Show THE MINING BUREAU As has already been stated the bill creating a bureau of mines has passed both houses of congress with v only one vote recorded in the negative in the senate The only criticism expressed was a doubt whether an invasion of the rights of the states was not involved in such legislation On this point Senator Paynter of Kentucky Kentuck said sLid C There C is not a line or word in the bill which bich indicates that it is an attempt to interfere in n any way whatever with the rights of the states to control mines Under this bill there will be no rc regulation of mines by the federal government The whole purpose of it is to enable the government government govern govern- ment to acquire information that shall result beneficially beneficially bene bezic- to the owners ot OD mines and their employees and therefore beneficially to the people of the whole whole countr country The bill is a disappointment to the west because be he- cause it establishes a bureau of mines instead of making mining a department of the government like agriculture or r like the navy nay or the arm army but that ma may come conic later It would have saved saed the country vast ast sums bums had such a bureau been established forty years ago and put in the hands of a thoroughly accomplished man It would have stopped the o of ot silver sih B By this time the people would have realized that wb while Ie in agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture the countr country is great while its manufactures are great the great moving spring of commerce and trade comes from the mines It to the business of the country is what the tile leaven is in bread t gives vita vitality lit to every other form of business and while hile a gr great grest at crop of wheat or of corn reduces the price to the consumer a great crop of gold and siler silver sil- sil er ver comes in competition with no product rather it exalts the business of every err other legitimate undertaking un- un in the thc theland land because as s society is organized organized organized or or- everything thing hinges upon money and all the real money in the world now all that ever willbe will willbe willbe be has been and will be the product of the precious metal mines To have haye a bureau in Washington to have an alert man in charge one who in his annual reports cnn can make clear to the people what mining has done for them then all will have its effect after a little while Mining will ta talc take c on in the estimation of tIle the people a n di dignity it never has had and the mining mining ruining min ruin ing interests will be the of every business business bus bus- iness mess man raun in the nation |