The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-11-04
FWENfYETHfRD ANNUAL
 CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS


 DENVER, Colo, Nov, g. Inter- est among the mining men of the na. tion runs high regarding the plans for the first conference ever called to dis cuss the alleged oppressive practices of the great trust which claims to con- trol every known method of ore re- covery by what is known as "floata- tion." Nearly 1,50O mining com panies either known as users of floatation, or who have tried to se- cure contracts with Minerals Sep- aration, Ltd., have been invited to att tend the conference caddel by The American Mining Congress in Denved curing the week of Nov. 15. Hun ,'reds of these companies are facing costly legislation and millions in al- .eged royalties and fines are involved ia suits now pending. Americas lead .ng legal experts are fighting, for and against the big corporation which the Federal Trade Commission is now griIling urged by The American Min ing Congress which believes that the methods of the Trust should be changed, or the practices of the com- pany looked into by Congressional in- quisition.
 The Denver conference is in charge of special committee of mining op- orators composed of>George k. Collins, governor of the Colorado Chapter of The Mining Congress; George NJ. Lam bourne, governor of the Utah Chapter; Philip Argall of Denver, T. A. Rick ard, publisher of the Mining & Sci entific Press, of San Francisco; E. F.. Paxton, president of the Engels Cop per Company of California; J. w. Cal .ow, of Salt Lake and k. M. Hender- son, of Breckenridge. Colo.
 The developments of the conference will mean much to the mining indus :ry and the hundreds of operators who have been prevented from using flo- tation, or forced to accept alleged un- "easonable contracts, and have long oeen fighting mad"
 Another conference to be held dur
 ng the Mining Congress and which
 s,ay bring some relief to an overbur- :iened industry is national tax com 'uittee representing The American Mining Congress and Robert s. Will son, chief of the newly organized Tax Division of the Congress. The is headed by Paul Armi- tage, attorney, New York City; Dr. R. C. Allen, vice president of The Lake Superior. Iron Ore Association, Cleve- land, Ohio, Judge A. Scott Thompson. attorney, Miami, Okla, George E. Holmes, national tax authority, New York City and A. P. Ramstedt of Wal lace, Idaho, formerly member of the Revenue Bureau, Industrial division. \ number of mining tax experts will address, the Tax Conference but the aeeting will be largely Round Table affair and there will be frank md open discussion of the appalling demands upon the mining men of the country through the present cumber- some tax law. A bill will be pre- pared looking to amendments of the present law during the next session of Congress.
 Nearly 200 mlling engineers and nanufacturrs have already joined the which has called national Standardization Conference during tho Congress week. Col Warrer R. Roberts of Chicago, who was il charge of the standardization of wa. material during the war and Charles A. Mitke, a we'll known Arizona mine manager, are chairmen, respectively of the coal and metal divisions. The sub-committees are in charge of noted engineers. All mine managers mining engineers and manufacturrs of min ing equipment have been invited to atfond uhot o;voc :nrouoiso of hoipo {,