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Show : m mm FEBMCCESS United Action of Western producers Urged as Means "; of Getting Legislation. SUBSIDY 1SFAV0RED Resolution Passed to Establish Estab-lish Federal Bureau of Mines. f he P.liT i,.v-::cro".Y of wost- t-.i -I o-l u Ui w was ! :-e k:J ev : v' i :n .N1 .;:ul ih.,t A :o:r;:r.!nT of .uu". T h J ' -vt - c of w o j-arr.o i!!i-rcy!s to be l;cM ; ;;i ;V. 1 :i ;:-" I;0-,r :--lurc- ls t:'-1' ; ( 0- . .1. M. '.U:;. one of th.-.1 U:a:i -..-it' i::Ji'.ii j.-mV:.,: ;o:, t he I'o'onuio 1 M . . ' .i."o.,..it:on, t!0 .U".iUi:' v -..'j. 0 ' O ."-'.lo: aMK'i.i;;o!', t..-.' vVr;.'.M-e-: Mvur.s a.i -liU'.ort. n;M ...e 1 I.-.'. 'o::'-..-S A" i ci'pUTs J " : . e .v:-c.:vj r. . 0:1 r y o. the lit.i.itrdr.s and ac- of :he ?veo;;r.-; w. j r?- l-v Ktd-v.o:ui of Sa:1 Like, . vr of lh?" i'vv u rvnoe resoh:t:or.3 :;eei sj.i :.:vi .1: 10 Mi- ldiic ry M -V" Kcd:r.cir.J"s re -or; fol- ' " cr j.rr Key ri:::r..i of Nevada ai-the ai-the v-;r O'lferenoe 1:: ri-Ard to "Ai n-;V;:v.'.:: ..".. w:.! covers : - :c.r o: eh Uri 1;. i.v. western -titts. -:.Vot r::::ran ?.i:d thai wr.ik-r?"t-hh was :.m the. het thai could ha e : e n --Ira w n : o r : : . e wtsuri'. f '. a t s . it 15 th.? best co-.i: i to had H Ms desire j to in.pre- on the uelc- lite r:cd un. teii action upon rurt o: t.ic wf'-rn mine ard oil 1 :- r t ors a v.e't';ry in order to se -v ::e anv is c.5 a tio:. ; "J" a : it was '.rr. est rosi-'.e w-ien the r.atorg o; i:ic - vr;, wr-r- '.v'-i-vi or. ar.v ri-jes- ;.?r. to ?eure ary !t::ition to ;.d ; ;he westcrr. ?:.:s 0:1 sucn ijues- i He ured t delesrates to to-c-:r.e-. cec'.J w.a; ::.ey want and ther. ; t -T-ser.t 1: to :.'! r resre:.:e ser.. :ors 1 ' rer-eser'i::'-e. Governor Toy:? e.jo 1 r.V:o-I:ec on. tnu- s :ojeet ar.d t:r;ed j i-.te-d aj::on u'ocn ail i:::r.:r.g o;eratr te itstrrr. s:a:e.. j Deplore Oil Fakers. j Senator Ke-drl.-k of Wyorr.tr. ? a:$o J :?ke ao-.s: t'r: sarr. '.ire. leW.r.c of tr.e ; r;rr:3.r".:aile work done ry Senator Fit: man : :n s?v'.:r.r.c, thro :.i trie senate, the 'v " a 1 ' . - F: : ; n: a n b : 1 1 and a ? 7. e.i : e J to x r. e ( r.io-rs to une t.ie;r cor.cresri'.an to; -..! i : t r.r o v. g ri the ho a&e, a; t.us ses-j n- rar-id T. Pav of the t-ure:m of j :'ne "oil s'.-.'.es of the western j y 7 Vsi:: lilies ""ird ursed their inves?:a- j 1 : . 0 r. I y cor:". r e tc r. 1 od i cs. I ;j ' d ep iored t e :a;t that a sreit many fakers had fc-re.idy e":e i 1 1 f.eld with bun 00 cor- :-aCtt". v here ne w .1 con: . i-.ue to aid :.-e exoc.-trrcntal rlir.t in. the prciu?-:io. prciu?-:io. cf oil at the University of Utah. A - r?o.jti?r. bs pa?vid declaring the con-1 '-- who'e-hesr-.ed'v, a'r:-h:tey ani 1 ur. reserved'. v t-h:nj tht administration in " : m azures drstcned to br-.rs the war : :d . scc-:55:ul co:;-?i jsion. believing the :-:?'.;on of ropper n::r.es is adequate. '-e ead rr ir.e? :r ore tn aieouate and t z r- rrirs z'.xT in exces of current : - r ; . n i and there is no r e a- r n to b e -:-. an" TArked chant-s in thse con-' - -K-rj oo-.:r for several years t -.' and thai t' -re exists by reason cf t-a-t s. neither o?a".on nor iu?".ifi-5t:on iu?".ifi-5t:on for soverTiment control or operation opera-tion cf these ::h:-.es. but that on the o""er hand tLe supply of certain so-"ei so-"ei rare nhnerals ar.d rre;a:s. viz., n o'.ybd enunu manrar.ese. ohlorinum. py- - 'rj, rotash ar.i nitrates i? entirely in-odr:u.te in-odr:u.te ion t.:s country s reeds now .z ' 'hereafter. The conference resolved i ir. we favor the encouragement by sub-f sub-f iv, direct and indirect and In every :- r. -r vrav the pro-iuction of such rare 1 --..::a! "ar-3 metals; that we favor the -' i n-u 1 a t : op. by every po s s i b 1 e means the rrcduztion of rold and sf.ver; that er i r"- not fo.vor the covemment control of i in t r rod virr s n y p re c i o i s 1 n i n e r a Is c n-,eta:? tmiess a shortage shcuid de-v-l:p therein. r Excess Tax. T'r.f- conference '"ortmittei aTso pjassed ! resolution in rv'-ard to th exes prof- " - Vis. and rcom mei:dd that a oil; be E --rd upon t'.-t- properly constituted an-' an-' crit that no injustice be cone the :r:in in dust rv rv raise ir.' erpreta ion 1 any of the rarts of the excess profits A resolution was 0 passed s skin? it a hurea-t of mines be establishei -"-se executive "reaj should have cun t " 0 i o : the r. : i n i n e industry and w "n o -h j u" d ' e a me nt b er of t h e r a P i r. e t of the reshlent of the United States. John C. Howard of the Utah Oh & Re-fhhn? Re-fhhn? comoar.y. addressed the conference t regard to what the government can do ir.-.-rease oil productions. It is be- I i that very shortly another confer- ! tr.S ti-.e western mine owners and 0 r-e ra '. o r s in con 1 1 e c t i o n wi t h various rsvn chapter of the American min-i min-i " z i-on er e s s wi ' ! c a U a n j e e t i n ? to be t'.z at "Salt Lake City sometime in the rv. distant future. This seems to be ti.e general opinion of the delegates from outside of the state of Colorado. There 'is no doubt of the necessity of the western west-ern mine owners and operators getting in touch with their feliow men and decid-irsr decid-irsr upon a decisive pian in the request-ir.z request-ir.z lesri?!ation in reeard to the mln-irz mln-irz industry. Gold Mines Close Down. It iva learned at this conference that r":-ny of the smaller eoid mines of North I :-ko-.a. Colorado and California have "-en forcei to suspend operations owing to the- increased cost of labor and mate-''-'i- The m:n:ng industry is confronted T-h a verv serious pron.em and It is ?'-'irig to take somp of the best brains tbe indu.-try to find a way out. Covemor Boyle has been requested by ' t conference to take charge of the sil-cue-tion arid the r-for miner of the v"tem silver committee under his lend-f lend-f pifding th American mining 'o-ires.-i to do everything In its power to 't 'l nirn. Governor Boyie is returning to 'evada a nd t ill urge the formation of '-'e r'r.fp;er of the American mining -o-.gress in that state. -ierr- Day of the Hercules mine of the -' e u r d'Aiene be 1 : e v e a that Idaho will - organize a chapter. The conference esred its support to the secretary of the tfinhir consre-:-; at V.'? shinton and Gov -r.or Boyie. Dr. Day. Secretary- Bums of ' Colorado chapter ail spoke of the rr.ervJous difficulty under which he is 0 r i ri g and :he need for efficient -'--P in his office during the next year. A reso'ulinn was passed urging tha t h one of the minin? starts in its ;;n way ra'.s. at lest $3000 for addi-,-?7-V pense of this office during the '--urrg year, 50 per cent to re misd ,':;-:in tr,!rt" dayK and the remaining : within six months. .;.r conference closed with a better ' '. 30-- the operators as to the t-t"r '-'f- i--efal mi nine '.ndustrv than 1 j. ' ry 31 the beelnninir of th" session. 1 .-tevd th.M the r.ec-f5ity of 00-'or' 00-'or' dr:i-l into them In such t-ey w:Il y ab.e to present .' a un::ed front at Washington In the jre. f i |