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Show MINING CONGRESS EXPRESSES VIGOROUS DPPOSITION TO CURTAILMENT OF FUNDS Short sighted federal policy hampers development, " it is declared in resolutions adopted;. Adjustment in leasing act is demanded at once. Activity, greatly beneficial to the mining industry, has been hampered by an unfair and niggardly policy of the federal government govern-ment in its creation of funds for the support of the geological survey and the bureau of mines, it is charged in resolutions adopted adopt-ed by the western division of the American Mining congress, which closed its convention at the Hotel Utah this week. tra resolutions committee Was headed by Frank M. Smith, of Spo-kane, Spo-kane, Wash., smelter director of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating company. , On February , 1927, it is charged the bureau of mines appropriation was unreasonably, and disproportionately ' cut $000,000 to the interest of other ; ; activities of the department ef com- merce." . ' 'X. : ::t . Tribute was paid to' the splendid work accomplished by Hh geological survey and the bureau of mines and a requesTteade that topographic map- ping; as provided for by the Temple bill, be continued; that reduction of appropriations h left U bt i director w- uuuKct nu ui secretary oi commerce and the secretary of the interior in-terior rather than to congress; that appropriations commensurate with the importance of mining as a basic industry indus-try be made in the future. A resolution introduced by former Governor Jesse F. McDonald of Colorado Colo-rado asked that the national organization organiza-tion of the American Mining Congress make a thorough study of the leasing leas-ing act of 1920 and the mining laws of the United States for the purpose of securing a more Just administration of the law.- -- " , The resolution states that the administration ad-ministration of the leasing act and the construction of the mining laws have entailed great loss to the mining industry. in-dustry. Enterprise has been discouraged discour-aged and the development of the west's mineral Industry gravely ham- , pered by this condition. Another resolution Introduced, by Mr. McDonald protests against any modification of the tariff laws pertaining pertain-ing to manganese and fluorspar, since any change in the present schedule would be. harmful to the mining industry. |
