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Show DIE SI 1 OUNCE FOR WHITE WW Mining Men in Session at Denver Adopt Resolutions; Ten States Represented. DEXTER. .Ian. 24. Increased act ivll v of tiie western distirict of the American Mining congress, wit h head.piart ci a in L-onvcr. representatives at Washiinclon and a, canipaiun fund of ST.,ono wjih nul-lined nul-lined at a conference today between the unite opera torn of ten weal ern eta I cs wiih delegates to Ihe Jiflh annual joint convention of Ihe Colorado Mcial Mining association and the Colorado chapter uf tho American Mining enngrcsf. Tiie object, of the movement 1m to unite-all unite-all western mining operators, heliind pro-: pro-: posed legislation to be askerl .if rongre;s ?nd to protect inlcrcMs (,f M. indu;lt in any possible gn n nment war-tiiiie i etuer.uicv acii-m. 'i'he ten rtate-; ,-onro-isenlc.l n-w Wyoming, Montana, Catifor-j Catifor-j nia.. Ai-iona, Idaho. ashincton, !;tab. i Nevada, riklahmna and Cf'loiadu. rinlke-I rinlke-I ley Wells of lo uver was appointed haij- man ot the committer; to tnke charge of I I he lew orga n i.a tion. ("it her mem ben jHfp; CoVcrnor L'immet f. l(ove, vada. and Jarnoi; M. McCa rt h v, ' Wa !la. c. Idaho. The convention todav adopted resolutions, resolu-tions, prepared py .-ommi t teps n eonfrr-I eonfrr-I encrt -with rcprespntal iv cy of tho mlnliu; I industry hi r-ther wesiern states. They I urL"- a. rroierrun'-nt -tixed pri- e of $1 air ounce fop Silver, cncoui a -emen t of the production of prerjou.-- metals, amendment amend-ment of the e.-css prolits war tax law and ce.ratiou uf a. bureau of siatlatics uf the Anii'rican Mining congress,. Coveri!-merit Coveri!-merit contrfil of oil and ;;a:i wcDk and mines was opposed. The resolution on the eess profit:-: tu !aw urcpjl auienrluieji t s io d'-flne Invented Invent-ed ca pi I al in mlis-'s, oil nd aa h wells a a "t he h , era ;;e pre - wa r nl it ten mi; cap I - talized at X P"V '""." or '"paid in or en rued sur plus user) jn t he bnsi uess during dur-ing th" pre-war period." In the ch&p of propci'tiey df;'eloped si iter thr. uy he-. he-. ,r-'a ti. or u hi h had no pi r . Wa r net ea rn-iiiL:?, rn-iiiL:?, the resolution urired hH( the In -er-tf-d c-jpiial be defined as "!he n( t n-romo n-romo for the v.-ar I'HV, . u pi t m 1 i , at Ml per cent' v- "nal-1 iu and utidhlded TJr-plua TJr-plua uspfl in the business Iu IHtT." The o.invi.t.r., inrjorsrd n 1 .111 pepdini in copgre;, .i-iit iicd Io withdraw tein-porarily tein-porarily sbw-r on whi' h i-urrr-irv h basrd and re; i :i--e it Ci t li metal pure ha Spk r t the li;;er prim. Co-errjuient subsidies were urced tor the development nf mop. lideiiuin. manganese ,-md elironpnm UTtiiim ami encoura i.' me n I to operator- mitiiiic pot.': li. p'. riles and nitrate;-. The miriin congres-. f-ertlop r-f ihe con-vent con-vent ion adjourned t rj.Ja v. the met a I mining min-ing a Hsu, iat ion ron;i nun iu se t1o:i in consider pure!; stale, matter;-. |