Bisbee daily review., 1916-10-08
FRANK DISCUSSION OF LABOR PROBLEMS BY
 MINING CONGRESS
Leaders of Industry in This Country Will Assemble in Chicago to Discuss Legisla- tion and Other Subjects.

| president of the American Mining | Congress, speaks enthusiastically of ] the coming convention which opens at
 Hotel La Sale. Chicago, Nov. 13. He said today: The Governors of all the States are appointing strong delega- ! tions. and it looks as though we would ] be able to crystalline the sentiment of the entire country on several impOr- tant issues, notably those of mine-law
 revision and of added mine safety
 "The American Mining Congress is the inspiration for most of the distinc- tive coal and metal men organizations
 of the country For it was the Amer ican Mining Congress that first
 brought together the producers of coal and metal so that they were able | to work to better ultimate results than heretofore. It was our initiative that
 brought about cooperation in the mat ter of establishing uniformity of sales
 terms. uniformity in the preparations for production, and above all the adop- tion of more efficient methods of con struction in mining.
 The advance in metal prices due to the European war. has in no way les sened the great work of the American Mining Congress. In fact many of the papers to be read by experts at the coming convention will deal with this problem of preventing disintegratiOn after the war and return in mining fields to the lethargic condition of a few years ago.
 we intend to have an absolutely fearless discussion of the labor ques- tion. Col. George Pope. president of the American Manufacturers Associa- tion has agreed to discuss the subject ' from his standpoint, and we will have either Secretary of Labor Wilson. or some one as authoritative, reply. Of course in many of the States such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Penn sylvania contracts govern the mine labor situation. But in the far West the situation is very different. In fact it is the purpose of the Congress. to formulate a plan for labor legislation and regulation on which all sides of the controversy can to an extent agree.
 "In the matter of safety work there will be some excellent papers read; look for some Illuminating discus sions. Right into this discussion I hope to have injected some remarks on the necessity of preparedness" for after all in the matter of safety the cooperation of employees is just as essential as safety methods adopted by employees.
 AS a matter of fact 90 per cent of the so-called efficiency is the willing ness of the rank and file to accept or ders from people who know their busi-' ness.
 'I have just returned from attend ance on the meetings at the Arizona meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. While there I was asked to speak on the essential differ ence between that body and the Amer ican Mining Congress. I told them that l deemed their body the ''medi- cal" adviser of capital. for their busi- ness is to advise on investments. And the American Mining Congress is the spiritual" adviser to all inter ests in mining. We take up the prob lens that all have in common, and try to find a solution for them by advocat ing needed legislation and needed re- forms.
 While in Arizona at the conven- tion I took occasion to invite to Ourl gathering Mir. J. s. Douglas the man who discovered what may possibly be the greatest copper mine in the world. the United Verde Extension"
 "And this reminds me of one great topic which is coming before the Con- vention of the American Mining Con gress and which no man interested in mining can afford to miss-that is the topic of "flotation" To the lay mind that means but little. To the mining man it spells revolution in the mat ter of mining production. Think of it! By the "fotation" process they are mining profitably copper ore running IS per cent. This process. which is | simply the use of oil bubbles to float crushed ore, has put value of mil lions into vast tailing dumps.
 And not alone will the Government | experts discuss Notation, but the men who are making enormous saving in values wherever there are sulphide | ores will be in attendance to tell the | world how the simplest of ideas. the | affinity of little foaming oil for sul- | phide ores. is enriching the world by | millions upon millions-all of which l had previously been washed away or gone up in smoke or was lying in vast | refuse dumps at every mine"