The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-30
Congress at Los Angeles De-
clares in Favor of State
Control of Water Power and
All Other Natural Resources.
ATTITUDE OF COLONEL
ROOSEVELT DENOUNCED
Report Of the Committee on
Alaska Mining Laws AdvO-
Gates Immediate Opening of
Vast Coal Fields in North,
SLAP At LOUIS r. CLAWS

I o. ANGELES, sept. 2n.-The Amer
lean Mining congress placed itself
ON record today ~ opposed Go the
Roo-cv~it and Piuchot conservation
policies, and ny n vote that vfrtuaIiy
vas unanimous declared IN favor OF
state control OF wnfcr power and all
other natural resources. NJ against fed
~rui control
- Indicative ~ the attitude and sen
timcrt 81 the delegates IN the matter Of
national conservation OF natural re-
sources the congress accepted report
81 the committee Alaska mining
laws. In which T. r. CLAWS the land
office special agent dismissed nv Sec
rotary BaiiinEcr, was aftnci-cd. nnd np-
pi-ud~d n delegate who denounced
COLONEL Hooscvrlt's attitude on conser-
walton.
This delegate. i. a. Wri Eht OF Search
lght. New. paid tribute 10 clifford Pin
chot AZ an honest and sincere man.
But nc added that the sume could not
Do said OF many OF tho other prominent
sorVafionistg. chief ar~oug them be-
ing "a recent occupant % tire White
cral revenues. raised government cx-
penditures % an amount that equalled
the entire amount Of The national debt
a.nd made the presidential office cost
the people Sl25.oOo a year"
mo 1ro-conservatio delegates be-
San losing heart Ions before the reso-
buttons committee submitted ftg report.
ana when re was read and showed that
the committee had gone much further
than any one expected I'm declaring FOR
absolute state control. they backed
down entirely. and but ono or two fee
bic protests were raised against tho
adoption Of the report
Report on Alaska.
Next & the state conservation stand
90 which the resolutions nfed~cf M.
congress. greatest interest WAS aroused
by tho report of the Alaska mining laws
committee which advocated frrrn~-ifrto
opening Or the vast coal fields beyond
VIC Arctic circle. denounced tho nro-
posed leasing system as confircnfory
and unjust 90 legitimate claimants. and
declared Tor more home rule md less
interference from Washington fn the
affairs OF the northern tcrritoy''
lndorgcmcnt OF President Taft. was "a
Norcd br THE committee. which ~cr-fe-
tered It's objection t0 tho federal land
office acting in the triple role ~ do
lectivo. proprietor and judge" in the
matter ~ coal inns.
Referring to the activities OF Tho land
nihcc agents the report saws that MANY
of the special agents had not visited
Alaska. hut had written their reports
On Alaska In Seattle. and stating that
known that Special Agents T. r. CLAWS
and Horace n. Jones. whose attarIrs or,
the interests and integrity OF Afagi,a ns
have been so widely quoted. have never
been within 900 miles Of tho coal fields
Of Alaska
Tho congress elected the following
five Of nine directors tonight. John
Dcrn. salt Lake. one year. Or T. n
Buckley, Koila. No. and T.. g. Mont
Eomery. Los Angeles. two years. g. A.
Powell. Tucson. Ariz-. three years.
Tho opinion was generally expressed
tonight that Mr.. bern Will be chosen
president ~ the board.