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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVTLLE. UTAH TO PROMOTE MININ Q Plea for Laws to Fit the Times Director of United States Geological Surrey Addresses Mining Congress. The disposition of the natural -- -- resources oh the public domain was one of the principal subjects under discussion at the sessions of the American Mining Congress in, Philadelphia, October 20 to 24. Director George Otis Smith, of the United States Ge ological Surrey, in his con- tribution to this discussion stated that both advances in public opinion and changes in economic conditions have placed demands upon legislation, for the mineral laws of 20, 40, or 50 years ago can not meet the requirements To illustrate this of today. point, he said, the coal mined west of the Mississippi River in 1873 amounted, to less than 2 million tons, but last year it was over 58 million tons. The oil in the public-lan- d production 1897 was 2 million barStates in rels and last year 141 million barrels, -- yet 1873 and 1 897arr the dates of the latest Federal enactments providing for the acquisition of coal and oil lands, Here are some respectively. that have grown industries infant' to-flaws it. desehve and up Business. Mining a Public-Servic- e e future status Regarding-thof mining on the public lands the following propositions are out plainly: believed to stand The mining men, like the rest of the people, will see that this big productive business belongs class. in the public-servic- e produetsaro Tso4argely necessaries of life, the mining industry will be regulated-- by the people. The control of lands' will be exercised largely- through a' leasing system, in this ""way simply- because and private owner' the public and best can operator the purpose of this sympathetic will be to lowerthe cost of production in order to permit reasonable prices to the consumer, and at the same time provide fair wages to the mine worker and adequate profits to the capitalist and operator. Protection of Consumer First , TMSHIHfOIT ' l Aim. We want these laws for the coal and oil and plosphate lands first of all for the sake of the citizens who wish to use the mineral product from these lands. As consumers we are all concerned with prices, and to benefit the many as well- as the few, legislation must favor low costs. Therefore the first essential of mineral-lan- d legislation is that should ' no provision in the law charge, place any unnecessary burden, or operating cost upon the operator. Accordingly no royalty should be imposed with The primary purposes of revenue. r water-powemost recently, issued permit provides that Government shall receive a royal-twhich varies directly with the square of the average price paid by the public for thf electric cur rent. The less the consumer pays the less the Government receives. Second in importance is the need of offering to the developer of an unused resource an inducement commensurate with the hazardous or speculative character of his undertaking. This euts both ways. To promote develop ment, mining laws should attract -- - the men having the knowledge and capital necessary" to engage in the business of mining, but too pften in the past the practice has been for the majority of locators to sit by and watch a few real miners test out the ground when, if a strike .was made these hangers-o- n at once had val- uable claims to sell; This' means in large unearned, increment the conend amounts, and in the continue To it. for " sumer pays "lot this kind of a mineral-lan- d the On economics. tery is bad law however, any other hand, for - the disposition - of mineral land, whether by lease or not, should provide large rewards for the real prospectors who so often stake their all against an un certain and secretive Natureno when they lose out they have redress and when they win their discoveries usually add more to the nations wealth than to their -own pockets: They deserve- to be in & preferred elass; A third . side of this proposition is the question of the inalienable right of each citizen to bis share of the nation s minas the something tor eral wealth -ie h nothing that goes-wita citizen rign citizenship. The And interest in any undeveloped minerals is a double onenrst. - measured by the possibility mined cl C r'Trnnl the-Feder- al y 1 t - i c -- r ' . -- Li3 Ogden, Utah AVENUE L Begin Our SATURDAY-- We Semi-Annu- al E Exclusive Millinery at the Reach of Prices-Wit- hin BEGINNING TOMORROW SATURDAY and continuing to the end of next week The Leader Clearance Sale an occasion awaited with keen interest by all economically inclined shoppers entire season. Th?se Clearance Sales have-beadopted as a means of closing out all merchandise of season to the other Bonafide reductions on all lines of Trimmed Hats, Untrimmpd Shapes, Ostrich precisely as represented, or your money back." Largest stocks," latest styles and lowest prices here. Semi-Annu- en al All T rimmed Hats Very Be-causo- public-minera- n 2351 at 2351 Washington Averannonnces-i- ts Great a time when prices have reached the lowest notch Semi-Annu- al Up to $3.50 Trimmed fJL f 2.45 Up to $5.50 Trimmed Hats 2-9- Up to $7.00 Trimmed Hats 3.95 5.95 Up to Q.Q-- $4-5- 0 "N Up to $12.00 Trimmed Hats Trimmed Hats $9-0- 0 All Trimmed Hats above $12 Ostrich Plumes at to 1-- 2 1- -3 1- ar bows and ribbon. Values to ' ale Price " $1 25. 65t andv Misses Nobby Felt and velvet, trimmed Tiats in tailored and street styles, values up to $3.00. 5 -3 Misses felt, hats, prettil- y- trimmed- - with Womens f $(.95 Hats ready-to-we- , city. There are latest New York velvets, sale as follows Trimmed Hats Up to Childrens and uch Reduced r $1.45 the a season, during that season. No 'goods carried over from one Plumes, and Fancy F eathers nothing reserved, and everything . Try The Leader first. Shop early. WometiI and'Misses Trimmed'RaU is indeed the most complete &hdattractive in the hats for all occasions of dress and every-da- y wear, including pattern hats, oopies of imported models and creations no two alike. There is a great diversity of materials including felts, velours, plushes and artistically trimmed with ri.bons, plumes, feathers, ornamens, etc. in all the latest shades and colors, on to $3.00 Trimmed Hats of . Our stockof Up All Sale Price 9c One Lot of Felt Hats 5 off shapes in leading colors, good shapes and regularly worth up to . $2.00, to close, Sale Price 65c One Lot of Stylish ii'j Velvet Hat off w Here you will find the largest stock of rich lustrous Ostrich Plumes in the city; high grade, selected qualities; the best that the markets afford, inwall grades and qualities, included in this Great Sale at matchless prices, enabling you to save 3 to x2 while this sale is in progress, on sale as follows: shapes in black and leading colors, regularly worth up to to $2.50, to close Sale Price' $1.00 1-- Includes beautiful ,rich black ostrich plumes full 12 Inches long (black onIy) regularly worth, $1.00 v Sale Price LOT 1 . 50c LOT 2. Includes beautiful, rich black ostrich plumes. . full 15 inches long (black, only) regularly worth - $1.50, . Sale Price... LOT 3. Includes exquisite, rich, lustrous, broadhead ostrich plumes in all the latest shades and colors! unlimited variety to select from, regularly worth $2.00, while they last, Sale Price. Ah One lot of Extra Fine 85c $1.00 Quality Velvet Hats" shapes in leading styles and colors worth up to $4.00, to dose, " . Sale Price $1.75 Large Variety of Plush Fancy Feathers at l-- hat Shapes in popular autumn and Price and Less 2 winter colors regularly worth to $5.00, to dose, All Fancy Feathers, including quills, wings, breasts and fancy feather stickups will be included in this- - Clearance at prices that know no equal in many instances you can buy them for half and less than half price, as follows: 4 Fancy Feathers worth up to $1.00 for. 45c Feathers worth up to $1.50 Fcncy for Fancy Feathers worth up to $2.00 65c for thus madeuiseful at a cost to him ervation of mineral rights is bethat shall not be unnecessarily coming" more and more the common parctice. high, and second, his right to 'an equal chance to undertake min- Thi Government as a Trustee. ing within the limits of his own The possessory title to the ability. lie has absolutely no min ral land should be retained profit speculative right ' to in the Government as a from public mineral lands, and his profit as a producer should be measured by his own productive contribution. Federal legislation should recognize classes of land, and while the title to the surface of lands suitable for agricultural us should be - granted in fee, thus continuing- - the. wise policy of enpublic couraging interest and the need of protecting the consumer against private monopoly are belie ed to justify the resen ation by the the rimeths the surface patent is granted, of all mineral wealth beneath the surface for spearate disposition under mineral land laws. In res-- J private transfers of land the home-makin- g, simply prattieal method of assuring de- velopment under the best1 conditions. Let us regard he Federal Government as a trustee rather than as a sovereign landlord, and the idea and purpose' qf proprietorship by the people heroine more easily. understood The application ef the lease idea to the mining of previous metals, while logical in certain respects, is not at all of comparable im-- p .rPince with its application to what, have been termed public as coal, petorleum, phosphate, and potash. The mining law should provide for prospecting permits that will give exclusive occupancy during periods only long enough f or by only Bona-fid- e 95c Fancy Feathers worth up to $3.00 for full exploration favor prospectors. The farce 'has had a long enough , run. The prospecting permit will ripen into a lease whenever the results of exploration justify the operation of the property on a producing basis. "Where the proof of oil or coal or other mineral substance in min&ble quantity is a discovery of' the' type termed wild-cin the (cnse of oil, the prospector rendering such service to the industry and to the public should receive his lease upon purely nominal terms. The essential features of the lease should be conditions enforcing full and continuous use, economy and safety of operation annual-assessme- nt at -- fers should not be prohibited but simply made subject to approval by the peoples representative. If in any region large units of production are seen to 1.35 lower eosts- Sale Price $2.25 Qildrens Hats 60c Corduroys for ,90c Corduroys for..., Soc .. ,,...50c and a longer-live- d FINE HOMES BUILT for the public industry, all consolidation of good,' holdings to suit you. See one that 1 be transand shquld have built and you will not go encouraged fers of leases permitted ; but if further. R. C. McJBRIDE, the purpose of large holdings, 807 20 SL, Ogden, Utah. Ihoue 14 is monopolization in "order to curtail production . and raise to that end HOME VISITORS EXCURSION prices, ' transfers ' should be denied the executive Via y approval necessary to make them effective. The advantage of the Oregon Short Lijs lease is that it allows the GovEast ernment to exercise continued To control in the public interest. Denver, Omaha, Kansas Mbr1 City,-S- t Louis, Chicago, October 25, November 22 and 24, r December 20 and 22nd. Limit 90 days from date of sale. If you want West THE NEWS To Portland, Seattle, San Fran- you win read THE WEEKLY REFLEX cisco, LosAngelesand other Pae ific Coast points November 22 $1.25 gets it for a year December 20 and 22. andl, Long Limits. See any O. S. L Agent fbr rate and farther p1" - -- Jtich |