Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-08-28
The Rrnson Why.

In an drticle Ou ll6 eubJcCt Ol iulucS
 and mining, which is at present more than ever en ngrcssing the attention of the eastern capitalist, the New York
 Tribune uf the 13th instant shows clearly enough the reason why so
 many of the so-called mining journals are inccnsed at the formation of the
 Mining Associated Press, of which
 the Tribune is member. The value
 of the large number of mines and
 their vulnerability to all purposes of ] abuse and blackmail has acted as
 cause to bring into the field score or more of these alleged newspapers ! specially devoted to the mining indus fry. The established mining cOmpan. l ies are no easy prey for these cormo- | ants. but the large number of young
 corporations has attracted them and callcd them into existence as the sum- mer sun breeds ,ihe pestileniial fly. 1 They cannot be made responsible, and
 when they levy tbeir blackmnil
 it is often paid, for a young company
 working to place its mine where itS
 merits will speak for themselves can
 not afford the alienation of capital
 which false and malicious rumois
 may succeed in electing. With fea honorable exceptions, it is almost i'm
 possible 10 pick up an eastern so-
 called mining paper which does not
 contain cue or more attacks upon the
 same number of mines-and it is
 safe wager every time that these slurS
 mark the refusal of the mine they
 are aimed at 10 submit to the blood
 sucking process. The public can have
 little conception Of the extent 10
 which this shameful and paralyzing
 practice is carried, and it is only when the managers "f companies refuse to submit 10 this infamous extorti1n that glimpse nay be had at the method. There is not legitimate mining op- ] orator in Arizona who will not hail ! with delight the formation of the | Mining AssociOted Press, for reasons
 which the Tribune states in the fol-
 lowing artrcle:
 The Trhune's efforts 10 supply the
 public with the mot trustworthy iu- formation relating io this subject hay" been justified by the im pOrtHnce If the-e new Iirlds of American industry, and hv The increased interest which has been shown by the community iu mining enterprises during the last two years. So widespread is this interest that an admirable agency for collect Ing and distributing the news from tha mines has been organized. This is the Mining Associated Press, whose dispatches give the daily mining col umn of this paper ire shHesS, variety and range which they utheTwi-e might lack. The Association has in every principal mining camp a trustworthy | cores pOndeui, selected for his speciGi knowledge of the mining properties of his district, who Is instructed t0 send by telegraph all important informa- ton. When received in New York this news is then sent daily by lclc- graph 10 leading newspapers in Phil adeiphia. Boston, Washington, Chi cagO, Cincinnati, St. Louis. Louisville, and other important cities. The As sOciati0n has no pets in properties or districts, and relying on the good faith and intelligence of it's agents, as we'll as upon other sources of information, gives to the mining industry the prom thence and recognition which it de serves. not only thereby promoting all legitimate enterprises, hut also ex- posing many illegitimate schemes.
 Prominent mining operators may ind in jbiS honest aud systematic method of collecting and scattering broadcast over the country the Intclli- gence in which they are specially in terested way out of a difficulty which has caused them no little annoyance. More than one needy little newspaper opened mining department and i'm poriuned the managers ot undrvrl- . nped and promising properties for sd- verli>ing and for stock. In some in stances the newspapers were paid for he advertising, but did not in their ( turn pay for the stock. and a. soon as they got 't threw it on the market , Sometimes the companies were asked For further contributions, and if they refused them were abused. and could ini no easy mode nf defence. When responsible journals in so many ci'irS publish so much authentic mining I 1e"s as they Are now doing. the man. ( igcrs or mines have m further use for ; he small fry If the pTess. In word. he mining interest has become so strong and is in such a healthy con. s ii'ion that ii need appeal now only to , he best newspapers.