SECRETARY  CALLBREATH:  Mr.  Chairman,  permit  me  to  say
we  already  have  a  committee  working  on  that  very  subject,  in  the  hope
of  not  only  standardizing  the  reports  to  the  Federal  Government,  but
•also  the  varrious  States,  and  expecting  the  States  to  adjust  their  require-
ments so  as  to  make  one  report  from  one  company  at  one  time  to  meet


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both  State  and  National  requirements.  I  think  that  committee  fully
covers  the  suggestion.
PRESIDENT  SCHOLZ:  If  the  Major  insists,  we  will  put  it  to
the  house.
A  DELEGATE:     No,  it  is  taken  care  of  already.
PRESIDENT  SCHOLZ-  Absolutely;  it  has  been  worked  out
quite  a  while.
I  want  to  apologize  to  one  gentleman  in  the  room  who  was  not
here  v/hen  called  on,  and  to  whom  I  think  we  owe  a  great  deal.  I  have
never  met  the  gentleman  before,  but  his  work  stands  out  pre-eminently,
and  has  proven  as  inspiration  to  the  ^mining  industry.  I  refer  to
Mr.  Otto  Ruhl,  of  Missouri.  If  I  can  ask  indulgence  for  at  least  three
or  four  minutes,  I  am  sure  the  time  will  be  well  spent  if  Mr.  Ruhl  will
give  us  at  least  a  brief  resume  of  his  address,  with  the  expectation  of
having  it  supplemented,  and  an  enlargement  to  be  printed  in  the
proceedings.
