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Show SAYS INI LIS IIViPEDEPRDSPECTOR Assistant Secretary of the American Mining Congress Con-gress Discusses Aid HELP IS NEEDED Question to Come Before Convention; Demands Will Be Voiced Special to The Tribune PHOENTX, Ariz. Oct 11 For every $375 worth of products raised by the farmers of the United States the federal government contributes to agriculture $1 and for the comlnsr fiscal year the fed eral government has contributed $24 000, 000 for agriculture while for the entire mining Industry less than a million has been appropriated according to B L M olcott, assistant secretary of the Amer lean Min ns congress. Ho nas opened headquarters and has perfected arrange r-ents for the annual convention of that orsai aation which is to meet in this city duri ? the firt week In December In discuss ng- the quest on of federal aid. Ye Bald Y ill Demand Recognition "We have no complaint to males in re-ard to the appropriation for agri cultural work. Every dol ar so far expended has been proven a wise in Vestment b the marve ous progress of the farm ng nd stn bu we do insist that e rea n ne a nduc try which second on n mpo tance to farm ng t t a m o men employed in the m nes and anothe m lion directlv confecel with th manufacture of the r p od c s s n being- given the recogn lo o v. it Is ent tied and hat t ntends to Insist upon ha ln& Tl e Canad an government encour ages the miner in e eTy way po si be e en to the extent of offer ng bonuses for tl e discovery of miner aJs not known to e st in that coun try while the po Icy of th s govern ment seems to be to put such ob stacles and restrict ons n the way of the miner as to discourage both prospecting and de elopme t In the early dajs of m n ng n this country when the -values c ose to the surface were all h gh grade and the problem of recovery com parativelv simple no assistance was necessary and none asked but that day Is past and uith few e ceptions the mines of the future w I be of low grade and refractor nat re Appropriations Needed Tl e quest on of extrac ing the al ues from refractory ores s one of t e n ost mportant confrontln0 the n n Ing ndUwtrv Hundreds of m nes are now idle that only need on e cheap method of extraction, to be come producers. T e American "Min ng congress e 1 eves that Invest gation w deve op a method of treatment whereb thee alues can be recovered and Ins sts that this investigation sha 1 be car rled out by the fede al Povemme t for the benefit of alL With the creation of the fede al bureau of nines t was oped that many of t e metallurgical problems w ould be so ved some progress 1 as been made but ow ng to the en al appropriat ons much st U rema ns undone This subject wi occupy a prom nent place on the programme of the i coming convent on vh c s e pected to vo ce the demands of he m n ng Indus In no uncer ain te ms |
