The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-23
SALT tAKERS ARE
ON THE GROUND
Active Work Begun at the Min
ing Congress.
OTHER CITIES ARE HUSTLMG
ADDRESSES OF WELCOME AND
RESPONSES.

PORTLAND. Ore, Aug. Z2.-The first
two sessions Of the American min
ing congress which assembled at the
ArmOry in this city today, adjourned
about o'clock this afternoon until
tomorrow morning at O'Clock, after
a day devoted TO listening to addresses
of welcome and tier responses, ara
the Introduction Of resolutions. 20
many Of the latter were presented
that the resolutions committee Is
flooded and VIII be unable TO make It's
first report until tomorrow afternoon
at the earliest
The report, il is expected, viii pre-
cipitate the first real display OF
strength between the delegates from
those cities striving to secure the 10
cation of permanent headquarters or
the congress This became apparent
when a resolution was introduced by
DR.. j. NJ. Buckley of Missouri, pro
posing an amendment to the charter
taking out of the hands Of the body
as a whole the selection of the con-
vention city next year, and making II
one Of the prerogatives of the board OF
directors.
Salt Lake Boomers.
Upon arrival of the Ell Paso and Salt
Lake delega tons it developed that
these cities are candidates for both
permanent headquarters and for the
next convention in case no permanent
headquarters are chosen. The Den
yer delegation. which arrived tonight
il is thought, viii also enter the strug-
gle for the alternative honor as well as
for the permanent headquarters
DR.. Buckley's resolution VIII, conse-
Quently, interfere with the plans OF
the delegations Who have come here
TO win the permanent headquarters or
Z next years location at least and VIII
( probably develop the fuII strength Of
each.
It is at Just such contests as Is at
present being waged that Dr.. Buck
/ ley's resolution Is aimed. His idea Is
that the autagonism engendered each
year is detrimental TO the best inter
ests of the organization because the
/ delegates devote their best energies
in behalf of winning for their respect
i've cities convention h0nOTs. to the
neglect of problems Of far greater i'm
/ DOrtanCe.
Cabinet Places Demanded.
President Richards in his annual
/ address today emphasized the neces-
/ sity of securing government cooper
/ alton in the mining industry in the
/ form OF a department Of mines ant
| mining He called attention 10 the
assistance the government had rem
/ dered the distribution of the public
J domain through the department or
the interior 10 the farmer through TIE
/ establishment of the department Of az
ricultuTe and 10 The remarkable woI x
already accomplished by the lew de-
/ DaTtment of commerce and labor. he
asserted that il the mining industry
would give him assistance It Wousd Ue
Z productive Of good not alone ID indy
/ idual pursuits but would affect every
! line Of Industry in the country. In
! pursuance with this idea he proposed
Z the following resolution.
BE it resolved that the American
I Mining congress in annual session as
I sembled, believing that the time has
| arrived when d department OF mines
/ ana metallurgy mining would be the
means OF placing The mining Industry
/ on a plane commensurate With IT'S
/ Importance to all industrial progress.
urges the congress of the United States
: TO at once create a department of
/ mines and mining as one Of the great
! executive branches of our govern
ment."
TOmOrrows programme includes ad-
/ dresses of Senator John II. Mitchell
] of Oregon aad Chancellor +. Benja-
/ min Andrews of the University of Ne5-
/ raska- Owing to the fact that to-
! morrow night win be the only ,ime
/ when Chancellor Andrews can re pres
( ent and I'LL his other gagemeHts, an
I evening session Of the congress VIA
| be held.