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Show HOOVER LAUDS I i BUSINESS MEN i I U. S. Regulation of Coal i Mining Industry Held Most Pressing Need i 'A v Ti i. , ,,,,,, i anm r. ' en ol I he i rnll sd Sts tea fi om i I variety of wounds wblrii suffered during the last seven ears' is the sr.-ntest testimonial possible to tho eourav' and abllit? of I hi Ktm rli an i" oplt . Bi i i etaTj of i ommen e Hoover declared In an addres- before be-fore the Dayton chambct of com-mroe com-mroe Tuesday ESconomic recupi tinn is m result of the "energy, ability abil-ity 'iid industry of the American business man' ihe secretary snld The federal reserve banking sys- ' tem and gnvernnient loam to farmers also wore declared by Mr Hoover to have played a prominent pari in business revli el Touching on the eonl "liuatlnr Mi Hobver characterized It us probably the most serious problem before th. country today settlement or the s igi quasi Ion a ould rto solve 'ho controversy between miners and operators, op-erators, he said, declaring thn' ' regulation regu-lation of operation' of the mlnSS WS necessary to a settlement. MAN1 PHI vsim. QITIS8TION8, The railway situation, the tariff, re-adjustmeni re-adjustmeni of taxation, perfsctlon of! the national budget system, reorganisation reorgani-sation of the federal government department- reduction of the nUhlbl of war employes and assistance f foreign trade were other problems I "hich the secretary said were bc-1 rore tho nation. ITlS BOliltlon Of these problems Itiy In hi determination of taci he ald i ' hoped tha the depart ment of commerci la being del eloped Into a fact finding body for business men, whose principal duty win pa to n-vestlgate n-vestlgate and publish essential taqti which win aid the government in pro-! r, -sinp toward a proper ending ihe problem of the railroads de-'l pend for solution on the cooper- II tlon anil support given It by the na- " tlon. Three systems have been tn- A 1 , The first two. negative prevention 1 and government ownership, have i proved failures "The third operation In partnership partner-ship with the public Is being WOT ed out now If it Tails It will de-1 morullse tho economic fabric of the l"nlte,l Slates. I 'i I mini t OXTROl Referring to the coal mining eon troversy, Mr. Hoover said: "The situation Is a constant struggle. The average time put in by the mlner i-160 i-160 days a year. He must obtain enough in that period to enable him to live 3fifi days. There are 8000 ' bituminous mines and th number of miners la fnr In SXCSJ8S of the num-l ber required "SetUetlnenl of the wage question j Will not bring a settlement of the controversy. Economic force must be ! Injected. The regulation of operation opera-tion of the mines must be obtained "Much can be said for both side In the present differences. The miner cannot be expected to make onouKli during the time h- is employed 0 enable him to live the entire year The operator is paying a higher wage j than he should p ,- " "In the tariff nuetlon now before' eonrres." said Ihe secretary, "it ap pears that administrative control within per cent cither wav is th.-only th.-only solution. The conception Is to maintain conditions In the United States which Will mable It to com-' pete with foreign markets." The American relief committee had ' "saved the soul of Russia ul the cost of the price or two American battl eships." e-ships." Mr Hoover concluded. OO |