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Show BLOMIJINE Conservation Bills Introduced at Last Session of Congress to he Opposed. AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS BUSY PLANNING BATTLE r I "Taft-Wickersham-Nelson" Policies Pol-icies Sure to Precipitate a Bitter Fight. DENVER, July 29 CharginE that the conservation bills known as senate sen-ate bills numbers GiSi and 34SG to 5492, inclusive introduced at tho last session of congress, will, il! adopted, seriously retard western mining development, develop-ment, and add to tho "already heavy burden ' of mining men, western mining men are planning a. strenuous light agam6t theso measures at tho annual session of tho American Mining congress, con-gress, to bo hold in Los Angeles, beginning begin-ning September 2(j. The official cull I for this meeting was issued at the Denver Den-ver headquarters toda', and 3000 delegates dele-gates are expected to attend, representing represent-ing the important mining centers of tho United States and Canada, Mexico and Alaska. Big Fight Coming. It was announced at the headquarters headquar-ters of the mining congress today that the conservation policy would receive a big share of tho attention of the congress, con-gress, and an endeavor would be made to learn the true attitude of tho west on this question. A bittor fight is expected ex-pected to result, as for weeks sentiment among thp mining men has been actively forming in opposition to what aro termed the "Taft-Wickersham-Nelson" policies concerning the development of water powers and disposition of mineral lands. r Tho leaders expected to speak against tho measures are Sonators Borah and Heyburn of Idaho, Senators Perkins of California and Congressman Bartlett of Nevada, The most energetic advocates of tho Roosevelt conservation policy, including Gifford Pinchot, James It. Garfield, Former Governor Pardee of California, and others are also expoctcd to address ad-dress tho delegates. Roosevelt May Bo There. Jt is thought not unlikely that Mr. Roosevelt himself nmy 3ricJd to tho pressure that is .being exerted throughout through-out the western states to accept the invitation to be present and defend the policy which is causing widespread dissatisfaction, it is asserted, among all mining interests. "There is no doubt that tho mortal blow at tho prime industry of tho west that is contained in tho conservation bills will be emphatically resented at" tho Los Angeles moeting," said a prominent promi-nent official of the mining congress this afternoon. "These bills provide in effect that the remaining coal lands shall bo leased by the federal government, a part only of the proceeds to be paid t'o the states; and that tho development of water power shall bo controlled by the general gen-eral government. Added to the burdens bur-dens already plnced upon mining by the forest service, tho regulations concerning concern-ing tho location and patenting of claims, and tho use of timber, otc, tho policy of taking tho remaining resources from tho control of the states constitutes so radical a departure from the system under which western development has already gone forward, that it will ro-tard ro-tard all western development, and mining, min-ing, as tho principal western industry, will suffer most heavily." Much Work Ahead. According to tho programme of the congress three Denver men, General Irving Irv-ing Halo, Herbert S. Sands and Charles A. Chase, will give the report of a committee com-mittee which is investigating the standardization stan-dardization of electrical equipment in metal mining. Colonel A. G. Brownleo of Idaho Springs will address tho convention con-vention as the representative of a com-, mitlec which is investigating the effect of the national forest service regulations regula-tions upon mining in Colorado. t James F Callbreath of Donvcr, national na-tional secretary of tho American Mining Min-ing congress, is now in Los Angeles preparing pre-paring for the mooting. |