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Show III ENGINEERS DEBATETAXATIDfl 120th Meeting of American Institute Attended by-Many by-Many Delegates. CHICAGO. Sept. 22. How to tax the country's mines wilh ti lair allowance for the wasting assets of the industry was the subject of a spirited discussion here today between government agents and the brains of the American mining profession. pro-fession. Today marked the opening of the one hundred and twentieth meeting of the American Institute of Minii-g and ! Metallurgical Eni;ine -rs, which will continue con-tinue in session ior tie d:tys. Some loOo. persons wid attend from : every American mining cent'-r, and tiie questions beiore ihe:n are of vital importance im-portance to the country's industrial progress. The r.'Sdlt of the mine taxation m -' t-ing t-ing todav was a d-jc:siun to secure idcs. eo-operation bet we. n the fiovenmu-nt and the taxpayer, with '.he mine own--r and mining enL.-inet.-r giving a.-s-.-iain e and advice and tut- go eriiin-nt making: use of it in d-:er mining t;n- b.is:.s oi i taxation. L'r. I,. C. Onu-m iU-ak-d t;:e j government represei:tat ; ts. j Soine of the outsuind.ng t-atures of to- day's sesiun were iiie s:a;t-:nenl of A. t I..earo'i of th'.- 1'niied r-i.i'S fuel administration ad-ministration that, in c j -e o: future rationing ra-tioning of atithrac;-e coal, ine i-.un. ss-t--m in use doling ia-t v.-ir.ter wi','. almost al-most ci-rtninly be I'j.iOw-mI; iho advaii-tages advaii-tages poin-ed on; by C.ah'S I". Wiilis of the rho!p?-roae (.'orou-i'.Km of physical physi-cal examination of emp.u;. -, nd f f-r-tain meihnus cf euruninig I'jrr-.-s w.thont uns.abibiiing labor or bu.-ines. condciuns in the community; and a sJrwy of i nor-mous nor-mous domestic maiiL'anes.- deposits do-veioped do-veioped in tlie war en rg--ncy nhicii wul material'.'.- aid in the K ei-:.u:,-r.t. of tiie country's ste.-i output. T:.;s sauat'.on was pres--ut-d to : nsti t n by i ',. '. Harder and I R ii.wrt of th-., Tnited .St:1 N-s groiogi'-ai (-urvv. Tiiere are s- veu v,s.-ir. of a .:.-i;ie-s kind t'si.iy. and tin- ' i ::ig tiw -gates Hi. t for a :!.!:' r in '. fh,-:in I'll i vers ity .-aih. 'I In' -vf'!iing de v!i -n:indi fun ma king, in wbi.'h ? '.!, of t..e iead'-rs of tin- indus ry jiarM- r'a d. evm t- li.e cv!' nt of !.. r.:; th- i.-t::ns ni ."port. Th'-se i- iM-m-ors : i n-r : inn almost al-most the ,-ij.ls of t - v...:.d tv.i' - a vcar. and the social fid.- .of ;..e:r- t m-,-; i n.g-, is no less imp'Ttant than t:;- bus.no-- . ml, Tonig)it I r. V. :. v.itr,ll. b Rir'o and Frank I (. I'ron.-rt of (lie rn-lrd .-'iatos Purt'.iu of iniii's told tlie i-suil nt their oi.S'Tva'ioi;.- in th- d s i .i ' 1 regions of Kraii'-e ist mot.: a an I s,.o'. -d ph't.uv-i of tiio mining and n l a 1 i n-:: ! m 1 dWtrh-'s wlii'-h poi-liay.-I tne - id 1 1 urn they ;.ie in as rniieeriis future m.niug op-'Ti' op-'Ti' io: s. T'.imorro'v cr-r. ve n ' : on t.iio.' an all- flay st-ainer ev-'iir. !o;i to 'Iwy, lud. |