Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-01

Ferguson said he hoped to obtain a
special order and Immediately the
adoption of the resolution, but ne
| did not ask this on the floor, and the
paper went to committee without com
ment.
The first report of the committee on
resolutions proved distinct dlsap-
pontment to such of the delegates as
were expecting the opening for debate
of anv subjects on which contests are
expected. But two of the score or
more resolutions offered were brought
out of committee, both on routine mat
ters.
Fight Anticipated
The care with which the resolutions
committee is considering its report
makes it certain the adoption or any
expression of a critical nature Whlch
might be applied to federal or state
! officials will be accomplished only atter
a fight on the floor.
Among the resolutions offered today
was one prepared by Senator New
lands, which declared that the mining
congress would accept the efforts of
congress to establish a mining bureau
only as a step toward the organization
| of department of mines.
Another resolution by the same au-
thor called for the Endorsement of the
inland waterways commissions plans.
The one resolution adopted today
was that offered by James Irving OF
California, urging the safeguarding of
| desert water supplies and the placing
of metal guideposts to point the way
to these.
Following the reading of the report
of the committee on the vertical side
line law. which heartily indorsed the
application of some adaptation of this
! rule to American mining laws.
! DR.. w. r. Ingalls, of New York re-
ported progress for the committee on
| the revision of mining laws. The full
| report, he said, might not be ready un-
til next year.
Samuel A. Taylor of Pitteburg made
a similar statement in regard to the
committee on coal tax insurance and
read paper dealing with insurance
and mine accidents.
Ross Causes Laughter
Mr.. Taylor was followed by David
Ross, who caused laughter by charac-
terizing Goldfield as an advertising
monopoly
Mr.. Ross read his paper on mine
accident insurance, and that of Glenn
w. Traer of Chicago, on the same sub
ject, was read by title. Mr.. Traer be-
ing absent
"There is rapidly growing belief
that society as a WnOle SnOulQ pear
the burden of industrial injuries and
the great industrial and humane prob
lem to be worked out in how to dis
tribut the burden equitably," was the
conclusion reached by Mr.. Traer, in his
speech on Insurance and Mine Acct
dents" before the American Mining con-
gress here today.
"a general practice of mine employees
carrying collective accident insurance
for themselves in adequate amounts
would be highly commendable," he
said, because it, would relieve a vast
amount OF misery and the distressing
effects Of abject poverty as we'll as
beget or increase a tendency to thrift
But that question should be settled
voluntarily by employees themselves.
Requiring an employer to furnish
accident insurance for his employees
would be merely an indirect form of
compulsory compensation from en-
ployer to employe for all personal in
| juries"
The speaker said the tendency in
recent years on the part of the courts
and legislatures had been toward a
] broadening of the SCOPE of EMPLOYERS