The chronicle=news., 1914-05-22
n..elnre by rtof IIy. LeaI..

Oh February 90 Ffof i"nf}
i.0uis. II. A.. u. Sc. Professor OF
kiessiIurry. Armstrong College,
Seseaziis-oh-Ty delivered an in
i-s.stiBs lecture against IA. nation
slisn Of miass. and examined care
fully IL. pro -.osltlon Ia EatloHaii1s
the minerals. The i-e,Gf- az de-
iis.r.i under the auspices Of the
Ns~ras'i--upan-Tyh- Eeon1mls so-
.is,. and ~as held ia the Mining Ia
.'iiut. before a sefy large attend
sss.. Col ii.nTy A. Efskin". q. II
presided,
irof i>pIis commenced b. -
riAiainE that the tHo-foid title 4as
deliberately rkos-b. a. the Hsiioazi-
i.siion of ,h. mihss and ,h. nsiIon-
i.siian of nin-rs -.r- too enlif.ly
different propositions, Either one
could .sis, In ohiuas,ion -i'h. OF
In III. als.ns-. sr The other. aud
there ~ss no r-asan ahy either
should h-e.szagiiT itnDiF the .th-F.
Tn. lssIs-f -as i.auly in 'h- uataf-
os r.Jiy 4. the Cas-. ioF iiiHFs :.a-
'i.naiis4tIan. sa, faT@4Ed b, csla-
'iii.f Gharmsh. .s III. NoT,huh4brEz
land Min-rs' Asas.siatiaa. at an ssEi-
let n..tiae II ,h- t.sanoair s.si.,B
and r-.-as,.a in oar isssi. If p-ssm-
L~s . H-i-rrins Ia The iiii ir,r.
sa b, tho Miains r-si. ian. i'Sa'.
1.,aI. s,ia his tIr-, Sri'irisns asaiasi
The tiiii sss ,hs, II -as ltiasisai. n
u ~ss Eish' 10 sonfisTs,-. sr. In
PLATA Iasiish. Z. steal .a- Hsh's
ps"i~,ss. snr-iY IL s.-sis h. sispi-r
ssd nos. ..asi.i.a' not 4. hn.ntias
sh~st--r 's ss-al sa- .,hsr r~ans
prop~sy as p.ii. ia.,-ad ~ LiyiaE
u from hI,a, in.ia-a,aliy. h. ,h.ash,
II might v-ii b. aszu..i that ,a g.sss-
pol a man I. ssii property ~ = prif-
hsssi b, .n.s-lt ssish, b. aniy a dif.
iss.nr- In sssi.- ss.ss s.n,issa,isn.
Tho aAiy possible .ssus- that
so~sis b. s.ana sas sash . bar-fss-a
proposal va,tJ H. .. shs. the, ih.
psss~ss .~a.s. had as title 4. ,s-ir
sssssai sIassss A. sh. s.sy .-isss
at ihr ra-ssSas -ss fsoni q general
saas~ sssss ~ epss;s,a thai tsr psss g.
sis is . ."asiry shsssiL b~ises as
sishi "a sh- stale In the tis.s in
stance Nssia.s ai.Esss.niis bad al
usys sossnasnsss ~ sss-sIinx ,hrir
osns~AIp af shs nsius-sis si,kia
their lands. b., bad deal, ~ilh ,s-iF
saisessi rizA,s sY ra-gh.-is t.ssoi aps
os tva raiiruiy siffrsrnt 70 irsi si-s.
sSd u -ss r.siiy .ni, question
vhish al sa- So. 'aishs b. 'h- u.ss
esi--'i-nS und.s Eiv.n ,ir'ps1slsns.
~ss Ea-- states. ssti ss g-r-a2ny.
cssns- and srsia. hst tvssisst in
their oua hands the s,.solu's ..- n-ss
sAip ~ tn. ..is-rsis. hsi'. In rsart
tn -n-.pras. sh. ssar-h s.s ami s'-a
ssiorrs-st af such ssp-'ai wealth
sehish vss utterly unrrp-iursiS- uns
leo s.,-i.'.-stt. ih-r had asi.i''rsi ,h"
piss of s-an,inz .nur.ss,a.s tot III.
~Sisss,ion at these min-rais q. th-iF
dissosss-ss .r other PARTIES ihsy-sn
~wSisi-i. Tho r".rcssi.asisss pait
u" the ssat- = r-,aitY ususIiv telru.
lated ui.on the vain. o' the min-,ais
produced. Osh-. States Great Ii'i.
tain. most Itri,ish colonies. and the
t'sit-i States .t america had pr.-
tSsr.i 10 alternate entirely their min.
asx s.u s.ts
iib~rai encouragement 4" 'h"ss zap.
sh,- ~ d.,-iopt.E the same. hoiilns
the ,t~~ tha, the sv-,t-r Imr-'us
thus given Ia the national Industries
NOR than ,amp.nsa,-,i the stat. tor
the 70, ait,.s .t which II had thus ~.
s~si-d itself ILs,h r.Iici~s vcr~
saa,nd and equitable. and mining
,us,id and did. flourish under both
regimes.
rAe Obligations Of kiasral 0wness.
Turning to our own ..un,ry. r."f.
Louis traced the gradual develop
mrni 81 our existing system "f min
srai ownership frum the time TIA,
Great Nri,ain derived its mining
laws frOm those .f Rome. lie could
lind NO definite legal pronounce
mcnt in oi,irn times op the owner
shiv Of coal mines lie vas Inclined
to think that the right to work 'u,'
had gradually extended from the
tish, to dix FOR pea, within one.
.an land About that time the