The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-02
DEPARTMENT OF
MINES IS URGED
Immense Industry Demands
Place in Cabinet, Says
House.
TWO JOINT MEMORIALS
m PROTECT LIFE AND CON-
SERVE RESOURCES.

=, aha legislature of Utah can have its
national department of mines and
- viu be created and the president
w1l appoint another member to his off
-, family. the cabinet That a depart
20, N mines and mining has long been
III. needed is a universally recognized
-, nat only in the west, but in the
--,.rn mining districts as well Every
49, +bis great industry is growing and eX-
ding and the necessity for distinct
~ cSnplete branch OF the executive
"l'u -,,ent 10 look after its welfare and
so'-lels becomes daily more urgent.
W ,be house yesterday were intro
III two vigorously worded joint me-
eu,risls Nos. and lO, OF which Mr.
I Il',. ~ If Weber is the author. These
memorials point out IN clear anu Ioree-
~ Inner the fact that the mining in
IT, 49,. is conducted in this country now
u.s. '.araless and wasteful manner and
~ offended with startling loss OF life
.cb year The application OF sclentlflc
1tb,de the memorials recite, would not
~, ,--otecf the lives and health of those
o-'- i'm mining. but as well would con-
rt79 he mineral resources of the nation.
st;ob once despoiled. can never be re
pine M memorials are self-explanatory:
Loss of Life and Waste.
..t5o,,ss iojnt memorial No. 9.-Whereas.
1,i1iIsg industry is annually adding
d,rlf- two billions Of dollars 10 the wealth
S t5o Tvnifed states, and is furnishing
,.mniovment for more than halt a million
- directly engaged in the mining IN
5l,st-t- as well as furnishing the material
bSointelv necessary to the employment
~ q sill larger additional number of men,
and ne, o,airr -
or in he
T-nited States as against 10 per LUZ IN
Tngland) through lack OF proper pre-
la,tions in mining operations, over which
NM iittje if any supervision Is exercised,
l. a disgrace TO the government, from
which The man is supposed 10 nave great
W ''-o,siderstiou than the dollar, and
..ITbereas. The product Of the mines,
hon exhausted. cannot be replaced, and
"yVbereas. The enormous waste OF metal
resources through the application of I'M
scientific methods of mining ana treat
mont and the enormously eXtraNagant
waste If fuel through both carelessness
and unscientific methods, IS a menace 10
our future Industrial growth, ana
Whereas The United States IS the only
FngIish-speaking nation IN when TINS m
norfant industry receives relatively Such
small consideration; therefore be 1t
Resolved. BY the house OF representa-
lives of the state of Utah. the senate con-
curing therein. that we urge upon the
congress Of the United States the i'm
norfance of the creation OF a department
~ mines with its head member of the
presidents cabinet, through which human
liz, may receive protection and the min
eral resources may be conserved ana pro-
duction increased through governmental
control and the application OF sclentlflc
methods and be il further
Resolved That q copy OF these resO-
lufiOus be forwarded to the senate anu
the house Of representatives of the United
States and 20 each OF our representatives
I'M the United States congress. and that
the governor Of this state be instructed TO
communicate with the president of the
United States. requesting his cO-Opefa-
ton in bringing about the creation OF a
department Of mining. through which the
mining industry NAV receive that govern
mental recognition and assistance TO
which it IS entitled as one of thu two
great productive industries Of this coun-
Try"
Honorable Sc late and House OF Repre-
sentatives OF the United States of Amer
lea. in congress assembled;
Your mam0rialist. the legislature of
the state of Utah, respectfully represents
that
trial advancement requires a continually
Increasing production Of minerals, both
Tor monetary, commercial and manufac-
turing purposes, and
whereas. In OrQFF 70 maintain a SUI
feient increase liz volume of mineral
productions it is necessary that there De
applied the highest scientific knowledge
10 the problems of ore production and
treatment. and
Whereas. The nature of these prob
ems justifies their solution for the benc-
iii Of every citizen Of the United States.
which can be best accomplished through
the governmental supervision and assist
snce Of a department Of mining, the head
n which is a member Of the presidents
cahinet: therefore be il
Resolved. BY the house of representa-
ives Of Utah. the senate concurring
herein, that We most respectfully urge
spon the congress Of the United States
he Importance Of creating a department
n mining as a separate executive depart
nent Of our national government, and
hat copy Of this memorial be forwarded
10 our senator's and representatives in
congress; and be it further
Resolved. That the governor. Of thu
state Of Utah be requested to communi-
ate with the president of the United
states requesting his cooperation in
ringing about the creation of a depart
nent OF mining through which the min
Hs industry may receive that govern
mental recognition and assistance To
shca It is entitled as one Of the two
lIeat productive Industries of this couf-