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Show UFTER THE OHM Pinchot Offers Suggestion Suggest-ion to the Mining Congress Los Angeles, Sept. 29. The sclmd-ii sclmd-ii to of the American Mining congress was thrown out of pear today by the resolutions' committee. That body, after a session that lasted '.ill yesterday yester-day and most of last night, was unable un-able up to noon to report on tho numerous nu-merous resolutions relating to tho conservation policy of Gliiord Pinchot, Pin-chot, Tho morning session, therefore, was devoted to the programs set for a later dato. The principal feature of the meeting was the Introduction of a resolution by Thomas -E, Glblon of Los Angeles, appealing to President Taft to take Immediate action looking i to the recovery by the government of the oil lands In California, now held by the Southern Pacific railway company. com-pany. Mr. Pinchot. In his address before the congress Monday night won his greatest measure of applause by suggesting sug-gesting such action against the railroad. rail-road. Mr. Gibbon expressed ardent support sup-port of the "Plnclmt theories" and tho resolution seeks to carry out the suggestion sug-gestion of the former forester The oil lands now held bv the Southern Pacific are valued at' more than $50,000,000, it is asserted, and Mr. Gibbon quotes the patent granted by the government to the railroad, which excepts all mineral lands but cool and iron, as ground for tho pro posed federal proceedings for forfeiture. for-feiture. The commit tee on Alaskan laws submitted a report, protesting against the long-distance interference by Washington In the affairs of Alaska. It advocates home rule nnd the opening of the Alaskan coal fields. "Thorough Investigation," the report re-port added, "will reveal that there has been good faith as well as bad, bona fide entries as well as corruption. Tho good faith Bnd honest entries should bo rewarded." A surprising discovery, the report continued, wa? that tho Interests most frequently charged with fraud, were the moit insistent supporters of the proposed leasing system, to which the committee voiced opposition It declared that the leasing system in the coal fields would amount to confiscation con-fiscation or the monopoly of the coal fields by the big Interests. The report insists upon the immediate imme-diate opening of the coal fields to supply sup-ply fuel to the I'acific coast and the American navy. Los Augeles, Sept. 29 The resolutions resolu-tions committee or the American Mining Min-ing congress demonstrated today that it had accepted the advice of Glfford 1'lnchot to get Into tho van of the conservation movement, although It differed widely with him In some matters, and Its declaration of conservation con-servation principles, as embodied In Its adopted resolutions, recognl7ed states' rights and demanded free-for-all eutry upon the public domain. George Dorsey f Utah, chairman of the resolutions committee. In presenting present-ing the report, declared that, if adopted. adopt-ed. It would mean real conservation of natural resources and not make them mere scaled and bottled preserves. pre-serves. Tho report declares for state control of resources, particularly water, wa-ter, and for conservation in the sense of preventing waste. It advocates throwing open all the mineral lands of the country to miners, prospectors and oil men, and denounces any legislation, legis-lation, present or proposed, that entails en-tails withdrawals. |