Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-23
SLOBE GHEAT MiNiNc CAMP EVEN
 sKINsEx CANT DOWN IT.

During the debate upon Hunts bill to change the judicial districts, two of the opponents of the measure made themselves conspicuous by their hos tility to Globe. One of them, says the Tucson Stars correspondent, de- clared that "Globe had been practi- Gallv desarted at one time thero was snch 8 place and as many as two or three hundred freight wagops could be seen coming and going, but this was not the cchilihon now. Desertion reigns supreme
 ThStsrich, isn'tit? Hunts reioinder was that if Globe had nothing else, it has good water and that is something which the court needs. Gsddis, of Mohaye county, who was friendly to the bill, in order to divert the discus sion, proposed to settle the yexed capi- tai question by moving the seat of gov ernment to Globe At this iuneture Mir. Skinner, the illiterate chatterbox, member from Graham, interposed an objection, saying, "there was not ten acres of level ground in Globe or yici- nity, and that 1t would be an imposi- ton to make the legislators and the court walk up hill '
 Tie position of Skinner, who poses ss an e6oaSmist, was a surprise to fel- low members and ear-drum of the au- ditorium. The advantages that Gaddis proposed in locating the capital on the hillside, was in the spirit of economy, so that the exertions caused by the climbing of the ascent would wind the members, and thus seriously affect their staying qualities while on the floor of the Assembly. Gaddis ldea was, less bnncombe and more valuable legislative work. While Skinner poses ss an economist, the records of the 18th show that it is merely pretense. Gaddis and the five who voted with him are the real economists as well as broad minded men.
 Evidently, Skinner is man who never sees anything beyond the share of his plough, and every acre of Gods foot stool is of value only for the num- ber of bushels of barley or tons of al falfa it will produce One acre of the hillside adjacent to Globe is worth 8 thousand of farming land in the yicini- ty of Skinner's home, and a fact which Mr. Skinner seems to have forgotten is that for years Globe has furnished a nnrkst for the products of the Gila valley and given employment to the two hundred or three hundred teams from Graham county which Skinnsr's c5adjutor mentions eA formerly hay ing been employed in hauling freight to and from Globe. Our despised hills have yielded thousands of dollars where the fertile lands of Graham have pro, dueed one dollar, and there are mil lions remaining in sur rocked ribbed d5hhaihs.
 Neither is the camp deserted, but in all directions gold and copper claims are being developed, and thousands O tons of ore are being piled up for TO duction when the smelters resume which will be at no distant day Ever despised silver is being mined
 The estimation in which Globe i held by shTewd business men may b inferred from the fact that several mil lions of dollars are being expended i the construction of railroad from th Southern Pacific to tap our stores c rioh minerals. Already half the roa has been built, and Globe will soon be gin to feel the impulse of this quickne of industry, and become the hgelie' mining camp in Arizona, and Mi Sidnner's section will share in ou prosperity. The farmers of the Gil valley can then ship to Globe increase quantities of alfalfa, barley, flour, bu ter and eggs in exchange for our gol and silver. And we are magnanlmor enough even not to wish to deny Skin ner and all the little Skinners partic pation in onr coming good times.