The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-02-15
MOST WEALTH
FROM MIN IS
Add More Per Capita Than Any
Other Activity

Washngton-That great mining in
dustry of the United states, employ
;ng million miners and two million
men directly connected with it's work
with an annual production of two bill
lion dollars is not understood and APP
preciated by the Congress of the Unit.
ed states and the people of the coun-
Try Is the claim made by James f.
'allbreath, secretary Of the American
Mining Congress who has established
Headquarters in Washington To look
after the various legislative needs u!
the industry.
lie makes the statement that agr- /
culture which has been fostered for
wears by the federal government has
been making tremendous gains as a
result Of this aid. and that the west
ern mining industry with it's complex
ow-grade ore problems unsolved is a
waning industry with a constantly de-
creasing number of men employed. lie
declares that mining in the western /
states is practically at a standstill ana
that there is no hope for reviving il
until Congress has a fairer idea of the d
great Importance of mining To the /
prosperity Of the people
The two foundation Industries of p
The United States are agriculture ana ~
mining said Mr.. Cailbreath. "Agri- =
culture is perhaps twice or three q
times as important as mining in the p
number Of men engaged ana in the n
value Of It's product
irrespective of their relative i'm i,
p"rtance. one thing stands out prom T.
menty and that is there can be no b
great agricultural prosperity without >,
the prosperity Of the mines The pop
ulatlon that depends upon he mines
and the manufactured products of the /
mines supports agriculture.
lust the other day the Senate com
pleted piece of legislation which will |
give To the various state agricultural |
colleges the sum of three million dol
lars yearly for the extension of their
work among the farmers The bin was
PASSED through both houses with COM of
'arative ease, as every one seems To ha
have thorough knowledge OF the m,
leeds of agriculture. \ report which co
accompanied this bin shows that the tn
national government has spent on the ia
agricultural experiment colleges and tu
Experiment stations in round figures in,
.to0o0.OOo, that il now spends $3.50 rr,
700 in cash annually upon them: that fol
Congress- has appropriated each year
il5o0o.ooo for carrying on the exclu- TN,
lively agricultural work of the De wa
.artmrut OF Agriculture or
With the additiopal s3.OOo,ooo each vii
ear just granted the total federal aid az,
iycn agriculture annually will he at ton
east S220Uu,oOO. The result of this of
generous expenditure of money by the rro
,drral government for agriculture is met
een in tine phenomenal increase in so
reduction from year 10 year ana the
nal harvest of last fall
These great appropriations for ag- 4
iruture have been continued fol N
ears until today the officers Of this
apartment declare that 70 vast amount :,
1 valuable information is nov i'm cx- -
silence waiting some effective means
& getting i into operation by the .a,
trmiug people of the United states. .r
Nc plea for the additional $4,000. 600 ,.,
vas Co take this Information direct to co.,
he farmers. ,
VIVA, du wn find the situation To- be- ,.I
u regard Goo mining The Bureau OF ~,
lines is getting ouc-half "a million h,
"li1rs Year about as much money
50 is granted to the Department of Ag-
culture for the printing and binding
i It's publication The CiroiugicaI sur
ey, u existence many years, is now
citing one million ana a halt dollars "a ga
ear q considerable part of which is 7aI
SEED for the benefit Of agriculture ant -
thor Industries. This is % total ct
yu million dollars of federal aid for %
le great mining industry with It's par 10
mount uusulNcd problems problems
bar ar, outsdr OF solution 10y private
lrtcs ~
I'm agriculture the men in the open 10
lnIirht with minimum of hazard
, llr I'm mining nearly zoo 600 mcr q
ork loo The dark Cavcrns underground ]"
ith hazard that is not equalled in
nv other industry The mines and
arries of the United States have an
'nuu death roll OF more than 1000
l"n ana $4,000 injured This calami-
Of death leaves in its trail 900 or ~
lorc widows ANA $4,000 fathcrlcss chill -
rem IL places upon the states the %
.rden of caring for many of thes, w
idoUs and orphans. am amount that =
INST be- many hundred ct thousands =
dollars a year
w, know from the experience ur '