Show mining indest industry r being neglected investment in mining enterprises needed to bring prosperity to the west money needed to open new mines mining science ol 01 denver has ta ken cognizance of the depression ex asting throughout the west with ref arence to the mining industry by depression po ants out this tion is meant the lessen ng oi 01 the activities of cabeal cabi tal it being ex i difficult to get money for development work which is needed to establish min ng enterprises on a pay ing basis the following paragraphs are taken from this article it is easy to po nt to trou brou bles to pick flaws in men and th but it is a far different matter to suggest fremed es to suggest action that counts count a in the revival ot of interest in a languish irig ing cause we bear hear many notions concerning the passing depression in the mining industry and num erous proposals for the improve ment of public interest in the business none is more pregnant we bel bet eve than the idea that mm min ing men themselves es and the citi zens of the in ning reg ons in which it is desired to encourage the prosperity erity oi of the industry sho sheild ild cure themselves oi of false views concern ng the nature of in n ng ing investments once their character is s understood as dis from other forms of invest ment it is only necessary to tell the truth to render all the jus tice that the in n ng ing industry deserves or desires from its own friends it has been often stat ed that the banking fraternity does not render justice to the mining industry that the habit of the banker in applying h a funds to certain forms of invest ment leads h in to disregard the merit merits of wring m n ng ventures be cause there are certa n 43 specula tive aspects to tb th the in ning enter prise the bank may choose to re frain from invest ng its funds in this beines bu ines but it does not fol low that this should be the pral tice of all men who have monea mone to invest it is at always i pys hect necessary for pioneering ta to be dane done in the pr preparation 0 a country as well mell as of an industry the very investments in wh ch a bank comm ts its funds were p sneered at some t me by some sprit and becan we can hardly beleve bet eve that th re is na dional wisdom in suppressing the efforts of men to develop our mineral resources in their a on n way may th ie are oth r forms of investment in which we find the sp sprit nt to decry the expenditure of money n in n ng investments and th tb s does not come out of the east alone bat but is found in the mm min ng reg ons ong as well iso no doubt th re has been some occasion for th s but it is an un a r assume a tion thit that th evils oi any husi iusi ness can pa ballute ute t th while w ae a it jt it seem irr lorrant that those wh hould bould oct act p pi a attitude toward to ard the mining industry should be al at found amon amoni g its sui sul porters if not financially at least j sympathetically |