El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14

The Colorado coal field trouble Will De
attacked from various angles.
Mining men generally seem TO IaNOI
compulsory arbitration and many uh-
ion leaders hold the same views. Ihey
have never been able to agree, however
on what kind Of a statute should DC
adopted. ~,
Workmen's compensation laws Will
also be discussed thoroughly by the
convention. The discussion will De
opened by Samuel A. Taylor, Of Plus
burg. 1t is claimed that Washington
is the only state that has satistae-
tory wOrkmen's compensate ton act.
D. /. Webb, a Denver attorney re-
puted to be the worlds leading au-
thority on mine taxation, will present
the report Of the committee on taxation
Of metalliferous mines. 1t has beeh
intimated that this committee has So
luton Of the perpleXing mine tax prop
lem to offer
The old claim that mining property
should be valued for taxation at the
price its owner asks. will again be
brought UP. It will be urged by sew
erai speakers that the state should use
its power to prevent the holding OF
mining property for purely speculative
purposes.
Lieutenant governor W. r. Allen, Of
Montana, will present the report Of the
committee on mining Investments,
which will contain suggestions for IN
Creasing the confidence of the pubIlc
in legitimate mining ventures. I'D
Rinard, editor of Mining Science, pub
lished at Denver, and H. Foster Bain'
editor of the Mining & Scientific Press,
published at San Francisco, will speak
on the same subject.
The public lands question will be
dealt with in an address by senator
John +. Shafroth, of Colorado, a recog-
nized authority. Congressman L. A
WedgewOOd, of Salt Lake. and l. Brad
ford Prince, former governor of New
Mexico, will speak on federal control
Of water power in the west.
Several officials of the United States
geological survey will be in the conven-
ton. why OPTIMISM" is the subject
of an address to be made by George Otis
Smith, director Of the survey. In the
course of the convention a resolution
will be introduced asking the govern
ment, through the geological survey to
investigate and map the underground
water supply in desert regions. At
present the governments data on this
question. so important to the home
seeker and the miner, is far from COM
plete. 1t is claimed that at small cost
the government could divide the arid
regions of the west into mile squares
and put down a well at each inter
section.
Otto Ruhl, of Joplin, Missouri, is the
worlds leading authority on zinc min
the needs of the zinc mining industry
Fayette A. Jones, president of the New
Mexico school of mines, will speak on
mining in his state. Julian JOslyn will
tell how he built a railroad up Copper
river in Alaska, the road that is famous
throughout the world because of the
difficulties overcome in
its construction. Joslyn and his asso-
ciates sold the road to the United States
government which completed it and
now operates it.
John Hays Hammond, the highest
paid mining engineer in the world, will
speak on a subject that he has not made
public The names of John F. Welborn,
president of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
and former congressman John
A. Martin, of Pueblo, also appear on
the program. One evening in the course
of the convention DR.. J. A. Holmes,
director of the United States bureau Of
mines, will deliver an illustrated lee
ture dealing particularly with the re-
search work of his department.