The Winslow mail., 1897-05-08
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
Editorial Notes.

THE MAIL had determined to forever
keep quiet on the subject of issuing
bonds of Navajo county for the pur
pose of building a court house and
jail, but asa great many think; or say
they think Taxpayer" in his COM
munication last week, drew rather
long bow, we have changed our mind.
but will promise now to say nothing
further.
In the nrst place Taxpayer" is an
old resident of the county, and has al
ways taken an active interest in coun-
ty affairs, watches every movement of
our officials, and is as we'll posted. per-
haps, as any man in the county on our
present condition and prospective
prospects. He is devotedly attached
to bis county-wants it to grow and
prosper. Is sufficiently we'll versed in
political economy to know that our
present rate of taxation acts as him
drance to the investment of capital in
our midst, and an increase would more
than likely drive considera BILE personal
property out of the county. Can any
one say that this portion of his com
munication is beyond the bounds of
possibility? Assuredly not.
AS to the possibility of the railroad
company refusing to pay taxes in case
Of raise in the rate of taxation, our
iorI espondent probably rememb bered
what great many may have forgotten.
Several years ago the Territorial Board
Of Equalization raised the 7alnation of
4ske sAtlentiie iie & Pacific from $4,000 TO
$1,000 per mile. The attorney for the
railroad company Immediately notified
he Supervisors Of Apache county, of
which we we're then a part, that the
company would not pay it's taxes on
that valuation. The Supervisors we're
forced to send either Mr.. La Prade or
Mr.. Morgan, or both. to Phoenix TO lay
before the Territorial Board the pre-
dicament Apache county would be in
unless the last mentioned body re-
duced the valuation to $4,000 per mile
This took place, be it rememb bered, af-
ter the compromise between th6 cGsni-
oany and the Supervisors in regard to
he payment of taxes. Taxpayer"
evidently remem bered this trifing in
cident to the railroad and the anxiety
it caused the Supervisors If the com
pany refused to pay taxes on what It
considered an exorbitant valuation,
was it an unreasonable presumption in
Taxpayer" to think they might CON
cIude not to pay, in case of raise, on
The ground OF excessive taxation? We
think his position perfectly tenahle.
He certainly has good foundation on
which TO stand, and cannot be termed
an alarmi8t, or as drawing TOO long
bow. There are certainly suggestions
in his communication, as we'll as in that
of "Economist," which appears this
week, to cause our Supervisors to look
at this matter calmly, carefully and
from every standpoint before taking
any decisive steps in this matter
The failures last week were 252, the
same week last year 200. That prom
ised wave of prosperity is rolling the
wrong way.
Governor Pingree, of Michigan, says
recent local elections indicate that the
republican perty will never win anoth-
er gold victory,
The copper production in the United
States for the frat month OF 1897 con-
tinued at high rate, the total report
ed by John Stanton statistician for the
producers, being 1857 long tons, an
increase of 1855 tons, or seventeen per
cent over January, 1896.
Perry S. Heath; chief Of the publica-
tion bureau Of the Mckinley cam
paign, said in answer to what did the
greatest work of the canvass: "The lit
erature most effective was the matter
supplied to the weekly papers. It was
more potent in influencing public opin-
ion than any other literature circu-
lated" Ihls is quite compliment TO
the weekly press of the country.
An exchange Gays an ordinary typo
graphical error caused an Arkansas ed
itor to run his proof reader out of town
with snot gun. His description of q
stylish wedding in the village came cut
under the heading: "Charming Homo
Wedding. Pink and White were the
Prevailing Tights" The editor had
: written the last word "Tints.''