The chronicle=news., 1914-05-22

hAA ~ AAEAs ushfr' ~ofA anu stftFt
- legal m.ans, 4 ran find no loun
dAiion whatever for the suggestion
or assertion that mineral rights IL
this e0uHtTy x-r- obtained ia an,
other less legitimate manner" sails
Prot. i.0lis. lie. however. thought
IL right 10 lay great stf-ss upon tn.
faTt that the mineral s-al,h os Tbs
State Has handed over In order that
With III. mineral development. ths
stats should b-hsil, thereby. Though
the osheEs Of th. mineral rights had
an ini-feasibi. title To the minerals
the state could eiaim san. such gen
.fai saatsoi as -.uii justify il in
t.r.ar-nf- IL the wealth so granted
~-F- .sst-a To- the pf.iuair. of Ii.
state Further. be held that the las
,ha, the owner II the ssfIare a..
the .sh.r of the ninrfais had been
uhaaiy strained in certain nadsfa
Instances. b-ssus. I, had h~.n APP
piled Ia sas-s n-s.s .oa,. .mrtai-.i
sh.n III. lac -ss originally iortn.J
lie dealt .saaus,iN-iy .ith the -sahs
pi.s -h.F.in sasi haa been firs; sis
covered ihfoash tho iaL-.afs Of shs
d.rsgtn-at az pat.lg ssrsIs.=sh.
'.salssisai sasN-y. In .ash eases sk-
saii.a .as si.9FlY -atIIi--i q. such
gfui,s ss ns,isnai isLsass. liz hold
!, p.aii bo Iui,- equitable s"s th-
,.atsfnas+ai ,s f-s~ss. ssara diseoss
-Ff Ia u. aaisen zs a nasi.nai as
s-.. ts h- dlspsss~s ~ a. Il naishs
,hia1 H,. i.-sisisIi.a q. the, effect
kad b-.n E.s isns delayed ttlt
,h.s- Vas . srrs, aisf-s.a.- b-svs-n
thr srs.ssaslsn at sash rizhtz and
,h- santisss,i.a ~ Sizh's Ia a-iasssl.
na.sa ss reasonably -asb-Stst Ia .ts
i.t. a.n.sship Of phEh bad been
s-fins-tf ssrsis-d sY the i,s-.;-s-sz
.ers in si,i- .f sh- ss.ssas ssa.ss Of
,h- sarfss-. In hls .pist.s i-sisis.
lan ss.-sia - -s.iis devised that
sosis do AVA ~Na unnecessary
barriers b-s~.ss sijaisiss so,stI
siss. asa vvsiS rissssi sssAii coal
L~inx sAss Ls~k isss The xusf. ~ ir
.e-r- parts os Rsash Wales ssi
>as,iasss.assis-s In the sarr. ~ss
q rain~sai asnrs vas srtas-i sa 81.
low Ais .sis-sais Z. sr ~asA.s' tas
an .s.isabsr r.tsisg rsishs t.c e~-a-
E-ii.-i 'a zis- f.ss"ashis tssiti'i-ss
Tho reservation -' sash sissss
t.lisscd ..aIssiis fsp-a tho rsisripi.s
upaa vhieh ,h- .vnsrsais .t mine-.
sis in this eaussfy was Lss~-l. ana
ati his suggestions swsld easily l-~
adopted .t'hesas tho aa,sca s-rsasrs.x
tho absaias- oeees .f tho rajn-ssis
Ut The s.Ysnssps liz added that Ms
.uss.sit.ns u-r- sesy iitt-seas ss.s,
the iniruisusss proposals oi The Mic.
.r.' t'-si.sssiaa s.siis 10 .ur-s 8. n.ir~s
ell .kjziinE min-fsI pfur-r'fs The
sp-aisr thee I-sss--i oa 80 the gurs4
tIsn as sataailoa. ~hish he v-sk.I
at in detail " ,aiu-.i On 'h. sasa
atty basis .s si. .scf 'on. be- ssisSs'a'f
81 the prrs~st value Ia b~ set ..""ns =
.."s s,-sliax= aii.~i inc n.thinz tor
possible or :-s,.s,isi mineral wealth.
The Aavastagss of natiesAlisssioa.
Nj Chapman had ss,-n a ieas
lie, os the p,.ssihi- advantages which
v.ura accrue from the Siass o~n-r-
ship 81 mines. hut taiiri 3" mst.
clear vh,, proI-srtion cf tscnssiss
v~,id i- derived fruas tho national.
iss,iun os minerals as apart tr"m III.
mines. nricfly. said tho speaker. Nr.
Chy.maa's lie, .f the advantages
trum naturalization at minerals
wcrrs Jb I..ss waste IT valuable
Goals. ,st lower Sos; at prcsluc,ions
,sI ,h.arcr scai t"r the consumer.
,b conditions ~, employees would
he impr.s r,l. ani wages w.aiJ he
higher and s,.adi.r.
Hut n. facts we're advanced in Ia
vor cf their theories by the advocates
Of naturalization. ani an ounce Of
tact in tha, case ~ovtd he worth q
ton Of theory. A. a matter cf hard.
solid. inccn,ruSvr;ih'- fact. not a
single one "f the benefits enumerated
had ever followed. In Germany.
France and Is-Isium. the Stale was
absolute owner "f the coal resources.
Yet" said he. waste there is fuiI,
"a great as with rs: prizes Z" the
,onsumcr arr higher: their accident
rate is about as high as our own
strikes and other dis'urhsr""s aT'
frequent. and USUALLY more severe
than with us. in al iii,ion to all this
in every ease wages are lower ant
conditions of cmploymcn, arc worse.
" Councillor Chapman preferred I,
close his cycs To what Is taking plac,
abroad. he could surely not refuse Il
cons idcr what was happening Al
home. The Ecclesiastical Commis