The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-02
MEN TO GATHER SOON
 IN COLORADO

the first conference ever called to discuss the alleged oppressive prac- tices of the great trust which claims
 to control every known method of ore recovery by what is known as
 "flotation" Nearly 1,500 mining com panies either known as users of flo- tation, or who have tried to secure contracts with Mineral Separation, Ltd, have been invited to attend the
 conference called by the American
 mining congress in Denver during the week of Nov. 15. Hundreds of these companies are facing costly
 legislation and millions in alleged
 royalties and fines are involved in suits now pending. Americas lead ing legal experts are fighting, for and against the big corporation which the federal trade commission is now grilling, urged by the Ameri- can mining congress which believes that the methods of the trust should
 be changed, or the practices of the
 company looked into by congression- al inquisition.
 The Denver conference is in i charge of a special committee of
 mining operators composed of George
 E. Collins, governor of the Colorado
 chapter of the mining congress; ;;
 George M. Lambourne, governor of
 the Utah chapter; Philip Argall of Denver, T. A. Rickard, publisher of
 the Mining & Scientific Press, of San Francisco; E. F. Paxton, presi-
 dent of the Engels Copper Company
 of California; J. w. Callow, or Salt Lake and R. M Henderson, of
 Breckenridge, Colo. e The development of the confer
 ence will mean much to the mining industry and the hundreds of operat-
 ors who have been prevented from
 using Notation, or forced to accept
 alleged unreasonable contracts, and 'i'' VI Aoieo bCCii liSHtluS Hldu. | Another conference to be held dur ing the mining congress and which
 may bring some relief of an over- burdened industry is a national tax committee representing the Ameri-
 can mining congress and Robert s. Wilson, chief of the newly organized tax division of the congress. The
 committee is headed by Paul Armi- tage, attorney, New York City; Dr. R. c. Allen, vice president of the Lake Superior Iron Ore Association, Cleveland, Ohio, Judge A. Scott
 Thompson, attorney, Miami, Okla, | George E. Holmes, national tax au-
 thority, New York City and A. P.
 Ramstedt of Wallace, Idaho, form
 erly members of the revenue bureau, | industrial division. A number of
 mining tax experts will address the | tax conference but the meeting will | be largely a Round Table" affair
 and there will be frank and open
 discussion of the appalling demands | upon the mining men of the coun- try 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 mining engineers and
 manufacturers have already joined the committee which has called na- tional Standardization conference
 during the mining congress week. Col. Warren R. Roberts of Chicago,
 who was in charge of the standardiz- atlon of war material during the war and Charles A. Mike, a well known i Arizona mine manager, are chairmen,
 respectively of the coal land metal
 d1Visons. The subcommittee are
 in charge of noted engineers. All
 mine managers, mining engineers 1 and manufacturers of mining equip
 ment have been invited to attend
 what gives promise of being a very
 important meeting in behalf of say
 ing of lives among miners and re- ! duction of costs in mine operation. coal and metal
 Other conferences listed are on | tariff for war minerals, labor con- ditions, education> coal and gold. Governors of several states, United
 States senators and congressman
 are among the speakers already listed on the programs.