Excerpt from American Mining Congress: Phila., Oct. 20-25 1913 It remains for the mining men of the country, not the few who have been and are now bearing the burdens, but all who are interested in mining to join the movement. The officers of the Mining Congress are anxious to shape its efforts to meet the needs of the industry. If its efforts are misguided, you Should correct them; if its efforts are not as effective as need be, you should help to make them more effective. The highest success cannot be attained without your support. Let us make the Mining Congress family a powerful reality. With mines potentially able to produce bituminous coal in the United States, with a market so dis organized by cut-throat competition as to threaten the bankruptcy of many bituminous operators, with the princi pal costs of mining and delivering coal to the consumer, labor and transporta tion, fixed by adverse interests, the coal operator finds it exceedingly diffi cult to carry on his business and meet the increasing demand for better safety and health conditions for his men, compensation for the victims of industrial accidents, and such conser vation of coal resources as the public interest requires. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.