Show MINING CONGRESS TO fiGHT fR fRA Oli OliA A BUREAU Of MINES MS DE DENVER En Cob Colo March 2 The Tho Tho di directors ui ci rectors of tho ho American Mining congress con con- gress re s of this city uro te reluctantly a admitting ad nutting the tho improbability of tho the passage pass pas bill at this thise of oC the tho mining minin bureau ago age e buean bi session e of tho the national cOD congress ress at nt Washington ashin toD Tho The pon ponderous erous lawmaking lawmaking iD ing body of tho American people with numerous appropriation bills bis on its is cal cal- many problems WJ big and ant little ittle to thresh out and nd consuming days in tho herculean task of rc reducing a senators senator's salary in in order that tha hemi ho he mi might I ht become 8 secretary ar of state tate finds consider comparatively little time to the needs neds of nn an industry that pours forth its stream of metal which enables enable the tho government to meet its billion dollar doUar appropriations annual annual- I ly is bilon A rt rd iii l I ly A year yer n ago o the lower house of congress con con- gross gress which by tho the nv a tray ought to bo be styled tho the H upper upper house honse 1 by a n voto vote of at to 21 passe passed a bill bm providing for forthe tho the creation of a bureau of mines as asa asa a part creaton of tho the interior department but hut the par dignified senate in to tho wishes of just juat ono one member who ho strangely cn enough u h hails hail from the tho great reat minin mining state of Colorado has bas persist persist persistently refused to consider the tho bill and ad mining ant men will wi doubtless witness a its death to together with that of tho the second sec see ond und session of 01 the tho sixtieth con congress ress on March 4 Toller Teler Defeated Bill Bi But it is believed th that the death eath of the present i bill bi will wi mean very lUla delay in the tho ultimate of a mining min nun min in ing bureau bill bi Already the minin mining congress is lain laying plans plana to have the matter taken up in the tho lower house honse next fall ll mater and with wih a a preponderance of benti- benti ment it ought to pass pas both houses next winter Senator Teller eer tho the grand grana rala old man from Colorado whoso whose opposition I Ito to tho the present bill bi alono alone caused cause its it defeat de do feat retires permanently from tho the senate son sen ate on March 4 and ad succeeding him isa is- is is isa a R man rated as one of ot Americas America's lead leading led in jug ing minin mining la lawyers who will vill wi always be bo found stron strongly ly in sympathy symphy with any movement Jn for tho the benefit of mining aiming Charles J. J Hughes Jr Thus the mining congress is is about to tor r realize the tho o of twelve years cars of incessant nt labor for a n fair measure ot of governmental operation cooperation for the mining min min mm- In ing industry for tho the recognition of tho the industry is no lon longer er far away When the tho a agitation for a n department of mines was first begun very cr few members of congress con ress were in favor of it i and practically none nODe outside of those conlin coming from tho the western wester minin mining states Bu Buona But Butone Butone one ona b by one ono the tho members of con congress began began be be- gan to realize the thc im importance ortance of mining min mm- ing when its annual production began i io to play around tho the mrk mark and moro more favorably still when it was learned that our mines were kiin killing ten ton men every eveT day moro day moro in proportion to number employed and tonna tonnage o produced than any other mining country on tho the earth House louse Favors Bureau But Dut still a n department of of mines could coul not carry and aa as u compromise compromiso for the tho present the bill bi for lor a n bureau was introduced introduced intro intro- nd ur urged cd by tho the mining con con- gress gres The persistent work of tho the mining min mm- In ing con congress ess reduced tho the number of opponents op op to t the bill bi In i tho house to twenty one with 20 voting in its is favor fa f. f vor veT and nd while whilo who tho the opposition in tho senate would woud perhaps be bo proportionately proportionately proportion proportion- enao as small smal if i a n vote yoto ote taken by some Bomo strange maladjustment of prerogative prerogative tive tho the ono one man stron strongly lv opposed to tho bill Di is is able ablo to prevent its it consideration lion tion ton by tho the senate Benato at least leat during the tho present t term rm Ono One man through h son sen senatorial sen atonal courtesy is ablo to thwart tho the desire of 00 DO per pel cent of the members member of that bo body y on so important n a matter as this thi which vitally ialy affects affect tho the prosperity prosperity prosper prosper- i ity of the tho entire nation Thoro is a a. a belief which Las has gained wide credence that tho the opposition of Senator Toiler Toller to the bureau bill bi comes coes from b his bis s friction with wih tho the forestry de de- in tho the matter of the tho administration administration adminis adminis- of tho the western public lands and his has consequent desire to refuse e to extend ex cx- tend further power to tho the various departments de do- at Washington ton dealing caUn with wih western estern interests In the to face of r this fact i it is is s held hold by practically nfl all al western west west- ern era m mining men en that a bureau of mines mies speaking with authority for lor tho min ruin nt nt industry as separate from the other interests of tho the government could more mor easily cosily and satisfactorily overcome the tho points of ot friction fricton now existing between between be he tween mining men and ad tho the forestry de do- Great Grent hopefulness is i held by tho mining raining min rain iD ing con congress that tho the bill bi providing for fora a bureau will be bo passed by both houses bouses early in in tho the session which convenes nc next nest t Dec December emb or |