The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-02-13

From the self sufiicieney that dis
 tirguishes many of the Legislative soloi.
 now iii Prescott, one would hardly be
 lieve that within the last twenty year the Terri itory has contained Tn the neigh
 borhood of 46S of such superior being
 within its borders. Yet such is the case
 and of tha, number an average man can not count a score, though each of then
 has had bis little say in Territorial mat
 ters, posed as reformer for the beneti,
 of record, or raided the Territoria
 treasury with the energy of Basli- Ba
 zouk fer the l.eneft of bis pocket Wher
 one realizes that the peht-up greatness
 which each member of the Thirteentl
 Legislative Assembly believes he pos sesses, will in less than thirty days bt
 lost forever to the Territory, it is witl sorrow that he must acknowledge tn, truth ot the Psalmist, ''That all is van i;y,' even though it appertains to al Arizona Legislature. =. :. :.
 There is class of men in Prescott, whose presence IS standing reproach to the integrity and honor of the Territoria Legislature Men. whose money is their only strength, are here to secure the enactment of bills which will benefit the few at the expense If the many. Their arguments in support of their rob bing schemes are such as blacklegs only use in the division of their stolen plum der, and their cool nerve in proposing a ] ''divy" to all who can assist their nefar- ious projects would be admirable in more legitimate enterprises S. Each is knowr- as most of them desire to be--as u e l.r1moter of measures which would not @ seriously entertained for moment were they not backed by corruption fund, yet no effort is made to brand them with the sca,hing fire of public condemnation, which IS meted out to the unfortunate who pilfers to sustain life, a sum which such men daily expsnd in rum, though the moral principle prevailing their pec- ulations Is the same as that which act uates the petty thief. That these men should be permitted to push their .'con- 6dence games" in the very halls of legis- latien, is disgrace which should no lon ger be permitted.
 CoKMUSICArED.
 We are informed tha. bill is about to be introduced repeating our present. Statute which allows bankers, money lenders and brokers to charge any rate of interest they may see it, holding IS they now do their delicate fingers on the pulse of the unfortunate victim to see just the amount of blood he is able to loose, or as Shakespeare terms 1t, ''the pound of fesh' This new bill IS said to fix the rate of interest at not more than l2 per cent. per annum; and that any usurious loans shall be punished by the party violating to forfeit bo;I; the principal and interest. It is certainly no more than right that if our County officers are to give their services cheap, there should Le general reduction in prices by all the business men in our rents It has been stated by sharp ma nipulators of money here that a fixed rate of interest would prevent capital from coming here to be used and han died, of which is foreign to the truth The writer spoke to some monied men East, about one year ago. in rela- rion to the propriety of making invest ment by loans, etc, and when they were informed of tie Lieh interest aid, they remarked, "No living man can pay such interest and prosper; it will raral
 ze your business ard destroy eventually all your security" Al Of which is daily proving itself right here within the pales os this Territory. It makes the rich richer and the poor poorer, and unless our industrial c'asaes--ths bone and sinew of the country are protected by proper legislation they cannot long withstand the slavish tvrany thus en- enforced with an iron hard. Let there be fair rate of interest fixed by law, as in the States whence comes all the capital And let us have banks instead of shave shop. It is wrong to make u.urious loans in tine States east; and if the industrial classes who need aid, and give valid security therefor, have protection by fixed rate of interest. We constantly need it in this new country where everything is as yet in an undeveloped condition, and where the strong arm of man in brain and muscle is needel, as wei! as money, tO develop our agricultural and mining interests. Let us have protection.
 Charley Dodson, who has Teen con- fined to his bed fer several weeks past with severe attack Of mountain fever, is convaleseent.