Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-10-09

vour nick in the ground and your claim IS improved, and under the Democratic idea Is at once subject to taxation. Then if your mine has patent. it at once becomes real estate, and is taxable as such, and If bull lion iax is levied at the same time, who would be foolish enough 10 own a mine Follow this out Who as scsses your property: A deputy sheriff who probably knows as much about mines as does child. 1eu have A ten, twenty or thirty-foOt shalt and consider your property worth some thousands of dollars. Suppose
 your valuation is accepted; then you must pay the lax levied upon you or else your claim will be sold by Inc sheriff to the highest bidder at que tiop. Suppose, on the other hand. the assessment is only for the money vou expend in improvements, then inc Democrats want that put down or
 tcially as the "dctudl gGlu> or yOur
 oroDsrfy. " and how can you ever eI-
 meet 10 realize more by sale when your own law puts valuation on it! aTnres should bs lecled equttdbiy apon oet,lal ,dlus or property" Imagine s deputy assessor determining the actual value of the Contention, Tough Nut,
 Hermoss, or any other of the great
 mines of Pima county. Why, e1- per,s. whose lives have been spent at inc work. may easily differ half million dollars on any of these mines. What nouseusei Tax the stock, do
 YOU say! Many of these mines are
 not on the market. The value Of Com
 stock mining stocks fell from s27O. 100000 10 $30, 900, 900 in two wears. How can that be assessedr Was ever such a mass of absurdltles put together as this Democratic plank!
 The Republicans demand a repeal of the present harsh and uncertaln law, but do not by any means desire
 that mines shall not pay just ta1. With the present law on the statute books nothing can be done; 1t Is too
 rotten 10 De modified, and what IS
 wanted is to get it out of the way, so
 that some fair and just law may be 1 enacted 10 tax mining property 10
 pass a just law taxing the mining ln- | dustry is a delicate piece Of leglsla- tion. Beyond question It IS the ln- terest upon which all others ln Ar ! izona depend. Not one mine in twen- ty-nay, perhaps in hundred-pays
 back to investors the money they e1-
 pend, while they all make other ln- | dustries flourish and profitable. The opening up of the mines h Pima l county has in two years vastly h. creased the amount of taxable prop
 erty in the county, and gives promise 1 of doubling it Tn the next two. Large capital is always invested in mills, hoisting machinery, etc., and this Is
 always taxed 10 the limit as is other | property, and this exceeds in amount
 capital invested in any other industry. | Mining creates wealth; it makes something out of nothing, and il Is
 hard to tax the proceeds, which IS but
 a commodity that goes into open
 market there 10 be bought and sold,
 before any money is obtained there | from for circulation.
 ] The Republicans hold therefore that | mining should be encouraged in all ! fair ways by Legislation. Capital IS l difficult to obtain for a new section
 and demands freedom from oppressive
 laws and certainly IS entitled to such.
 Care, we hold, cannot be too great in
 selecting men to deal with this ques-
 Iion, and we invite inspection of our ! Republican ticket, which is made up 1 largely of mining men who are vital 1 ly interested in the matter. They
 want the protection of the law as
 much as any men in the com munity,
 and are willing to pay their just pro- portion of the taxes in an honorable 1 and straightforward way. Miners, | prospectors, your interests are at
 stake It is for you to say whether
 your property shall be taxed unjustly
 or not; whether an inquisitorial, ex- Orbitant tax that will certainly drive
 away capital from our mines be re- tained on the statute books, or in its stead plain law that all can under
 stand be passed, taxing fairly our
 mining interests. If you want the first
 you can get it by voting for the Dem
 ocrstS who are pledged to support
 their platform; if you want the latter
 you can insure 1t by voting for the
 miners and mining men making mp
 the Republican Legislative ticket. | Which do you choose.