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Show rriallsm. adapted from tho ways Tasmania, Tas-mania, New Zealand and Australia have Introduced, nndarc against pub-lic pub-lic policy We call upon congress to abrogate the law regarding coal segregation seg-regation and ask that title to mining property he granted in the future as In the jiast. Vedemund this as a constitutional right In all states heretofore, here-tofore, admitted lo the Union, and as an act of Justice In the territories controlled ly congress." Another resolution considered today to-day lias for its object the elimination of mining wildcats. It proposes that the national bureau of mines require fnm mining companies periodical reports re-ports giving all the information ro-gard.ng ro-gard.ng their business and financial affairs that could be desired by . the careful Investor. fJeorge S. Hlce of tui bureau of mines. Washington, . C, in au address yesterday discussed mining acts. II? recounted statistics to show that the death rate due to mining accidents Is appalling He then continued: "It is the tendency to look forward to a time when each industry will bear the load of caring for iu killed and Injured Alreadv a number of progresslvo mining companies have started insurance organizations, the cost of which Is l.orne partly by the employes and partly by the companies. com-panies. In any rase, there tan be little lit-tle question filial if an industry is In a thoroughly healthy condition, It should be able to bear the cost of caring for those injured in its business busi-ness and for the pensioning of needy widows and orphans to a greater or less extent. As a matter of common humanity this proposition can hardly be disputed. Jf conditions prevail otherwise, it means that tho price obtained ob-tained tor the product should ho raised to meet thh condition. No doubt this movement must be gradual so as lo not disarrange business conditions con-ditions " ! 1 Mining Congress Calls j the Segregation Order ! Rank Socialism i j l.os Angeles. Cal , Sept. 2S One of the iesolul:ons presented to the reso-bit.iuis reso-bit.iuis committee of the American Mining congress for consideration today to-day calls upon the federal congress to repeal the law segregating coal lands and to instruct the president! to abrogate the withdrawal orders he has issin-d affecting such lands. The law, it is asserted, is ' rank socialism; so-cialism; It impairs the value of the minimis already invested In the mining min-ing Industry and not onlv destroys ' the miners' hope of fortune, but makes j ii impossible lor him to secure the I necessary capital to develop his j claims." The resolution concludes: "That we protest aga'nst the jjl tempi to segregate the surface from J mineral property, and that the propo- siiiiiti to lease the mineral Is rank so- |