American Mining Congress. The fourteenth annual session of the Congress will be held in Chicago, October 24th to 28th inclusive. The convention promises to be the most successful in the history of the organization, and the following subjects will receive special consideration: The prevention of mining accidents. Work-men's "compensation for the victims of mining accidents. The prevention of w~ste of the natural resources and conservation of the energy which now contribute to coal production. The general problems of the bituminous coal mining industry as intensified by the demand for better protection to miners and the conservation of fuel resources. The Alaskan question. The public land questions of the West as they affect the mining industry.
โข The Governors of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona will lead ~the discussion of the " Public Land Questions of the West." The Hon. Martin D. Foster, chairman of the House Committee on Mines and Mining, will speak on the relation of Congress to the โข mining industry. President Bush, of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, ~will present a statement on the present, conditions of the coal industry which will be of special interest to coal operators.
Among the other speakers are President Taft, Secretary Fisher and other officials of the Government.