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Show oo III S. IS CRIMED By MEMBERS OF MINING CONGRESS ' St. LOUIS, Mo., Nov 18 The j government was criticized for its attitude atti-tude towards Mexico and laborers de-'manding de-'manding a thirty-hour week were de-'nouueed de-'nouueed at ihe convention of the American Mining Congress here today. George Otis Smith, director of the I United States geological survey, urged , increased production, asserting "there lean be no return to Garden of Bden 'conditions of consumption without productive Industry ' A resolution presented by Walter Douglas of New York, protected to tho I Rtfitn rtanirfmanl octtnaf "fnriViAr Hir. 'regard by the American government of conditions in Mexico thai make it unsafe un-safe for American citizens there." Reciting that forty-five Americans engaged in mining in Mexico were murdered Fince 1910 and that eighteen of three murders occurred since 1916, "after the United States recognized the presenl Mexican government," the resolution declared, "no 6U ps taken by the United States have provided protection pro-tection to its citizen., " Welfare rather than wealth, should be the dominant note of the mining industry, in-dustry, according to Mr. Smith. Wealth may be defined as provision for future weiinre, inasmuch as it. is tho surplus beyond present needs. To the preseni da problem of industrial unrest then wh3t is the answer except to create a large surplus." "No protective tariff can safeguard the home market for Industries based on a thirty hour week, nor can our industries expect to win or hold a place in Lho foreign markets on any part time program, unless there is aome international agreement making for universal indolence, and even then we may discover that there can bo no return to Garden of Eden conditions of consumption without productive industry." in-dustry." no |