Show TUB THU MINING sl INt NI G CO I ESS Secretary Prof About thi t 0 I mig limn In n ti communication received by Prof William Wi I 11 II 11 1 one ono of or tho ho Halt Hait Lake delegates to tho the American Mining congress which meets In II Port bud Oro Ore next month Secretary Ma Mn Malion Ia lion lon lays particular stress upon the time Im mi Importance of oC making tho lie coming nion the III greatest In tho the history of at tie the Mr Million Mahon says nays Tho The coming session will wi ho bo liberalized on Hi UI n a broader brainier review of oC the he mining 1 In Industry Industry than tho over before It I l Is expected that every on state iiiI territory In the tite United Canada and Mexico will wil present reports on OH the geologIcal anti and mineral resources of ot their iier several and 28 26 have already taken up tip tho the work worl ark oC of their reports and so notified Secretary Motion Million It In IK more than likely from the he great grent Interest I that Is le being manifested nil ill over the tho country In lii time the com In assem assent assembly lily bly that lint the will wi ho bo very vury large lame unit Inel that the tl views of at tho ho con congress great gress will Ill ho bo definitely Into loto form torm that lint wi will wi prove tho he basis for tor tut ful fu tire lire federal legislation ItH Itil IK Importance when viewed In III this his light cnn an scarce scarcely ly my bo ho overestimated find amid tho ie mining Industry will bo ho benefited by its la wisdom h to n a I degree wi that can hardly be realized In advance Ono One of ot the lie th Important functions of ot this congress will wi be lp a n federal department of and mining with u it 1 secretary at nt o Its flit It II head who shall bo lii n 0 1 cabinet alit 01 character of at A measure of ot this Ier I I Infinite Importance to 0 the Industry can con cani conI i I acquire momentum only through the I action of or a Lt I mining congress represent live lye of at tho ho interests ot of time the te mining men man generally Through such tieh n a I medium It t limo has a n political significance that thai will wi en entitle enI entitle title It to the tho th serious consideration of oC I til the B who wish to conserve tho the best bc t Interests of a n great Industrial factor of oC tho tue country Aside tram front the tho formulating ot of n a cole code of laws Iowa for tor tho the approval of or Congress and taking such eloh steps ns nH aro possible 1108 toward tim tho th creation of n 1 m mining depart department mont ment tho the forthcoming meeting prom pom teen ices to exercise no little Influence In BJ SI curing concessions of oC great grent alue to the tue Industry rite Tho mining Industry embraces not nol no merely morely mining for tor the ito precious metals but ulso In lit Includes and for tor Iron Itoh amid coal coil tut It I the thu production of ot oil all al anti stone quarrying In iii nil all ni Its varied forums It I covers the time entire Union for tUl there therl U is cover not a I single state In II which mining In somo form Corm Is 18 not nol conducted It I represents FlintS tho ho Interest tho the welfare ond the tho hopes of millions of or men 1111 Second He old only olly to agriculture If IC oven eon to It I mining II II Is the tue curlier corner storm of ot the na nations ni nail wealth Through prosperity pro the production of ot Its 18 Iron Irol amid an coal coalmines moInes mines In I the tho United lias hoa become 18 hit chloC steel the lie chief manufacturer of ot steel products In III tho the world and Its Iia su supremacy AI In II foreign markets would never have hlo been boell achieved had 1111 It not net III 1 ii for the wealth which nature stored In lie tho mines whether of ot coal conI Iron cop coil copper per ir li I lend silver or gold gol To lo 0 r refuse fu o to establish n II department of or s amid mining when whon already wo we hlO ono one of oC war of ot time the navy Invy of oC for Cor foreign eign of or commerce and ale labor and Ild of 11 agriculture Is lit to 0 neglect mimi 1111 In In Iii II which h I Is IA more to this thiN country than Ihan the lie Il of ot either cither alth r tho tim thoI army I fn or the lie navy for without It II w we wa should bo lie dependent t In iii both tho I o 1 of ot public service upon foreign countries It I IH lit II moro to us timi titan our diplomatic relation flOut and 1111 yields 1118 place 8 only Inh Cl to 10 the lie cultivation of ot the tho soil sol The rite rh of if IC the tho United should give this question prompt nt itt teni a art act that would Id rt tie the Ihl of oC the tho mining In iii Industry II anti Its 11 importance In relation rei a tn 11 fi the welfare of ot the country |