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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1902)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, September 17,1902 WANT A MINING DEPARTMENT Opportune Time to Push the Project is the Present. "Our I'ri'Hcnt Notl A Department of Mining," witM the subject of an aildreHA leliyored U-forn tliu llnttu mining i:nn KniM by I'aulinu I.. Holland, of Chicago. Jt followH in part: In thn (oiiimriitivoly brief jiuriod of tinin tbat tlie deiarttiiiiit of agriculture Iiiih exiHtttl it ha built for Itnelf a inon unient of ita own utility, in the truly trenieudouM ltiia)tua that it Iiiih given tint agricultural iudiiHtry tliroiigbouttliu country. In the face of hiicIi Hlendid rumilta, av('oluiliNhil wholly through the run trallxctl and direct efforta of a national department, can there ho any doubt of the magnificent return we could exMct ' if we were uliultarly favored? I do not liexltato to nay that the ehtabliiihmeutof a deiartmeiil of mining would prove a rich iuvcNtiueiit to the country at large. It would make direct return by gather ing factM and Hpreadiug information that would add millionx to the wealth of the country. A acimitlllu and ayattutiutit! exploration of the mineral domain would undoubtedly dixcloNe large and varied mineral deixwitN that otherwine would continue uudlHcovered for many yearn. Careful geological rcacarch would blare the pathway of the hardy proHKctor, whoNe meaiiN and time are now often tliiien frittered away in linden lalair, ending only in bitter dhapMiiutmeiit. I'Vom the tlrnt creation of the department we could look for an immediate and eon-t-tantly iucreaMlug development In our kuowleilge of the acleuce and practice of milling and in all that apK'rtaiiiM to metallurgy, metal manufacture ami the profitable marketing of their product. The varioiiN data gathered by the re ware 1 1 en of the department would go out to the world laaring the otllcial Htampof government ami would Iki calculated to attract attention and command Mlef, themby inviting the coiitidence of cap! tal, without which our w extern country might other wlxe linger many yearx only partially develoxd. (lovernmental ac tivity would ipilcken i iventlve geuiut to unvlno cheaier and niorcxelcntlHe. ineth otla of mining, to improve our preaeut methixla of extracting orex, to enlarge f till more the uae of electricity in con nection with mining machinery, to In creaxe the facillllex for traUNMirtation, to invent Ix-tter ineaiix of drainage and pumping, and ho on. The direct rexult thereof would lie that capital would llntl It prolltable to take hold of huudrcdit of low grade procrticx, which at the prexcut time are a xource of protlt to no one. The xtudy of ecoiiiuule coudltloiiH aa far aa they affect the mining and kin dred iuduNtricx would naturally form an iniMrtant function of the department, and one from which we might hoe for iiumeuxe gixxl. In the domain of min ing leglxlatiou, Ixith iuduxtrial and rem edial, we could look for great la'ttermeut through the iuxtrumeulality of a depart ment of mining. Incalculable good would m-crue to the luduxtry from a bu reau devoted to the xtudy of nmrkctx. The capacity of our inlnex lx xlgulticaut ly greattr than our ability to market the product. The ever-llo". Ina ahundauctnif our natural rewturcex and tliexklll, ImimI iuexx energy and mtvhautcal aptitude of our ieople make fonlgn marketx exxen- tial, The department could point out the way and lueanx of dlxHixiug of a great variety of mineral ami mauufiic tured pnxluctH which othcrwixo might Tor the II next cigarx, both Key Went and dotuextic, the cholcext confectioua, MH'ket kuivcx, icecream, eider, tobaccos and Htatlouery, go to Sturglll'x, on Mill xtreet, near (irauito. Ilarrixou, the Uiaut I'owder man wautx every miner to make Ida ofttc headtpiarterx when in Sumpter. All the latext novelties in liata at Neill Mercantile conimny'x. UxeOiaut Hivder, fuxeaud cap. not find sale abroad. iait, but by no means ieaat, a wpa rate department la the only medium through which we can ever hope to get the liberal appropriations which we re quire. A request coming from the offi cial head of a great department carries weight. It at once disarms .ill suspicion of ulterior purpose and is recognised as tho voice of authority speaking for the needs of the whole nation. It is tho his- I tory of the various departments that any requisition, within reason, which they make upon the national legislature for appropriations passes unchallenged and receives prompt attention. Congress Iiiih come. to consider theao things, not an attempts to loot the treaxury, but as investments, which, in fact, they are. In taking leave of this tubject, I wixh to aound a note of warning. The opor tune time to push this project ia at pres ent. We are near the ton wave of Iu duxtrial eminence. The thirst for coiupiext is upon us' The last few years have been yeara of almoxt unexampled proxHirity and progresa for ourx us well ax every other iudutttry. The country is in a frame of mind to consider measurea calculated to equip us still better in the universal rare for supremacy. Condi tinnx, however, which we cannot foresee may arlxe at any time to break tliexjiell. Past experience teaches us to cxcct it. And when the reverse does come the financial sails are close-hauled, neither KliticiaiiN nor people will be in need to consider a project, of which, in such times, they can see only the exHjnxe. Certainly, if the fat years are suffered to go by without results and the lean yeara are once more ukii us, we have nothing to exK'Ct for at least another decade. Congress has la-come familiarized with the subject by the introduction of u bill in both the senate and house last winter for the establishment of a department of mining, with full jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to mines and the mining industries. Of course, it was hardly to lie cxiaticd that it would re ceive an immediate passage. Congress must la educated up to tho projier mark and familiarized with the idea lirst. Hut another opMirtuultv will present itself at the coming session. Iletweeu now ami then we ought to try to build up a atill more powerful sentiment and a Mipulur demand for a department of mining. The great states of the west and middle west, where mining consti tutes the leading, or at Ieaat one of the leading industries, are in a position to make a strong demand that will las heed ed by their representatives in the upper and lower houses ol congress. And the mining industry has many stanch friends among the senators and congressmen of the east, who will rally to its supiort. Attention Is directed to the (i. A. It. convention to U held in Washington, I). C, October A to II, inclusive, ItHU. We can sell you tickets at rates which make going to the convention chcacr than staying at home, and we make enough out of it so tbat we are not "on the county." Tick ets sold only on Septemlar 2t and .SO. For particulars as to rates, accommoda tions, xtoHivcrs, time limit, etc., call on or address II, II. Trumbull, commercial agent Illinois Central It. 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