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Show 1NL CONGRESS 1 OPENS MONDAY i Matters Vital to Welfare of Industry to Be Discussed by Well-known Men. ST. LOC1S. Nov. 14. The plans for the national Industrial conference In connection connec-tion with the American Mining congress in this city next week Include discussions of railway legislation, freight rates, conservation con-servation of man power. Industrial democracy, de-mocracy, the British labor situation, labor la-bor conciliation and ita effect upon production, pro-duction, observation of law and order In strikes, gold production, the proposed short workday, nationalization of mines, ci,. ,,l ,,,,,-aii- lxhor demands, contracts between labor and capital, methods of handling labor in mines and factories, proposed labor and antislriko laws, safety and welfare work, eradication of radicalism radical-ism from labor unions, standardization of mining equipment, effect of tax laws on tho mining industry, tariff on war mlu-orals, mlu-orals, and government control of labor. Speakers scheduled include uovenio. Charles H. Brough of Arkansas. Governor John J. Cornwall of West Virguna. Governor Gov-ernor Frederick D. Gardner of Missouri. Governor Robert D. Carey of Wyoining, Senator Miles Polndex ter. Senator Albert P, Cummins, Senator Charles &. Thomas. Congressman James G. Strong. Congressman Congress-man Edward T. Ta lor. Dr. Van H. Manning, Man-ning, director of the United States bureau bu-reau of mines: Dr. George Otis Smith, ai-reotor ai-reotor of the United States geological survev; Alba B. Johnson, president of tno Baldwin Locomotive works; , Jhn White, formerly president of tne United Mine Workers of America; James Lord, president of the mining department of tne American Federation of LaDor; CUfTora Thorne, freight expert, of Chicago. Allen Walker, manager of the foreign Department Depart-ment of the Guaranty Trust company o. Mow York: John Clausen, vice president of the Chemical National bank of New York; Charles Piez of Chicago Colonel Daniel B. Wentz of Philadelphia. John Leltch of New York, Samuel Crowtr.er. well-known writer on labor' proo,ema. George L. Nye of Denver. George M la -lor and Albert E. Carlton of Colorado Springs . P. Ramsted: of WaJlac, Idanoi Wade Kurtz of Kansas City. Pnilip N Moore of the s-overnment war minerals commission. Fletcher Hamilton, mineralogist min-eralogist of California: Andrew LnjITy. chief of the railroad administration safe-tv safe-tv division: George S. Rice, government engineer, who recently returned from investigating in-vestigating European mines: Edwin Ludlow Lud-low . anthracite engineer, of 'New YorK. Harrv N. Ta; lor. president of tne National Na-tional Coal association; Dr. Henry Mace Fame, chairman or the coal export commute com-mute of New York; Francis S. Peabody of Chicago. John A. Davis of Fairbanks, Alaska: Trank Farringlon. president of tr'-.irt, , Inn rf Ijibor: L. W Parker. Pittsburg; Harry U Day, Vtal-lace. Vtal-lace. Idaho: F. F. Toss, chief or the Russian Rus-sian mining commission now In the Lnlteu States Bulkelev Wells of Denver. John C. Howard of Salt Lake City and Georgw R Wood of Charleston, W. Va. In addition, a large number of presidents presi-dents of schools of mines and departmental depart-mental heads of the bureau of mines as well as the state commissioners of mines and mining, state and government tax officials and the heals of numerous big mining corporations of the country w... take part In tho discussions. The National Exposition of Mines. In connection with the conferences, will be Ihe best exclusively mining and maehiri-erv maehiri-erv exhibit yet; made, and will contain otcOOO feet of space, divided ajnong more than 100 exhibitors, including live departments depart-ments of the United states government |