The San Francisco call., 1903-09-09
Secretary Shaw Favors the
Creation of a Mining
Bureau.

resolutions thanking President Roosevelt
for his recognition of the congress in
sending Secretary Shaw to represent him
before It.
The Secretary was scheduled to address
the congress on The Mining Industry
and Its Relation to American Finances"
He said he wished to correct the inn
preston that he was to deliver an ad-
dress because he really did rot know
anything about mining. We make a mis-
take. he said, il We estimate the import
ance of our different industries according
to their relative products.
He referred to the necessitv of in
creased markets for our products saying
he would rather have the market of the
United States than all of the markets of
the rest of the world: would rather have
the productive capacity of the United
States than the productive capacity of
nearly al the rest of the world He said
we have to get some more markets for
our products. AS to how many more mar
kets are to be created he pointed to the
countries lying to the south of the United
States and said in his judgment the Gov
ernment could. without paternalism. en-
courage installation of greater steamship
lines as it had aided two great railroads
to the Pacific Coast, and which would be
certain measure for the increase of our
markets.
FAVORS MINING BUREAU.
Abiding TO that portion of President
| Richards annual address in which he
urged the creation of a department of
mines and mining, Secretary Shaw said
he was heartily in favor of the Govern
ment doing everything it can. short Of
paternalism. in support of the mining in
dustry of the country He would not,
however have the gentlemen of this con-
Ngress go away with the idea that he
advocated the formation of a special de-
partment of mining, with representation
in the Cabinet suggesting that its needs
could properly be attended to through
a bureau, which should form part of the
Department of Commerce and Labor and
pointing out how other important indus
tries had been taken care of in the same
manner.
Secretary Shaw said in part:
II is an error 10 rate the Importance of our
mahy Industries according to their relative pro-
ductiveness Our factories ana WORKSHOPS pro
: S. OOO OOO coo; factory. 81. OOo 0OOOVo anu
/ mines 81. COO. 600 o00 about equally DIVIDED pc
} tween metallic and nOn-metalhc products. 1el'
} II must occur to all that manufacture-appar-
I entity our greatest wealth producing industry
IS dependent upon iron, copper lead, zinc and
I teresfs would dwindle into insgnifcance but
SMsnufacture is equally dependent upon agri-
culture for cotton, fax. wool and other prod
Industrial end financial supremacy is, there
fore. not dependent upon any one fact or In
we produce practically 80, COO, 600 tos of iron
& ore as much as any other two countries and
one-third Of the worlds output.
We produce 40 per cent Of the worlds output
of iron and steel. During the first half of 1905
we produced nearly 100000 tons of pigiron.
We produce more coal than Great Britain;
/ more than twice much Germany. and
nearly double that OF all countries except Great
: Britain and Germany.
We grow three-fourths of the worlds cotton
fibre and our ability to produce this staple is
far above the present product
GREATNESS OF AMERICA.
! A peoples prosperity is not measured by its
apacity TO produce more than by its capacity
10 consume, and this capacity 20 consume is in
! turn dependent upon the earning capacity Of
the Individual and the earning capacity Of the
individual is again dependent upon native and
acquired ability So IL America be great. it is
because God in His wisdom stored the noun l
4 tains with. the richest minerals, overiaid the
I valleys with most fertile soil and then gave
, II TO people competent. in some slight degree
I at least to improve their opportunities.
The congress was called to order by the
president. Hon. j. H. Richards of Boise,
Idaho in the rink at 10 o'clock this morn
ing The rink holds 800 persons and it
was occupied almost entirely by dele
gates, who represented most of the States
of the Union. Prayer was offered by
Bishop John Stariha of Lead. S. D.
Addresses were made on behalf of the
on behalf of the city of Deadwood by
Mayor Mcdonald.
President Richards responded in the
name Of the American Mining Congress,
! and other responses were made by num-
! Der of delegates.
At the afternoon session President Rich
ards in his annual address made a con-
vinclng argument for asking that Con-
gress pass a law creating a department
of mines and mining with Cabinet rep
resentative. He recommended that action
to the establishment of perma nent home
for the organization and permanent
working staff
Other addresses at the afternoon ses-
sion were by Edward F. Brown of Den
! yer on "Incorrectness of Government
| Mining Statistics and Nelson II. Darton,
Washington, D. c., on Work of the Geo
logical Survey In the Black Hills"
At the night session the following pa
pers were read:
Dr. J. E. Todd, State Geologist of South
| Dr. James D. Irving, Washington. D. c..
on "Ore Deposits of the Northern Black
/ Hills" and James w. Abbott, Denver, on
/ Good Roads for Mines"
Wednesday forenoon the congress will
! move to Lead and hold morning, noon
and evening sessions there.
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