Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-30
RY LANES MYNKoOP

The report of the resolutions COM
mittee to the American Mining con-
gress delegates on a number of reso-
lutions bearing upon conservation of
natural resources was made yester-
day morning. This report favored
conservation in many respects, but OPP
| posed the leasing system in the min
| ing of minerals.
The report was not received with
enthusiasm, as many opponents of the
Pinchot policies believed it would be.
While the report, containing several
resolutions, was adopted at the after
noon session, it was done, apparently,
because the delegates were Influenced
by a committee which, 1t was common
talk in the convention hall, had taken
the extreme side of the matter of con-
servation rather than a course that,
being broad minded, would result in
the greatest good for mining men.
Generally speaking, the delegates be-
lieve in conservation as outlined by
Pinchot and which will be applied by
the national government, eventually
will be Of great benefit to the mining
industry.
AS Mr.. Pinchot said in his speech
Monday night, whether the mining
men, the big interests and the rest of
the opposition like it or not, conser-
walton is going to be put in force
throughout the land and it would be
wise for mining men to take the side
of the conservationists and offer them
advice and help and not be on the los
ing side, thus vitiating the chagrin of
defeat.
The people are aroused over the mat
ter OF conservation and all the people
are greater than any one industry,
even if that industry is the richest in
the country-mining. Mr.. Pinchot
pleaded with the mining men to help
the conservationists and not to oppose
them-for their own good If for moth
ing else.
DIRECTORS ELECTED
The mining men are doomed to de-
feat it seems, If they take the side
of the opposition, but this defeat will
not be on account of the industry but
of the large interests which have taken
advantage of the government through
acquiring large tracts of mineral bear
ing land, extracting therefrom great
wealth for the purpose of building up
big fortunes and thereby impoverish--
ing thousands. Some of the biggest
and most intelligent mining men in
the west believe that, If conservation
must come, Mr.. Pinchot'S policy is
best-that Of federal control of the
natural resources now upon the gov
ernment domain. If state control
policy is adopted or the present mining
laws kept intact, laws which the min
ing congress reports are obsolete and
bad in almost every respect, the result
can be nothing but monopolies con-
trolled by few big interests
At the session last night the chief
business was the election OF five direc-
tors to dll vacancies on the board,
which comprises nine members in all.
The directors chosen are among the
most representative mining men of the
country and are John Dern of Salt
Lake city, Utah, who will serve for a
term of one year; DR.. r. r. Buckley
of Missouri for two years; Il. A. Mont
gomery OF Los Angeles, for two years;
c. A. Barlow of Bakersfield, for three
years, and L. w. Powell of Arizona,
for three years.
MAY MOVE HEADQUARTERS
As there has been much dissasisfac-
ton on the part of the officers of the
congress with regard to maintaining
headquarters in Denver on account OF
the fact that that city had not fulfilled
its financial obligations, 1t was advised
at the meeting last night that the mat
officials of the city of Denver and IT,
these obligations are not fulfilled that
the congress movs its headquarters to
another state and city. Dern of Salt
Lake City said that he had already pre-
sented the matter to the city council
of Salt Lake and that the city had
offered to donate a lot opposite the city
and county building there worth $50
900. and that Salt Lake was very anx-
ious to secure the permanent head
quarters of the congress.
1t was said at the meeting that Seat
tie was also anxious to secure them
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