Show Federal Bureaus Bureau's Activity in I Supervising Utah Coal Mining I Operations Provokes Protest I Statement on Blasting Powder Restrictions Provides Boomerang Showing How Domination Has Has Prevailed l Here I It t Is s Said which it is said substantiates the charge that E EVIDENCE the industrial commission of or Utah was guided by the United States bureau of mines in promulgating its supplement to general coal mines safety orders April 8 1924 is furnished in a dispatch Just received here from Dorsey A. A Lyon acting I I director of the federal federal bureau of mines at Washington WI D D. D C. C The dispatch says that the bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau does not contemplate any nationwide nationwide nationwide na na- na- na orders regarding the use of black blasting powder in coalmines coalmines coal coalmines mines declaring that it is s the duty o of each state to make its own laws or rules to cover the subject I However by the rules adopted by bythe the Utah industrial al commission it ItI is shown hown hown that the only explosives explosives' I I mines are in which may be used those known or classed a permissible per 1 I by the United States bu bureau bureau bu- bu I bu-I reau of mines In other words It Itis itis itis is pointed out the Utah I skin sion by its rul rules s and by the commIS stipulations is isnow lations of the bureau of mines what I n now w without authority to say explosives other than those approved ap- ap I ap-I j proved pio by the bureau of mines may maybe maybe maybe be used RESOLUTION CITED I This fact is substantiated in the orders as adopted by the industrial commission which contain the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing resolution Be it resolved that 1 Permissible Explosives s Only permissible explosives' explosives shall be used for tor blasting coal in any mine and the amount of ot such explosive explosive ex ex- plosive used in any anyone one hole shall not exceed the permissible limit of 1 pounds A permissible explosive explosive explosive sive shall be considered as one which has been classed as permissible permissible per per- per per-I by the U. U S. S bureau of mines and then only used in such quantities and under such conditions conditions condi condi- I as have been approved ed by the U. U S. S bureau of mines Charges were recently made by David H. H Madsen state fish and game commissioner Attorney General General General Gen Gen- eral Harvey H. H Cluff and others that federal bureau domination of I state activities formed a menace and that unless it was checked all I the states would be governed from Murray Washington Dr Nicholas Butler sounded a warning against the spread of such domination and s-p s l l d ou that such sucha a system tern tem would lead to the employment of countless political office seekers I would increase taxation would I cause a duplication of work and I would take from the states certain revenue that they and not the federal federal fed fed- eral oral authorities were entitled to i receive for the operation of state government II TOO MANY BUREAUS I In line with this thought the I National Coal association with headquarters at Washington D. D C. C I pledged the support of pf the bituminous bituminous bituminous coal Industry to President Coolidge in his program for economy economy economy econ econ- I omy and curtailment of government activities Representing the prin prin- producing fields of the United States the government relations I committee of the coal association headed by Walter H H. Cunningham of Huntington W. W Va Ya and with I S. S Pemberton HutchinsOn Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia president of the association association association tion In attendance adopted a resOlution resolution resolution reso resO- lution indorsing the statement made by the country's chief executive Citing these words of or the dent We are occupying fields should be abandoned the resolution resolution resolution tion declared that Calvin puts his Linger finger on the crux of the situation W We have too many fedj fedi fed- fed j i eral bureaus now Elimination of these these superfluous bureaus will bring lower taxes and better busness business bus busi I ness ness conditions for all METHODS DENOUNCED I Local coal operators viewing I with alarm the spread of ot federal I i domination strongly protested I against the methods employed ed by bythe byI bythe I the the federal bure bureau u of mines As a aI result of such protest announcement announcement announcement announce announce- I ment was made made- at Washington D. D C. C that the Hie federal bureau of mines would cease to function as asa asa asa a state body in Utah in inspecting II Utah mines and controlling the operation of the mines Prior to toI this however the federal bureau of mines had called a safety for mines conference which was abandoned when It was wa pointed out that those those most vitally affected the operators operators' and the miners would not be allowed to participate participate pate ate in the deliberations On top of this Acting Director L Lyon on of the bureau of mines now comes forward with a statement that the bureau does not contemplate contemplate contemplate plate any Interference with state laws and that it is up to the re respective respective respective re- re states to make make their own laws and rules Yet in spite of ot this pronouncement it is pointed out that the bureau of ot mines must approve what blasting powder and other paraphernalia may be used in mines In Utah |