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Show WITS MINING m to mm w Senator Macbeth Opposed to Placing Government Official on Committee The action of the convention on re islon of mining airs at 'Washington De cember 16 in recommend ng tl at a repre tentative of the Department of the In terior be placed on the revision commls elon wiU not be generally approved by western mining men in the op n on of Senator Ravenal Macbeth of Slackay Idaho who is in !alt Lake on h s waj home from the convention Senator Macbeth who s secretary of the Idaho M nlng association opposed this po -t on of the resolut on on the floor of the convention basing h s oppos tlon on the ground t at the po! cy of the In terior Department through success ve ad ministrations had been such as to ca se many conflicts w th wes era mining n terests and in the optn on of western mining men to hamper proper develop ment of the mln ng Industry Senator Macbeth reaff med here yes terday the attitude he assumed at the convention v,hen he said the m n na men of his state d d not want any extens on of bureaucrat c interference with the mining industry that it had alreadj had enough of it. The resolutions as adopted by- the convention are as fo ows 1 1 The mln ng aw of the Tjn ed states si ou d be revised not piece meal but thorough y so as to co ordinate and harmonize 1 s ar ous prov slons f 2 1 or the purpose of g ving the f 1 e t cons derat on of the needs of e ery branch of the min ng Industry and every sect on of the country as af fected by the m neral and laws of the United States it is desirable that a government commission be created by act of congress whose dutv it shall be to nvestigate bj every proper means the quest ons and in ereste here re ferred to and to make recommenda tions as a bas s for the proposed mln lng law revision 3. That In order to epresent the i cjRsses of men- whose in erests will be IrtJaiktaffMted the proposed commlss on lid cons st of f ve members one esent ng the legal profession one e entlng the Department of the rlor and three men act! ely in -ted and experienced in mining the acquis tion and hand ng of eral land That this commts Ion hall be :ted and appo nted by the presl : of the United States That this conference belie es the serv ces of such a con m s . are deserving of compensation well as relnbursement for all tssarv expenses but is more con ed with the a tual establ shment be commlss on and 1 s character with the question of emolument iwl 1 g adly see the wo k done ugh an honorary coram s on if ;ress deems It advieab e That this conference expresses it tfn. favor of the creation of a lanent committee on mining law lion, such comm ttee to con st vennembers from the Mining and iliurgical Soc ety of America five rithe American Institute of M n ;Eng neers and fl e from the rtcan Mining congress and be ap tedyby the e organlzat ons Such Tilttee to have the power to se 4tsv3own chairman and secretary Ifcoadd to it membership not to edStereadd t onal mln ng men or rslBntere ted in the subject for Igtheflcommit ee s created. The itig. "tts.comm t ee sha 1 be to lerjtthe Interests of the m n ng in rssjlhrougb. congress ona actloq. ccordaace w th the resolutions ted at this confe ence and its r"J-eport shall be presented to ft the soaet es forma y repre-Bdf repre-Bdf In Its" mate up Svestern- mir4n- men at the conven geJtn favor of a commission to be sea of men actua 1 engaged to the rgSio try-ana having actual knowl flfondltlona exjstlngittt the west and Siavor having ie revision of mln ws placed In the lands of mining 5ys and mining experts who have nv a large measure responsible for of the mining litigation This at Is endorsed ed to ally in the cur - ,sqe of the Enkmeering & Mining BlArrlal. which says K TIf the men engaged In the mining in TCdostry should speak out without any con HHSbdefafJons of"po31tIes- diplomacy' and the rBSrSitKng of whaP they -Bant by giving up fifereaHSP&g afferent, we think tbey would Ewsl&WaUAls, purely a mining question. ffiit ber Attended to by mining men MB&MteBS employ lawyers for the legal Hi -that fs necessary afejiator Macbeth says the attitude of IMEhe&westero mining men towards the De HHnaHmen.t of the Interior should not fee EEffinstrued as an attack upon the adminis BflHtratlon -of Secretary Lane for under his EHiLadmlnistration much red tape has been 4 eliminated and conditions in consequence pRilaTe been materially Improved jBL Senator Macbeth says he believes the UKnmeetlng at Washington and the exchange SKJofvvlews which took place will result in considerable good, as there were 125 dele fcjgaTes' present from twenty one states |