Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1906-11-23
DEMANDS RECOGNITION
OF MINING INDUSTRY
Ex- Senator kearns Of Utah Gives
Pointed Reasons for the Creation OF
a Federal Department of Mining.

The following extracts from n letter
by Ex-senator Thomas Kearns OF
Utah, published in recent issue OF the
salt Lake Tribune. is well worth read
ing in connection with the renewed
EFFORT now being made by the Ameri-
can Mining Congress to bring about
the creation of department OF min
ing ut the coming session OF congress-.
Senator Kearns points out a fact
which Is not fully recognized. ViN.. that
the commercial prosperity OF the coun,
t,y is entirely dependent upon It's min
eral production and that without n
continued increase of that production
the business of the country must be
brought to n standstill.
The letter is in part as follows;
Il wonder II those who attempt to
look into the future and who make
mental pictures contrasting the great
ness OF this country ten or twenty
years To come with its greatness now
have proper conception Of the import
ant work the mountain states shall ex-
ert in the country's development
Il wonder IL our statesmen. our
publicists. and those who make and
administer the law realize the vast in
nuence which mineral mining in the
United States has on the country's
commerce. I wonder IL congress and
the president have shown that deep
concern for this great industry its COM
mercial importance and influence de-
serves. wonder II the people under
stand how much it contributes to their
material welfaree
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the answer must be in the negative.
And the answer itself should stimulate
action not only i'm the west. where
greater attention to the latent forces
about US should produce swifter re-
suits than elsewhere, but in the entire
business world.
1T Is not sufficient to say that the
mining industry of the United States
is The greatest. is the most important.
has the largest capital invested or is
the most progressive. for while these
things are true. il may also be said the
Industry is embryonic The country's
vast mineral resources are yet IN
touched. Mountains that yield no
profits or small profits today. under
the touch Of modern appliances and
equipment tomorrow will pour forth
great streams of wealth. And this
wealth is national wealth. This devel-
opment is national development. The
product OF this field Of industry is the
strongest pillar in the country's COM
mercial structure.
Not the most thoughtful nor the
most enthusiastic mamie who lives
among the mines and witnesses the
tremendous work already being ac-
complished i'm the west-can under
stand the importance OF all this on the
country at large. He sees cities build
4 "a with this wealth. He realizes that
Ilundteds of thousands are daily en-
Sloyed in the expanding OF the indus
try. He knows what local influence is
eNerted but its effect on the commerce
u the country generally he does not
conceive because ii is inconceivable.
There was undisputed cause for
recognition by the government Of ag-
ricultural and other industrial forces
in the establishing of national bureaus
and in the appointment OF cabinet Of
fcials 10 represent them. Is there less
reason for giving federal encourage
ment to mines and mineral develop
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