would be a certain measure for the in
crease or our markets.
OPPOSED TO NEW OFFICE.
Abiding to that portion of President Rich
ardss annual address in which he urged
the creation of department of mines and
mining Secretary Shaw said he was heartily
In favor OF the government doing every
thing IL can, short of paternalism. in sup
port of the mining industry of the country.
He would not, however, have the gentle
men or this congress go away with the idea
that he advocated the formation of a spe-
cial department for mining. with repre-
sentation in the Cabinet. suggesting that its
needs could fully and properly be attended
TO through bureau which should form
part OF the Department of Commerce and
Labor and pointing out how other important
same manner.
Continuing Secretary Shaw said: 'It is
an error to rate the Importance of our
many industries according to their rela-
tive productiveness. Our factories and
workshops produced $4,000, 100000 gross in
1900; agriculture. $4,000, 100000; forestry, 81
OO0,000,000, and mines, sl.000,000,00 about
equally divided between metallic and nom
metallic products. Yet. IL must occur to all
that manufacture-apparently our greatest
wealth producing industry-is dependent
upon iron, copper lead. zinc and other
metals. and equally upon coal and other
nonmetallic minerals. Our manufacturing
interests would dwindle into insignihcance
but for mines.
Manufacture is equally dependent upon
agriculture for cotton, flax, wool and other
products of the field and herd. Our COM
mercial, Industrial and financial supremacy
Is. therefore. not dependent upon any one
fact; or interest. or condition, but upon all
I'VE produce practically 30.O0O,O00 tons of
iron ore-as much as any other two coun-
tries and one-third of the worlds output
I'VE produce 40 per cent. of the worlds
output OF iron and steel During the first
half of 1903 We produced nearly 10OOO.00O
tons of pig iron.
I'VE produce more coal than Great Brit
ain. more than twice as much as Germany
and nearly double that of all countries ex-
ccpt Great Britain and Germany.
We grow three-fourths of the worlds cot
ton hbre and our ability to produce this
staple is far above the present product.
"A peoples prosperity not measured by
its capacity To produce more than by its
capacity 10 consume, and this capacity To
consume is in turn dependent upon the earn
ing capacity OF the individual, and the earn
ing capacity of the individual is again de-
pendent upon native aud acquired ability.
So IL America be great. ii is because God.
in his wisdom, stored the mountains with
the richest minerals. overlaid the valleys
with most fertile soil and then gave il to
people competent. in some slight degree at
least. to improve their opportunities"
The congress was called TO order by the
president. Hon. j. II. Richards. of Boise.
Idaho. in the rink at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. The rink holds 500 persons and il
occupied almost entirely by delegates who
represented most OF the States of the Union
end representatives of the mining in this
country. many of whom were accompanied
by their wives.
President Richards. i'm his annual address.
made a convincing argument for asking that
Congress PASS n law creating department
of mines and mining. with Cabinet rep
rpscntative. He recommended that action
be taken by the mining congress looking to
the establishment of permanent home
for the organization and permanent working
stan. He said that great mining univer
sity. endowed with millions, should be es
taflishcd.