The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
NOT AGREED AS To
TESTING STATION
Animated Discussion in Com
mercial Club as TO AdviSa-
bility of Plan.
ACTION IS POSTPONED
Citizens a Unit in Working
for Brigade Post at
Fort Douglas.
ACTION IS POSTPONED

At the regular monthlv general mem
borship meeting Of the Commercial club
last night resolution seeking Inc
support of the club for Il memorial TO
congress TO appropriate money for tue
establishment OF an protesting station
mt Salt Lake titN was introduced. Nc-
tion on the resolution was deferred Tor
a period Of two weeks, the date to be
definitely fixed by the committee on
mining.
The postponemcut Of the resolution
was unanimously agreed to for the rea'
son that there is difference or oplh-
ION between mine owners and private
aSsavers OIL the question and IT was lett
the matter should be made tho SUBJECT
of n special meeting in which botn sizes
might he well represented.
Text Of Resolution,
Following is the text OF the feso-
luton:
Whereas. The American Mining con-
gress At its last annual session passed u
resolution asking the congress OF tne
United States TO enlarge the scope OF inc
United States bureau Of mines by cs,
tablishing under its auspices experimental
and ore testing stations. thus aroroing
the mining industry the same encourage
ment and treatment at the hands oil the
general government as is given the agri-
cultural industry, and tina, an approprlh-
tion sufficient 10 carry out the enlarged
functions of the United States bureau OF
mines be made.
bureau Is confined To the coal mining in
dustry. and should be equally devoted 10
the advancement of the metal mining In
tcreStS, and
Whereas, Salt Lake City is the center
OF activity OF tho mining and smelling
industry OF the United States: therefore
be II
Resolved, That the Salt Lake CONNER
cial club, by it's assembled membership.
give its Endorsement 20 the general idea
Of the establishment Of government orc
testing stations: be 1t further
Resolved, That the congress Of the
United States he and Is hereby memorial
lied 10 appropriate for the use OF the
bureau OF mines the sum OF five hundred
thousand (S500.600) dollars for such ex-
permental purposes and that II enact n
law providing for the establishing OF such
ore-tcsting station at Salt Lake City,
Utah. be il further
Resolved, That a copy OF this resolu-
ton be forwarded 10 Senator Reed Smoot,
Senator George Sutherland and Con-
ton TO congress. and that these mem
bers of the Utah congressional dclega-
tion be earnestly urged to use all ener-
getic and honorable means 10 bring about
the aforesaid results. be II further
Resolved. That n committee of two be
appointed by the board OF governors OF
the Commercial club to bring this rcSo-
luton to the attention of individual rep
rcsentatives in congress and use all hon
orable means 10 procure legislation neces-
sary, 10 bring about the purpose OF this
resolution.
Action Is Deferred.
In presenting the resolution on be
half of the committee on mines Harry
Joseph asked that the matter be de-
ferred TO the next regular monthly
meeting of the club as the Importance
of the subject deserved a wide discus
sion by larger membership. Ernest
Cow. FIr sZI L.. I. H.
be mailed to each member of The club
in order that he might be able to
study it and be prepared 10 discuss
and act upon IT, o. f. Peterson said
he did not see why any one should
oppose the resolution. John Deru ia
yored the postponemcut of discussion
on the resolution. saying:
There are two views among min.
ing men or this question and | be-
lleNe that If the matter is deferred
another month / believe there will be
no opposition to it. -
The motion to postpone one month
was adopted without dissenting vote
1t was finally decided to leave the
fixing of the definite date to the com.
mittee, il being understood that it
would be IN the pelghhorhood of two
weeks.
Many Questions Up.
Other matters discussed at last
night S meeting were the report of the
committee on the enlargement of Fort
Douglas 10 brigade post. the removal
Of the hei dqUartcTs of the Mountain
States Telephone q Telegraph company
TO Denver, good roads and a method
of selecting the governors of tue
club.
The last pamcd subject brought out
quite difference Of opinion.
II was proposed by the nominating
committee that at every annual eIec-
tlon the nominating committee should
select fifteen or twenty members TO
be voted on for governors instead OF
five as at present. These fifteen or
twenty chosen were 10 be grouped in
threes according to the different in.
terests that they represented and that
only ono OF each group could be voted
for. The voting for more than Que in
. group would lnvahdate the ballot.
IS. J., Ecdman did rot like the plan as
II seemed 10 him 10 lead 10 the divi-
SION OF the city into districts John
Dern was also opposed 10 the pIan. He
thought that after the nominating
committee had chosen fifteen or twer-
~ names the individual members
should have the right 10 vote for whom
they wished
Compromise Adopted.
Governor Sprv explained that the
idea of grouping was To eliminate any
three or flVs men of one interest and
10 give representation to all interests
so that one special interest would not
dominate the board +, q. Howard said
that the scheme was to facilitate clcc
tious and 10 assist the voters in secUr-
ing a representation Of all interests.
The matter was finally settled by the
adoption of a motion bv John Dcrn
that the report be accepted after the
rortion providing for grouping the can
didates was eliminated
The special committee on the enlarge
ment of Fort Douglas 10 brigade post
reported through its chairman. NJ NJ
kaighn. that the comm ittee proposed
10 actively continue its labors until
success crowned its efforts. which they
hoped would be in the not distant fu.
ture. The committee. be said had been
engaged in preparing data for the use
and information Of the secretary Of