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Show HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR WHNE CODE WASIIINOTON. I) C. Pet 18' Senator Heed Hmool of Utah waa a. prlncltal nfeaker at tha Amerhanj Mining cn green, which eonvenwl I'rlday He dwell on thn unaatlafai-tory unaatlafai-tory conditions of the present mining lawa and explained the bill to rev ten and rodlf) Ihnm whliJi hn lia Introduced In-troduced In coMKrea and which wilt probably be Indorsed by the mining congrnaa. C II. Olbb ami J R Meyar of the Utah chapter urn In attendance I the congree. Senator Smoot aald In iHtrt "For at least twelve yenra latat there hn been it pronounced dbieontent with the preeent code or mining laws Complaints have steadily Increased In volume nnd have round cxproaslon not only In the mining congresses, hut In the pre or the mining communities, nil tho mining Journals. In societies of mining engineers und, In fuel, through eviry medium for tho expression of public opinion "Up to the present time they havo been without result ror the reason' that the mining laws are largely In- dependent und It I dlffloult If not. Impossible to correct ono fault without with-out straightening out the enltre code I nm convinced that a general revision wa necessar). It I evident to all that the problem In such nn under-1 taking are unusually difficult. j "It I evident that their satisfactory j solution will require thn aid of men or experience nnd Judgment, together' with it free and direct expression of view ti the mining tomutimltle themselve. llelng convinced of tho absolute netesslt) or it change In ouri mining law some )eur ago, I Intro-1 dured a bill Into the senate providing1 fur u commission to nidify nml siig-l gest amendments to thn general mining min-ing laws. "On December 7th of thl enr I Introduced it bill for the same purpose pur-pose I have every conridenie In the bill becoming it Inw nt till session or congree Do1 not allow any lack or hiirmon) to prevent the ultimate sue-es sue-es wo nre struggling ror today With united effort I feel assured that It will not bo many )ear until our mining land laws will be codified and amended In such a manner thnt tho Industr) wilt go forward in tl future with greater strlilt thin ever hn In tin past |