The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-24
INNING CONGRESS
| HELD IN CHICAGO
President Taft and Other
Prominent Men Are to
Deliver Addresses.

Deliver Addresses.
CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-The importance
of the subjects to be considered and
the notable array of prominent men
! who are to lead the discussions make
the fourteenth annual session of the
American Mining congress, which con-
venes here tomorrow, the most import
ant in the history of the organization.
President Taft heads the list of speak
ers. He will address the convention
next Saturday, the closing day of the
session. Others, who have already ar
rived here, are Secretary of the Inte-
rior Fisher, John Hays Hammond,
President B. F. Bush of the Missouri
Pacific railroad; DR.. J. A. Holmes, di-
rector of the bureau of mines, and
Governors Spry, of Utah; Carey, of
Wyoming; Hawley, of Idaho, and
Sloan, of Arizona.
Statesmen to Attend.
The influx of members of congress,
delegates to it and visitors is greater
than at any previous meeting of the
organization, and a record attendance
is assured for the opening meetings at
the Hotel La Sale tomorrow after
noon. Governor Deneen of Illinois
and Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chi
cago will formally open the conven-
ton with addresses of welcome which
will be responded to by representa-
ttves of every state in brief talks. The
evening will be devoted to recep-
ton and smoker to the members and
delegates.
Wednesday morning the actual work
of the congress begins. One of the
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 vast beds OF
fuel are being extensively mined, will
be particularly emphasized and the
federal government asked to prevent
a 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 &C
complish much through the bureau of
mines. The latter was created after
strenuous campaign for it's estab-
lishment by the mining congress. 1t
was organized to bring about greater
safety and efficiency" in mining. The
first phase of it's work is we'll estab-
lished, the initial appropriations for
it's support having been made specifi-
cally for the conservation of human
life. It's 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 investiga-
tons to this end.
To Speak on Coal.
DR.. J. A. Holmes, director of the
bureau, who is a member of the con-
gress and will deliver an illustrated
lecture on Goal Problems" today de-
clared the end of the coal supply is
already in sight in certain important
districts. He gives 200 years as the
life of the coal beds if the rate of in
creasing consumption during the past
century is maintained. Among the
effect of the fuel exhaustion are Penn
sylvania, Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio
and Iowa, located near great manufac-
turing and transportation centers,
upon whose supplies "the largest
drains are being made-both in use
and the waste of essential resources"
The first complete public exploita-
ton Of the conclusions reached by
Secretary of the Interior Fisher as a
result of his Alaskan trip will prob !
ably take place at this meeting. Mar
tin D. Foster, chairman of the house
committee on mines and mining, will
tell of 1.-THE Relation of Congress to
the Mining Industry"
The four governors attending the
Carey, Hawley and
Sloan, of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and
Arizana respectively-will lead the
discussion of the Public Lands Cues
tons of the West" They come to the
convention supported by strong con-
tingents of outspoken delegates from
west of the Mississippi and their
views will be given in definite terms.
In addition to taking up the questions
of policy for the opening up of Alas
ka and the public lands of the west,
and the general problems of the BIZ
luminous coal mining industry, as in
tensified by the demand for better
walton of fuel resources, will be an