Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-11-27
M'FADDEN BILL
 CHIEF TOPIC A. M. C.
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 Twenty-two resolutions, hereafter briefly noted were adopted, and are as follows:
 FirstrUrging the secretary of the treasury that he cause the war if nance corporation to revive it's powers to make advances in the aid of the eN- portation of American products.
 Second-Advocating more compre- hensive and adequate guidance ot public education and policy in inter pretation of patent rights.
 Third-Protesting against the abo- ltion of the department of the in terior.
 Fourth approval ot the Henderson bill, providing for the ere ation of the division of mines and geology in the department of interior.
 FYfth-Advocating bureau of pub lie works.
 Sixth-Approving the proposed in. viestigation by the bureau of mines ot the oil shale industry and urging ap- propriation therefor.
 Seventh Denying that bltumlnous coal industry needs federal control.
 Ninth-Opposing all federal blue sky" legislation.
 Tenth-Indorsing the McFadden bill for gold bonus. .,
 Eleventh-Recommending that oil shale section of the leasing law be amended to include all lands, includ- ing deposits of bituminous or similar organic material in solid or seml-solld form.
 Twelfth-Recommending the fixing of post tax liabilities for each tax payer.
 Thirteenth-Asking repeal of war profits and excess profits taxes.
 Fourteenth-Advising alteration or the methods of the bureau ot internal revenue for ascertaining invested cap ital of mining corporations.
 Fifteenth-Favoring imposition or customs duties on metals mlnerals and mineral products imported.
 Sixteenth-Favoring revision ot ore rates on railroads.
 Seventeenth-Ind action ot procedure of federal trade commlsslon against Minerals Separation North American corporation.
 Eighteenth-Urging retention m status quo of appropriation given mn eral industry in section 9, tortleth ITn;+od States statutes,
 neteenth-Urging passage or bending bill permitting miners to ap- peal from department of interior to United States court of claims.
 wentieth-Favoring speedy pas sage of Timberlake bill for protection of tungsten and it's products.
 Twenty-first-Supporting leglsla- ton against dumping products of for, eipn mineral industry in the Unlted States at lower price than domestic production.
 Twenty-second-Advocating special census of mines and quarries to sup ply more data to census and industrlal bureaus.
 ty-third-Urging that manu- lecturers reduce prices and rallroaq rates that mining industry may soon regain normal.
 Convention is Grateful
 Whereas, the twenty-third annual convention of the American Mining Congress owes its success so largely to the splendid hospitality of the City and County of Denver and the State of Colorado; and
 Whereas, the convention desires to record it's appreciation of this hospl- tality and it's obligation to the ety. county and state and to all persons and organizations that have assisted in facilitating the transactions or the convention business, and in the enter tainment of it's delegates: Now, there fore, Be It
 Resolved, That the sincere thanks of the convention be extended to the people of the State of Colorado, ana the City and County of Denver; the Hon. Oliver H. Shoup, governor ot Colorado; the Hon, Dewey c. Bailey, mayor of Denver; Mir. John E. Miller, superintendent of exhibits.
 To the Mining Bureau of the Denver Civic and Commercial association.
 To the Colorado Chapter of the American Mining Congress. >~.
 To the First Baptist Church, for its cooperation in extending the use of it's auditorium and lecture rooms for the convention's sessions. To the management of the Albany Hotel, for the free donation of space for offices and exhibits. r.....: To the newspapers of Denver, for the thoroughness with which the pro- ceedings of the convention were pub lished in their columns. To the Associated Press, for it's com prehensive reporting for the national press of the work of the convention. To the Daily Mining and Financial Record for it's assistance by constitut ing it's daily issue the official organ of the convention.
 To Dr. John H. Cover for the most 1