Show did you ever stop to tb I 1 think hink the rhe mining iz tal to national prosperity aue agriculture it is ia aw of the foundations upon which the entire commercial and industrial of this country hasteen has been built jeor 41 fishes the ahe raw material in various vadous farms borits which male made vp tip the part of our manufacturing production its importance is best beat illustrated by the fact that in airty two per cent of the freight adf traffic fie carried on american railways originated from nil mining enterprises yet annite of its ita fundamental im lp jor leoree oree tace the mining industry during am last leot few years has been passing through a period pei iod of serious depres sin oin and the industry is suffering from ft variety of economic ills ilia cai if continued vv will ill eventually result in a greatly les lessened lesa ened ch in turn will have a depre effect and the comm genial enterprises of the nation as a whole the problems of the mining industry are therefore of ef the greatest I 1 importance not only to mining men but to all commercial adf and industrial enterprises throughout outtie the it is reported that hereafter aus citizens will be fined 10 for failure to vote such a law sw in the united unite states would produce a rev envia of millions annually for the states treasury |