The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-02
POINTS TO LACK
OF COOPERATION
DR.. Holmes Gives This as Rea-
son for High Death Rate
Among Miners.
REGULATIONS ARE DEFICIENT
Applied Science Will Overcome
Disadvantages Caused by
Tariff Reduction.
REGULATIONS ARE DEFICIENT

Atlanta. Ga. January LACK OF CO.
operation between mine owners and miners
and deficient State and national regulations
Of the mining industry were blamed tor me
high death rate among mine employees by
United States Bureau OF Mines. in an ad,
dress before the mechanical science ana
':rhe death rate among miners. said DR.
Holmes. lis a national disgrace. 1t is vice
countriey when considered on the basis OF
the number of men employed.
been making progress in behalf Of greater
safety. and there has been considerable
made the progress we should have made.
During 1913 have taken n decided step
backward: The death rate III our e1ai mines na,es
than that OF 1912. Let hope this goins
backward Is temporary: II !, sona,nues .ne
tic than we have yet believed possible.
some Of the causes and remedies oil TINS
al The bad economic conditions under
which btumnious coal mines in the United
states now operated Is such az to en-
courage rather than discourage hazardous
and wastefu mining.
.'2. The coal mine owners and miners. with
u few notable exceptions. do not cooperate
with each other as fully az they should IN
making and enforcing better regulations Tor
-. The States should have more uniform
and effective inspection laws, and should
give better support their mine inspectors.
~. The national government Ia unfortu-
nately far behind the needs Of the situation ta,,
4
| The National Bureau of Mines is unable TO
meet the demands from miners or inspectors
| for Information to use In safeguarding life
| in the mines. 1t has not for use in this
work a building or laboratory worthy OF tho
| cause. 1t has not Mt it's disposal sufficient
men or equipment to enable 1t to meet ur-
/ gent demands"
To science for Relief.
| Applied science will overcome any dtsad-
| vautages which tariff reduction or dissolu-
| ton OF great business concerns may bring.
! according to DR.. Robert Kennedy Duncan.
| head OF the Mellon Institute of Applied
Science, Pittsburgh. Pa.
| with the high degree OF utilization OF
waste materials. that can be obtained by
scientific methods" DR.. Kennedy told one
! OF the sections to-day. American manufac-
| turers need fear foreign competition
/ from a reduced tarifI. and the great loss oil
money through the slack business methods
| through the application of scientific meth
DDS. In case OF dissolution by the govern
ment." .
| How grand opera be satisfactorily
| rendered In English outlined In II eec.
| tional address by DR.. Dayton G. Miller. OF
the Case School of Applied Science. Cieve'
land, o.
"The difficulty in singing grand opera In
| English said DR.. Miller lies In the rem
| dering of certain high soprano notes upor
| certain vowels The remedy can be found IL
| so transIutins the operas that proper vowoli
| viii coincide with the difficult notes. Wher
! this tact has become generally recognized
by opera transiators and English opera
writers. | believe a new era or English CRANE
opera will result"