Salt Lake Mining Review | 1923-09-15 | Page 15 | Twenty-Sixth Annual Convention of the American Mining Congress

TWENTY SIXTH ANNUAL convention OF THE AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS the twenty eighth I 1 b annual convention and national exposition of mines mines and mine equipment of the american mining congress promises to bring to together 6 ether the largest and most representative body of men interested in metal mining al which has ever been assembled the metal mining industry faces serious serious problems and representative leaders of industry will come together at milwaukee to talk over and discuss the essential problems and to cooperate in the development of national policies of utmost importance three problems of special significance to the metal mining in industry will be presented at the convention sessions first the problem of the silver producers in connection with the elimination of the protecting safeguards of the pittman act the relationship of the silver industry to the fhe extension of its distribution in world markets and if possible the stabilization of the price of silver at home second the question of a national policy relative to immigration labor shortage has seriously affected many of 01 the in states every great mining camps western mining one je realizes that it is essential that proper safeguards should be e made relative to the inflow of immigrants from abroad and the mining industry is particularly interested in the suggestions gest ions made by hon james J davis secretary of labor relative native to the introduction of legislative measures in the forthcoming orth coming sessions of congress relative to a sane wise policy of selective immigration abroad the whole ques lon of selective immigration will be presented and discussed at the milwaukee session of the american mining con ass and resolutions will be adopted indicating the point of view of the e industry relative to this matter third hird the question of blue sky legislation of a na dional onal character as it affects mining conditions in western states E very y ii mining man is opposed to the sale of fraudulent fra adu nt securities curi ties but mining men generally believe that the penalty fealty the should be placed upon the misrepresentation and not in presentation on of facts in regard to mining opportunities opportunity tunit ies n other of the character which has ha lefor lv for national legislation as been presented in washington will simply increase the jent bureaucracies without achieving any notable lid 11 and will tend to hamper the free and open development of twining lining opportunities which have made mining possible in in its phenomenal development during the past twenty five years tuesday september 25 and friday september will be devoted entirely to a discussion of these problems and the addresses will include the presentation of the point of view of such representative men as C F kelly president of the anaconda copper co sidney J jennings vice president of the U S smelting smelling Sm elting 6 refining 6 co stanley easton of the bunker hill sullivan mining company in the coeur dalene district in idaho falk N josslyn of alaska A G mackenzie of salt lake city and a large delegation of representative mining men from the state of colorado the following mining states by official action of their governors over nors have appointed important and representative delegations to be present at this notable national assembly of mining men to be held in milwaukee september to as follows STATE OF NEVADA mrs oline stewart wm mccarthy otto falk N F il kerr err joseph gori dennis OA omeara leara fred ninnis kinnis thos fraser mark page chas lee walter Roun roundtree diree martin evanson and albert silver tonopah To matt kane manhattan Afan hattan gibson berry round mountain E D boyle wm donovan jr and henry rives reno john G lur kirchen chen tonopah To roy A hardy gold hill robert marsh kimberly W J pike winnemucca prof J C jones and prof W S palmer U of N reno ellsworth bennett rochester STATE or OF OREGON frank S Bain baillie le ry each A S carter corbett and P R hines lewis portland arthur al beaver gold mfg mag co granite robert betts cornucopia mining company cornucopia STATE or OP MISSOURI john H bovard rialto kansas city arthur thatcher security st louis B B brewster mt alt olive staten coal co st louis otto ruhl mines bank joplin C T orr aahl min smelting smelling Sm elting co webb city J A caselton st louis smelt ref co st louis STATE or OP NEW MEXICO hon C T brown and hon ich wells socorro hon W W risdon albuquerque hon john al sully santa rita mr W D brennan dawson kon hon R J hagerman roswell mr horace G moses gallup mr vincent K jones E las vegas STATE OF ARIZONA geo From sette U of ariz tucson robert talley clarkdale Clark dale john C greenway warren J L mclver mciver heard phoenix cleve W van dyke miami P G beckett gen mgr phelps dodge corp douglas STATE or OF MONTANA chas booking bocking gen alar mgr butte superior min ann co and john gillie gen egr mgr A C M co butte II I 11 I S hopke gen alar mgr roundup coal co roundup H C bacorn gen mgr jardine mining co jardine jardin e W C derfin Si gen egr mgr elm orlu mining co butte C C anderson gen alar mgr N W improvement co red lodge STATE or OF UTAH ernest bamberger ba berger S main st L S gates cates gen arar mgr utah copper co deseret bank W mont ferry vice president silver king coalition mining co kearns moroni heiner vice president U S fuel co kearns G W lambourne mgr daly west mining alining co deseret bank A G ALic mackenzie kenzie see sec utah chapter american mining congress kearns E J president tintic gintic standard mining co judge salt lake city J wm knight provo utah C E loose provo utah