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we do not get all wo would othorwiso .ixct if it w;is iiiti-odiici'd by oursclvfs and 

 there was nobody else to thwart us. then we ouulit to .i^ivc it o\n- hearty coop- 

 eration and our etTeetive eooiteration. 



Now every State in the I'nion is interested in this matter. Vavu Maine is 

 interested in it: and Florida is interested; and a i,'reat many o( those States 

 which have infant minini,' industries now are interested in it. The State of 

 Kentucky is especially interested in it. and we (>xi)ect to work eariu^stly in 

 conjunction with whoever introduces this hill. lieiie\ in.:: that in whatever shajte 

 it passes now we are anxious to cooperate as heneticiaries, to cooperate in 

 placing it upan the statute hooks of these United States. I believe that ought 

 to be the attitude of every one of our organizaions. If we can imt get all we 

 want, take all we can get. Half a loaf is better than no bread. And if there 

 are antagonistic interests which come into the arena, concede a little now. in 

 order that y(ai may be able to get your oiiponents to concede a little on th" 

 other side, and bye and iiye a Iiill will he produced, some such liill as this tiiat 

 was read the other night and was sulmnttcvl to these associations, whi<-h will 

 benefit very largely all the interests. 1 s.iutinized that bill pretty carefully. 

 and I believe that in the main the agricultural and mechanical colleges which 

 compose this organization will be benetit(>d. This is a matter of extreme 

 interest to us and to all the institutions in the nation. The agricultural inter- 

 ests are now and for a long time will be predominant ; but there are other 

 interests that are coming to the front very largely and which will in the end 

 l)e potent rivals of the agricultural production of the United States of America. 

 :^Iore than 100,000,000 pounds of copper are nnned here every year and sent 

 abroad to be manufactured abroad and to come back here for us to buy. Why 

 might not these industries be developed to such an extent as to enable us to 

 utilize them at home? There are billions of tons of coal that only await the 

 industrial energy and intelligence of the mining engineer to be brought to the 

 surface and to add inunensely to the wealth of this country : in iron and copper 

 and silver and gold there are billions of tons in the bowels of the earth that 

 are only awaiting their development. Now. how can this be better accom- 

 plished than by adding to the facilities of those mechanical branches of learn- 

 ing that are now taught in connection with these laud-grant colleges, placing 

 this mining instruction and education right there, so that, by cooperation with 

 these other elements, provision for which is made along the scientific lines, 

 the greatest amount of energy may be brought to bear, thus bringing together 

 a concentration of capital and a diffusion of labor that will yield the greatest 

 possible results? Just in connection with these agricultural and mechanical 

 colleges ought these schools of mines to be established; and this Mondell bill, 

 I seriously and earnestly believe to be instrumental in bringing about that 

 same result. If we attempt to bring it about ourselves and ignore the coopera- 

 tion of each other's interests, we shall fail. If the Association of State Mining 

 Schools attempts to do it without the cooperation of the other two associations, 

 they will fail. And if the third one attempts to carry that measure through 

 Congress, they will fail, whether through our opposition or our apathy. But 

 when we all put our shoulders to the wheel, the appropriation will be secured, 

 and in nine cases out of ten it will go where it ought to go, namely, to the 

 agricultural and mechanical colleges. 



E. Davenport. I have written out a resolution which expresses the thought 

 that I had in mind, and I offer it as carrying out the recommendation of the 

 executive connnittee and as a sul)stitute for the resolution of I'resident Atherton. 

 It reads : 



In view of the fact that this association has indorsed a number of plans 

 looking to appropriations from Congress, and is likely to indorse others of 

 similar character ; Therefore be it 



