Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-10-23

. -'f-.srl1 -1aarin- material the gfee- i--,-' ,-' .r1 o- return 0f which is over tIll.5 --- .-- unG.- sixty dollars per ton, me "i-u-o --i Ur deduction shall not exceed ninety S.I -i- '-,,f ,f -rea 1ros- yield. value ot return CL ft' 7-,-s t4ifin-s. or miucrGlhc1rilg Mhtel-'' & ---. ,--..- yle.d return or value ei Wtltu t1 vf sixty dollars and less than one Euill- ,,. f.. l1rs per lon, che whole am0uhi ol u-"uce i,-b shan not exceed eighty pefeeniqiiIl& ii & o. -sff arl-- yield. value Or rrrLtrl- oii "it "a '5 irr- or mineral bearing uiltci4al' iA-
 ,.i,.ld return or vaiue Of which l- over one nun drsd dollars and less than two nuh,'t-.. prrt0u, the whole amount ol qcdtI lllli7 nd 11or exceed sixty pSTCcntum Oi such gross l,lV --i,a or ratrlru- On all ores, tHiilngr, or lAiH- ar1Tbeariug material. the gro-- Elviu Iv'ul 'i M o- ,..tiua of which i- two hundred Ooilti- p'i 'ei. OF over. tEc wkOle amount oI ded,'' 'l''" .-I.i not exceed forty percentum ol -u'il .g5ii....'g' return or valuc. rrOYiuedt lLAt gu e,''-- @ -,,, L exemption Cr twenty dollars per 'uh i--'s & 1 allowed on all ores, taiiings or milriA.-, 'i-, a-a roasted before reduction, anu p.1'.,--,' rbat an ores, tailiugs, or mincra.learlHs '-l@ terial= the gross ycild or yalue ol 1" me" ls l-s. than thirty dollars per lon shaI os 'A''n H' from the provisions Of this act.
 SEC G. There =bau be levied and collected for Territorial and county purposes, t'-e u. TWO dollars on each one hundred doil'f- ol iAg ne; proceeds Of mines, as returned or "--e-7'' urlsr tbo provisions oi this act.
 You see that ou ores where the gross yield is oyer $50 and under SGO per ion the whole amount of deduction cannot exceed ninety per cent of such gross yield, leaving. ten per cent oI such yield 10 betgNed. On ores where the gross yield is over S6O and under SIOO per ton, the deduction cannot eN- ceed eighty per cent, leaving SO per cent of such yield to be taxed. On ores where the gross yield is over SlCO and under S200 the entire deduc- lion cannot exceed sixty per cent, leaY- inc forty per cent of such yield Co be taxed. Where the gross yield Is over s2OD per ton the whole amount de- ducted cannot exceed forty per cen tum. leaving sixty per cent taxable. We will suppose that the gross yield of a ton of ore is S200. In no event can there be deduction from 1t Of over SSo, leaving S120 upon which tO pay a tax If two per cent We will suppose that it costs 10 mine, trans port and reduce this ton of ore. SlO0. This leaves a profit of S100, but the miner has Co pay tax on Sl2O. W 9 will suppose it is a ton of S3o ore and there is
 MORE $50 ORE THAN THERE Is Se0b
 ORE
 Then Ina miner must pay tax on ten Der cent. but 1t cost $50, or one hundred per cent, to minc and work the ton Of ore. Where is iEe miners prOfts Re would come out just even if he did not have to pay a tax of two per cent on ten per cent Of what he has not. Suppose my friend. MT. Gird, has made two hun dred thousand dollars by his min ing operations iu the Territory. We will suppose that that money is in Q bank in this town That money is taxable, but it has already paid a tax Of two per cent as the ne product of the Tough Nut or Good Enough mines. Is not this a clear case of double tax atiOu ] know how difficult it is 10 so frame Q law that there will not be cases Of double taxation, but sound legislation will always seek tJ avoid suCh taxation. Now should this law be repealed Would you modify it. Would you let such @ foolish enact ment cucumber the statute book of the TcrritOrys Far be it from me tO.advO- cate that any great interest should go free from taxation, but thc paramount industry of the country
 SHOULD NOT BE UNJUSTLY FAMED.
 would not have the farmer taxed ,o furnish revenue which or right it belongs to the miner tC furnish. for the farmer has always been and is now the steward who furnishes the daily ablc ol mankind. l am in favor Of Inc repeal or modification q am not sticking about wCrdsl of the two per cent. tax on bullion. and of enacting in its place a law imposing Q reason able tax upon the net profits Of work ing mines-say one-h9lf of one .pcr gent. This tax alone will furnish ample revenue for governmental pur- poses
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
 IT there is anything which the peo- pie of the Territory should foster with tender care it is the public-schoOi system. To q former Governor of his Territory much credit is due for Inc excellent system of common school with which We are blessed See to it hat this system which gives the poor boy a chance in the race of life is we'll imported and thoroughly protected from any and all enCrOachments. See hat the Dright-eyed boys and rosy fvf of A uTr ar sf md the Territory is slte for all time.
 WHAT WE SHOULD RE,fENBER.
 A few more words and I am through. Fellow citizens. remember your country with its 90, GOO, GOO of inhabi- ants, with it's untold resources and possibilities, with it's com nerce cleaving every wave, with its busy manufactories producing every implement and fabric used by the hu- mn race, and with its fag-Our ClO- 'iOus Stars and Stripes-lOved at home md feared abroad Remember it's history and it's men, In the somber shades of Mount Vernon, in the lonely luietude of Monticello, down by the edge at Marshdeld, beneath he blue grass carpetoi Kentucky sleep four men
 AS HONOR TO ANY AGL
 And any country-George Washing .on, Thomas Jefferson, Oniel Web- ster and Henry Clay. Remember The sjer statesmen; how Lincoln stood by the country for many years with } worlds weight of care ani trouble IpOn his shoulders how Sumner. 5syard and Chase fought for he -ight; how victory perched upon he banner of that patriot and hero [ Iys5cs s. Grant. Remember how he Republican party saved the Union and cmancipated a race; and then place this great Territory of Arizona, with it's vast fortunes bonauzaed in he earth, in the lire of that grand procession of States which for twenty years has been marching Co the mu- Iic Oi the Union and tO victory
 DE man or woman, Christian or .inner who can't visit de theatre yIdOut fee lin wicked over fl. or wid-