El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-10
MUST DEVELOP
To CONSERVE
Texas Mineral Expert Tells
Mining Congress Greater
Development Needed.

Phoenix. Ariz., Dec. 1O.-As basis for
the discussion of 1.-THE Conservation OF
Mineral Resources: state or National"
Or william B. Phillips, OF Austlh'
Tex addressing the American Mining
congress-. directed attention to three
things: -..,,
"First-There. can be no conservation
without systematic development
"Second-There can be no real con-
servation without recognized and regu-
lated authority. ..,+i,,,
does not come through boarding OF MIN
eral or other resources, but through
proper development for our own use
and benefit with due regard TO lh0u-
sands Of those who are 10 , lollo| Us
More Development Needed.
what we need" he continued. IS not
less conservation but more deVe!Op
ment; not less Of the. spirit on saVl NJ,
but more of the spirit OF giving Ihe
giving of our time, our means our
selves, to the task of upbuildlng a pros
porous, farseeing and economlcaA ma
ton" ,.,-,--
without approving or condemIn,inI,g
state or national conservation, Dr. PhI-
lips said: IF we allow that sell inter
est does not and viii not lmpeI us TO
wards a wise conservation we can nope
for it only through goVernmehtai con-
troll" He pointed out that lhS "Isu ~ Il
of the government is the wisdom OF Ihe
people who compose it; that II theIe
is to be recognized and regulated au-
thority for the conservation of our, min
eral resources it Will be because YOU
and I ask for it,
National conservation, he said, is a
thing apart from conservation among
or by the several states, and continued
1T has been held by the supTe IN e E
court that the power to prevent the
transferal of mineral products from one
state into another state does not reSlde
in any state. There may be a depletion
Of their resources of STATE Dy SuCl'
procedure but it cannot be prevented Dy
state legislation. This is a far reaching
decision, especially when we reflect
that the expectation Of mineral prod
ucts is a national and not state mat
ter"
All Must BE Conserved.
Developing the proposition that
there should be no conservation that
does not press equally upon all con-
cerned," he said. IF our coal resources
are to be conserved so must our re-
sources in iron, copper, silver, lead, zinc,
oil, natural gas, etc. We may not sin
gle out a particular industry and begin
to conserve it without at the same
time, taking into our view the conser-
walton of other industries similar and
the power to conserve ALL
Conservation, he said, means gov
ernmental control over agencies OF pro-
ductiOn which we have not been able "a
! control ourselves to the best advantage
This control, to be thoroughly effective
must be exercised either by the state or
by the nation, the one or the other, not
both, separately or conformity. There
may be cooperation in work but there
cannot be cooperation in authority
Silver Bullion Displayed.
One Of the principal attractions of
the 18th annual convention of the
American Mining congress. is a display
( of 1900 pounds of silver ] ars from the
4 CerrO de Plata mine, in Sonora. near No
! gales. The silver was shipped to Phoe-
nix by E. B. Holt, manager Of the CerrC
] de Plata company, and was placed in q
] dnMntoMn store window TODAY.