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Show STROIUG PLEA FOR I GOVEWENT AID Secretary of Mining Congress I Puts Some Questions Up to the Senate, METAL MINES SUFFER Retrogression of Industry Is Certain Unless Attitude Is Quickly Changed. J F Csllbrenth. secretary of the American Amer-ican Minln conirre, ha upent ..vcrai months at Waahlnjjton In tht endeavor to iecnr a hearing at the hands of con-r? con-r? In behalf of the western mineral prortiK-ina- industry- On the. desk of each member of ths United States senate he laid a communication calling to the attention atten-tion of th men who can and should aid this Important branch of national Industry, Indus-try, what It needs, which here follows in part: For the paat fifteen yers the mining min-ing men of the western mates have been demanding f'.',r;il r'-coRnltlon and aid In behalf of the mining Industry. In-dustry. With the help of representatives representa-tives of the coaJ mining regions, ths bureau of mines, tha agency through which this aid can be Riven, wns finally fin-ally secured and Its work should now b extended to the metal mines of tha public land state. The organization of nilne safety work In the metal mining districts has not been entered upon, hut Is greatly needed. The loss of lives In many of thefe districts Is almost aa great aa in the coal mines Metal Mining- Suffers. For ome years patt the metalliferous metallifer-ous mining Industry of the west has nit kcr.t par with the development cf other line of enterprise. I'nder the stimulating effect of federal ld given through the department of agriculture, agri-culture, the average annual valuation of agricultural production of the public pub-lic land states ,ns Increased from an annual value of $98i:000."00 during the five voars from 1901 to 1 f i "i , to hi average av-erage annual valuation of (l.MS.OOO,-000 (l.MS.OOO,-000 for the five years preceding 1J10. During those same years the average production of preclou metals from those states hag decreased from $136.-rlug $136.-rlug Ifal first period to 1$7 -.""0 d-rlng the second period. In tr.e -tiw of Colorado tha production of precious metaJa decrease. from IS0.S14.919 in 190(. to ftt.26S.4Sa In 1BK'. and the number of men 'cm-ptojn 'cm-ptojn I in n.lnlng. milling and smelting in Colorado decivj:. d irom 40.111 In ISM to 1S.SSS In 1 01 n With rare exceptions ex-ceptions the population of all the mining camps In the west decreased during ivis period and In many In-stnn. In-stnn. r-s low grade mining camps have been entirely abandoned. A solution of the problem of eoon-omir.il eoon-omir.il treatment of low-grade ores Is the one method through which this ereet fundamental Industry can be II. i p -obi em Is to., great for private enterprise and whenever Improvements are made by private effort ef-fort the ref ills are kept secret and do 0) I ai vc tha lanaral pood The waal has a light to axpacl fedaral aid Br In the solution of these problems Silver Production. Yearly average of gold and silver production n the public land states of the United states In five-year periods ii I from 1SS1-1010. Inclimlve. o a Tearly Periods Avenge. Utl-lSSS 7S.M4 I J lSi.R0 51 Tlfi 201 ; 1801-1R95 lO0.O4i.26S H lf5-ir-v, lM,89$iS8S .. LfOl-lfOf i?.-. v71 4' T. m''' l$fCI$ti ItT.0ST,4SS During the- ten years this entire fund arising from the proceeds of the m sale of all such public lands. Including the ft rst.000 asiatng from the aala of coal and other lands, has been de-nli de-nli TOt ad t.. the upbuilding of agrlrul-F agrlrul-F ture in the publi.- land states, and no ) Part of this fund has gone to help tha l1. mining Industry In any of these f state P urine this time the mlntng Indus-I Indus-I try In th public land states has I fallen far behind agriculture In pro- f granaliu development Ifany branches of the Induativ are showing the need I of extended Investigations I The statement then .al!s attention to K! the decreased number of men being ein- ployed In the mlne and smebers of Colo. I rado, Montana and Idaho. nd of fust If diminishing mineral production of the U ' stale of Colorado, and Mr Callbreath h tn-r. compares the appropriations of the & United State and r.nada for mining and K geol. gl s Investigations as follows: Canada and America. Tli- Unltad State, with a population of II S7S.MS, with a total annual mineral Pfc-d . . . appropriates I1.U1.0J0. Panada, with a population of 1.1 .r.2T. and with an annual mineral yield of 110 ISl.tSO, appropriates fil.7S3 The statement then continues: T.'.e population of the United States Is nearly thirteen times that of Canada Can-ada The mineral production of the I'r.ited States is neerlv twenty times that of Canada. The mi prr pr1aton for mining and geojrgiral Investigations in the T"nl-ted T"nl-ted States not rjulte three t1ms that of Canada. . The appropriations for mining and ge..og1-a! in estlgatlons In the Tnlteo HV States average about IH.nOO p-r mtl- Ki lion population Ol' The appropriations f..r mining and gaol gli il investigations in Canada 1 averages about $s.o.-o per million ST' i population. fl The appropriation for metallurgical research work In Canada. 19i-.-r.:i The appropriation for metallurgical research work In the United States, nothing Th appropriation for research In behalf o' agriculture for the fiscal year 1913. aa nr;" ' tha senate, jtl rrore than $t.ooo,000. Shall there be a retrogression In the , '1 mts! mining Industry |
