Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-23
TAFT CHIEF SPEAKER
Will Address American Mining
Congress at Chicago.
HUGE PROBLEMS TO MEET
Exhaustion Of Coal Supply in Older
Fields One of the Matters
Up for Discussion.
HUGE PROBLEMS TO MEET

CHICAGO, October 23-The Importance
of the subjects to be considered and the
notable array of prominent men who are
to lead the discussions make the four
teenth annual session Of the American
Mining Congress, which convenes here
tomorrow, the most important in the his
tory of the organization. President Taft
heads the list Of speakers. He will ad-
dress the convention next Saturday. the
closing day of the session. Others, who
have already arrived here, are Secretary
of the Interior Fisher. John Hays Ham,
mond. President B. F. Bush of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad Company. DR.. j. A.
Holmes. director Of the bureau Of mines.
and Cows. Spry Of Utah, Carey OF Wy
oming. Hawley Of Idaho and Sloan Of
Arizona.
The influx of members Of the congress,
delegates to it and visitors IL greater
than at any previous meeting Of the or
ganization. and a record attendance is
assured for the opening meeting at the
Hotel La Sale tomorrow afternoon. GOV
Deneen of Illinois and Mayor Carter H.
Harrison of Chicago will formally open the
convention with addresses of welcome.
which will be responded to by representa-
tives of every state in brief talks. The
evening will be devoted to a reception and
smoker to the members and delegates.
Waste of Mineral Resources.
Wednesday morning the actual work Of
the congress begins. One of the most i'm
portant problems to be taken up is the
movement to bring to the attention OF the
nations lawmakers the enormous waste
of the country's mineral resources. The
waste of coal in the, states where the
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mined will be particularly emphasized
and the federal government asked to pre-
vent continuance of the loss. This is
the extension of the spirit OF ''conserva-
ton to the mining world.
1t is hoped at this session to accom-
plish much through the bureau of MINES.
The latter was created after strenuous
campaign for its establishment by the
mining congress. 1t was organized to
bring about greater safety and eff
work is well established. the initial APP
preparations for its support having been
made specifically for the conservation OF
human life. Its work for efficiency has
not been organized and the mining con-
gress will take up at this convention the
matter of urging Congress to make proper
appropriations for Investigations to this
end.
reau, who is a member of the congress
and will deliver an illustrated lecture on
Coal Problems" tdoya declared the end
of the coal supply is already in sight in
certain important districts. He gives 2U
years as the life of the coal beds IL the
rate of increasing consumption during the
past century is maintained. Among the
states he names as first to feel the effect
of the fuel exhaustion are Pennsylvania,
Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio. and Iowa
located near great manufacturing and
transportation centers, upon whose sup
plies 1.-The largest drains are being made
both in use and the waste of essential
resources
The first complete public exploitation of
the conclusions reached by Secretary OF
the Interior Fisher as a result of his Alas
kan trip will probably take place at this
meeting. Martin ID. Foster. chairman OF
the House committee on mines and min
ing, will, tell Of THE Relation of Congress
to the Mining Industry"
The four governors attending the
meeting-Spry, Carey, Hawley and Sloan
of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona.
respectively-will lead the discussion of
the Public Lands Question of the
West" They come to the convention
supported by strong contingents of out
spoken delegates from west of the Mis-
sissippi, and their views will be given
i'm definite terms.