The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-26
MINING CONGRESS
REVIEWED BY DERV
Salt Lake Man Makes SuggeS-
tions for Putting Business
on a Better Basis.
SOME BIG QUESTIONS
President of Congress Takes
Broad View of ConSerVa-
ton and Forest Service.
SOME BIG QUESTIONS

CHICAGO. Oct 25.-The American
Mining congress today adopted rcsolu-
tious indorsing the deep %aler"'SS
movement: recommcndlns thc passmstt ZION ~
act and urging a modification OF tn'
Shern1an act TO permit reasonable agree
mcnts between coal operators, -. cy,v
President John Dcrn of salt Lake ,llS
polntcd out tho need Of speClai con-
gressional committee 10 investigate AlaS-
kan conditions and to rcc9mmend nj q
proper adjudication OF the lah'S an"
mineral con troversy there ,,s
Tho congress refused 10 declare itseit
for employers liability legislation
President Dorm reviewed mining con
dilions Of the last year and made nu-
merous suggestions for putting the IN
duatry on a soundcr basis. First. tne
no greater service" he said. than TO
eliminate mining frauds and 10 see t.sl s
the investor gets square doal. 10 ,s ,nis
end we are desirous that INC eastern
coal miners should ally themselves more
heartily with the western metal miners
Their interests are Identical ana IN inc
union would be found the strength 10
carry ont tho reforms the congress has
undertaken.
Situation IN Alaska.
.'Thc true status of the Alaskan sit
uation aeems hard TO find out. The con-
flictinG statements received ere h1sSon-
ccrtinG TO n man who is trying 10 Keep
himself I'm n judicial frame OF mind.
What We need more than anything else
is accurate, reliable. unbiased informa :
iion. | am convinced tho United states
government win do justice to Alaska
as soon as it has indiaputa ble data. about
actual conditions.
IAN npproprIatc step 10 acquire this
information would be the appointment oil
There can he no real objection 10 Il
national forestry policy, We give our
unqualified approval to any we'll directed
efforts to prevent fores. fires and avoid
damage from injudicious de-forosta ton.
Il do not believe the majority Of west
crn men arc impressed With the wisdom
Of a plan 10 lease coal and oil lands.
What 10 do with our water powers is
harder question, The most important
thing is not 10 make these water powers
source OF revenue to the government
but TO provide that tho water can be
obtained Nv those who need ii al the low
est possible rates.
Waste in Mining
''rhero is a broad conservation that
has particular force in tho mining in
dustry. The waste in mining Is some
waste IT cannot be replaced ] have
heard that 90 per cent OF coal is left
in tho mines because II does not pay 10
clean up Accordingly We are wasting
year"
John, II. jones Of Pittshurg submitted
n report from the committee appointed
a year ago TO inquire into the subject
90. Bartlett or Cleveland discussed
the committee report. Horace J.. Steven
of uoughton. Mich. spoke on THE Cop
per Industry and T, Poole Maynard of
atlanta. Ga. read n paper on the cement
industry in the south.
The relation OF congress 10 the min
Ing industry was also considered John
Hays Hammond submitted report from
the committee on federal legislation. and
Representative Martin u Foster. chair
man of tho mines and mining committee
Of the house, spoke
Trouble Predicted
4 prediction OF Industrial warfare and
dissolution OF organized coal mining next
spring was made by -. w Kuhn Of
I'ittsburg in a paper read by i. w. War
drop of Plttsburg. The paper said
'For The last four years the coal op-
orator has met every condition the coun-
iry. sought TO put ON him. and he has
failed. The losses from operations can
not be continued longer and the crisis
is at hand.
In my opinion. next spring, al the pc =
riod or wage settlement with the miners
all over the country, there viii begin
one OF the worst industrial warfares this
country ever has witnessed We will
have a feast of competition The con-
sumers OF fuel will compete with each
other for coal when there is no coal to
nc had. Tho miner will compete with the
opera tor. pitting his stomach against tho
endurance OF the opcrator-an cndur-
ance of despair
And IL II docs come the blame HE
vengeful blame OF the people viii be
placed where il bclongS-on the govern
ment and on the weakliDg coal oDora So
tors, for the blind and Indifferent coun-
sci OF the one and the irresolute weakness
OF the other"
Hnmn VJEifnrOr