Show THE LEASING LEASIN G BILL BI LL the mining review has advices advises from fro in reliable sources that the mineral leasing bill that has hag been pending before congress for so long a time will be passed within the next sixty days of course it is pleasing to know that congress will eventually take some heed of the wants and requirements of the west and to learn that after many months of de lay some action will finally be taken on a measure which so deeply affects the mining interests of the west and now that operators have been on the anxious seat for so long a time it is a cheering thought that attention is finally to be given to the needs of this western country the great trouble with congress is that most of its in members embers have only a remote idea of the great west of its great deposits of the precious metals its ini mense coal reserves its wonderful oil producing possibilities bili ties and resources that are seemingly immeasurable and they seem to fear their immediate exhaustion unless steps are tak en to conserve and to actually prevent their th development and exploitation As a blatter matt of fact Pinchot ism has so obsessed members of congress that they fail to see and to real ize the fact that if the whole country is 1 to be progressive and prosperous that these resources must he be utilized now at once without any fear that coming generations will he be deprived of what will rightfully be 4 long to them this is the age of electricity of automobiles wireless telegraphy and the airplane and yet our legislators would binl bind the people to old time methods and practices to the day of the stage coach ani travel by canal boats being so intent upon fixing up th their air political fences and the effort to prolong their stay in congress that they have no time to give attention to what that the people really want it will be a great day for the united states when some of the heads of governmental departments are retiring to private life giving room correal for real live men who understand der stand the necessities of the nation natio nand and are willing to work hard and intelligently intelligent LI in the effort to see that they are supplied |