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Show iVUNJNG BUREAU PUN IS TO fiAYE GOOD START .1. II. Itichanls. president of the National Na-tional Mining congress, which r7o?cl Its annual meeting at .loplin. Mo., hist week, rpent Thnnksglving in Sail Lake, a guest if the Ctilleu. on his way home 'o Dolsu. Idaho. Mr. KlcJiards said the congress held at .lonlhi was one of ihe moat beneficial bene-ficial and Interesting In Its history. "It wan." Mr. Klehards said, "well attended, at-tended, and inn for the financial crisis, there would have been at least 600 instead of almm 500 present. "I left Holse for the l-ast three v.oek.i ago. stopped a day In !'enver. went to Chicago, thence to Sprlngdcld. 111., on to Pittsburg and Washington, endeavoring to create -n Interest in the mining In-dustrv In-dustrv of ihe eount. What we are Mf.Mr-g for Is the creation' of a nallcnal mining bureau. WIill- in 'Wjshlngto.i I saw Secretary Garfield. He lavon the project, aa doos the prv.-slJ.Ml. who assured as-sured me that i would call attention lo :hc mailer In Lis n-:L tne-.-sago to i i.npiv-.i. "lonr piomtner. t-"naiMs favor It. and Itenres'-utntive Dalzell of Ivnsvlvania promised to champion the bill J:i house. The mining hi.luiurv is the most I iv, " riant In tho oou"tiy. and the only great Industry lhat has never had an organization. or-ganization. The mining men of the country coun-try are wider awake to their intercuts now than ever before. Mob?) Dern of 8aP Lake made an able address, that was highly appreciated by the congress, lie Is an able man and good fellow, and I wanted liim lo con-, sent to become president of the con-' gress. but ho would nol consent, but Insisted upon my re-i-lectlon. The result re-sult 1 was re-elected president for the sixth time." |
