Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-05

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the remedy par-exccllencc and can
be depended upon every time. All
! Drug Stores 25c.
| Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor.
| william and Ann Streets. New York.
be permitted to earn more than
fair rate Of interest upon the cash,
/ value of this property, and that 4 per
! cent Is q fair rate of~ interest, and
| hence the maximum permissible inter-
oston such nvestments,.is inconsistent
! with the higher rates of interest from
i other kinds Of Investments. In 1900
/ the farmers of this country received
1 the return of per cent on the values
/ of their farmsin that year; the manu-
l facturers enjoyed in the same year a
| net return Of 1914 per cent, while the
! average net return upon railroad in
| vestments was scarcely per cent.
Let us not forget that we are Just
beginning to realize the possibilities
| in this country's growth and the trans
| portation facilities should be such as
| to aid rather than retard this Develop.
| ment. There are too many factors Of.
| uncertainty to permit our dealing IN
| specific prophecies, but the best stalls.
ticians OF the country give the United
| States 20 years hence l92s) a popula-
ton Of 11i000,0O0 people, and yearly
| coal production at the time to be haui-
| ed by the railroads of about loo, o0O,0 900
| tons"
| Following short business session
| this morning Il number OF well known
men discussed the duty OF the federal
| and state governments in relation to
| the mining industry.
Gov. Dawson of West Virginia, in q
taI no
firing shots in the mine and the eni-
ployment Of experienced miners.
Congressman w. +. Englebiight OF
Nevada City, Cal, made an address on
Regulating the Mining Industry.
SENATOR DICKS VIEWS.
United States Senator Charles Dick
of Ohio spoke on the relation of the
federal government to mining. He cited
statistics showing that the death roll
from mine accidents for the last "
years was 22,S40, OF which probably
half have been killed during the last
six years.
senator Dick spoke in part as fol-
lows:
"In favoring the establishment of a
bureau of mines and mining those IN
sterested in the mining industries are
seeking to promote better conditions
and to minimize those agencies 50 de-
structive to human life. incident to the
evolution of our gigantic and ever-lll-
creasing Industrial ana commercial
enterprises.
1.-THE coal mines of the United States
are killing over three times as many
men per 1000 men employed as the
coal mines or France and Belgium.
and two and one-half times as many as
are killed In the coal mines OF Great
Britain In all the coal producing
~, at 1a fha h1S
increased greatly In the past 10 years,
but the United States is the only
country where tho number OF men kill
ed per each 1000 employed has also in
creased. In every European country
there has been a marked decrease in
coal mine accidents. The decrease has
not been due alone to the inspection
and supervision maintained by mining
bureaus, but has been made possible
because they as nations have main
tanned splendidly equipped testing sta
tons such as the federal government is
installing here In Pittsburg, where eH-
ahaustive experiments have been carried
on to test the explosives and safety ap-
planes
.Many practical coal miners of long
experience have long refused to be-
lieve that coal dust Is explosive. TWen-
ty specimens gathered in Ohio coai
mines We're submitted recently 10 the
United States testing station, and every
one was ignited by the powde: and eX-
ploded with terrific force. 1t is by such
experiments rs this that q great many
accidents can and will, in the future,
be avoided,
"rhe function, thet,, OF The federal
government in relation to mining :
thorough scientific Investigations ana
publishing Of Information concerning
the explosives used in The mines. and
the conditions under which they can
be safely used in the presence OF coal
dust or gas, and also concerning other
conditions which will make mining
safer.
"Wliiie such information can give no
warrant To Congress 10 legisate on the
subject, 1t unduestionably VIII compel
state legislation, OF. Will result in mu-
tual agreement and co-operation be-
tween the operators and miners for the |
Accomplishment of the same end
There is no other country in the |
world where the natural conditions are
so favorable for mining coal safely as |
in the United States. | have great con-
ndeuce that the investigation into this [
subject now being made by the federal |
government will be rewarded by many |
human lives saved and men kept from |
being MANNED and crippled
Senator Dick also urged the necessity |
of conserving the nations fuel re-
sources called attention to the present |
waste and said experiments now being |
made by the government undoubtedly |
would do much TO solve this problem |
by devising means for utilizing all the |
power contained in the fuel used
COAL INDUSTRY.
A discussion of the problems OF the
coal Industry occupied the afternoon !
session of the mining congres,
Or. ]. G. White, state geologist OF |
West Virginia, made an important ad-
dress.
III was formerly supposed. said Mr..
White. that the several coal forna- /
lions of the Appalachian region would |
hold coal of commercial value over the
entire field Your speaker pointed OUT |
many Years ago that this was a grave
mistake. over q belt having width I
Of SO miles at the Pittsburg end, and
practically the same on the Big Sandy.
and swelling out to 100 miles or more