Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-19

If the railroads now forbid their empIo,..
long to labor societies the time can and will C 10 BE-
they can forbid them to belong to political When
TONS and these three-quarters of a million rhsula
cease to be free agents and vote, as tb;riIen
American citizens, but their EMPLOYERS dir. linking
Already this intimidation and coercion has he
is being practced, but with the railroads undn and
ment ownership no party in power would SVEN
charge they today discharged for -, 20 dis
they please. 0iHS as
With the government ownership of railroads 80,
corporations would cease to make and unmaks ''oa1
politics; the rights Of their employees to act SE
agents would be respected greater security f e as lice
limb would be assured the determinations and e and
ism now shown to the rich shipper and wealtbe a,ot
munities would cease; exorbtant charges ,o, goH
longer be enforced and the shipper would nav f no
transportation of his goods just what the Tue
as Is now done in the post-offce department TrlOsH
the millions OF dollars now paid annually by tl
shippers of the country towards the creation or le
and Vanaerbs would be saved How enor,, oou!ls
last saving would be be realized from the fa S
according to the report of the interstate commit
commission, the net income from the operation o. I've
railroads of the United States for the veo~ t"e
amounted to 1864, S73,5o2. ~ 1891
Remote and isolated from the great centers of g.
ducton and consumption, to Arizona in common Pr
the rest of the west the government ownership Of %
roads is of vital Importance While To- the 5roi; sl
and laboring masses of the entire nation il NY
freedom from monopolistc exactions to the We
means cheaper pachinery for mine and farm and cI
contact with the center Of population from which I
emigration necessary to build up the west must he d
Cattlenau nd tho T.,
will realize from the sale of his product their ey
value, less the actual cost of transportation ia
encouraging and fostering the building up of wcs,s
industries and enterprises.
RECLAMATION OF THE ARID LANDS
No greater proof of the unjust and selfish -,r
pursued by the Republican and Democratic party @
to the west can be given than that presented by I
annual appropriation bills which have been passe5 L
each party aud the constant ignoring by each party G
he 10 nd of he
tories. Particularly has this been so with the soT
'arid regions" with whose destiny that of Ari,on
so closely identified. OF the hundreds of millions an
proprated annually not one per cent has been drec
or indirectly given to encourage the development n
that section.
Directly depending for their future deveopmer :,
the settlement of the public lands within their Ir,
the west has III vain sought to Legislation me-
cessary to that end. The sole assistance pernrioT
ever given towards that object has been the annual an
preparation for the survey of public lands
How niggardly this appropriation has ALWAYS beer
shown by the lists Of public appropriations During
the session of IS9oeI the appropriation made for S
survey OF the public lands of the entire west was Inn,
$500 ooo yet the same congress at the session an
propriated 5000 for the construction of single
lie building in the City of Buffalo New York In the
session of IS9I92 the appropriation for public surveys
was but $4,000, while the received and an
piled to other purposes by the general government r
the sale OF public lands in the west during the same
year amounted to s., ,S75.5S.
By the congress under the guise of an annror-
alton for Rivers and Harbors there was Appropriated
S25ooooco in the disbursement of which the u,eror
west had part.
Under the authority of such appropriation for va,-
past there has been speut millions of dollars TO CON-
struct and maintain dams and canals and similar os
which have directly benefited only eastern cities and
communities
In the same manner enormous sums have been and
annually appropriated for the construction Of prb
lie buildings in eastern cities and towns
Today the leaders of both parties stand committed
to pledge the faith and credit of the nation to the m
ance of $780, in bonds to be used in the com
strucon Of the Nicaragua Canal the the chief bepe
hciares of which will be the ship owning maguae Of
the east
Yetin the face Of such appropriations strictly SEC
uonal in their character the demands of the west for
appropriations that will render habable and productive
their arid regions by the construction of reservoirs and
canals have been steadily and persisently ignored
In consequence OF this policy of neglect the public
waters of the entire west on which the very existence
of its citizens depends-are being appropriated and
monopolized by Capitalistic corporations
Claiming absolute ownership to the water in many Of
the most fertile regions of the west it is impossible for
settler to make for himself a home without their con.
sent, and when he has length done so he at once be-
comes subject to whatever eXactions they NAV impose
under their pretended ownership of public waters
Spurred on by selfshness such corporations con.
stantly encourage the settlement of lands under their
canals Ill order to promote the sale of water although
knowing that the water supply is already inadequate
the result being that the purchaser of watergh has
security redress against the loss which he ncurs
through the scarcity of water thus created.
The result being the creation of a system mouop0-
suc IN Its character, autoCratiC and selfish in its
actions, unreliable and unsafe in its methods. and
which deprecates the values of homes and farms and
the yearly returns the labor and money expended
by the culGvaor uncertain and unstable As citizens
OF Arizona we charge the Republican and Democratic
parties of the territory with having aided and perpel
ated this evil by refusing and failing to in any nae
egisate in the interest of the farmer and against the
constant encroachment and impostious ofcan al owners
As citizens OF the west we hold and maintain that
miors can be appropriated annually for III, usiuten
ance OF dams and canals in eastern communities under
the so-called Improvement of rivers and harbOB,
and from which the government obtains no direct re-
turn that the construction of similar works for the
clamation of the arid regions should be provided o,
especially the sales of the lands so reclaimed will
directly more than repay the cost of such works.
We invite the attention of our fellow-czens Of All
IONA to the foregoing dispassonate and impartiaL