Graham guardian., 1897-12-10
THE MU2zLED PRESS.

| 1t was moi the purpose of the
| GUARDIAN to mix in the contro.
versy between the Silver Belt and
| the Bulletin concerning Clifton and
| Morenci. But since the Bulletin
makes such vicious attack upon
the editor of the GUARDIAN and
accuses us, because we copied the
BeIPS article, of endorsing it for the
purpose of working injury to the
copper camps, we consider 1T our
duty to say something.
With Bro, Kelley's profound re s.
oning the Buletis applauded and
approved of Durrants horrible
crimes, for it copied article after
article upon them. He says we
reversed our position by copying
the Belts article, from the time
when we published the following:
"While lynching should general
ly be condemned in the harshest
terms, yet we believe that one
which occurred at Clifton last week
will help matters considerably at
that place"
The article we reproduced simp-
lily confirms the the above opinion.
We believed then and believe now
that the lynching of that murderer
will deter Others of the same class
from going to that camp.
The editor of the GUARDIAN has
been to the copper camps, has many
warm personal friends there and
we know that great number of
their residents, both American and
; Mexican, are men of the highest
honor. But that does not mean
that the boleta SYSTEM is in the in
terest of humanity, and since the
Bulletin has forced us to speak We
may as well tell few of our OBJ
servations, which we shall do with
out fear or favor. OF course the
Bulletin will deny it all; it must do
20 orits editors name will be strick-
on from the company's pay roll,
,vhem it has been for lol these
many years, for defending the
company. Its editor never loses
an opportunity, both through the
., Bulletin and otherwise, to stand as
it's champion. When the company's
taxes were lowered S3l 900 instead
Of being raised that much, the
editor Of the Bulletin was on hand
to influence the Board in Its favor.
He was compelled to do SO or his
pay would stop. Whenever the
master holds piece of bread in
the air and says "speak for it," the
trained poodle howles. Whenever
q question arises in which the
+, company is concerned the Bulletin
). is its champion. 1t is amusing to
/, see the Bulletins tentacles reach out
: and attempt to grasp Globe, Cliff
! ton and the valley, He is between
three fires and will undoubtedly
h get his fingers badly burned.
/ We have never believed the
/ boleta system good but have said
2 nothing for the reason that we be-
= lieve the Legislature the place to
d remedy this evil. If the boleta i;
a for the elevation of the working
g man why do not the other great
! companies Of the Territory use iii
!, NcilLer the Copper Queen nor the
I'll Old Dominion company has ever
/. found il necessary to or even de-
g sirable, and it is not o very high
tribute to the labor'ng man to say
that he has not sense enough to
live without a credit system, that
: he cannot live with one pay day
per fortnight or per month, but
that his earnings must be guarded
for him by the company so that he
may exist. On the other hand is
it not fact that common laborers
in Clifton and Morenci do not re
oeive one teath of their wages in
cash2 that if they want money they
must sell their bolctas for rs oil
80 cents on the dollar in order
to Obtain iti Are not these mer
indirectly compelled 10 draw these
boletas or be dischargedS
=, Our article is not aimed at in
4. dividuals but at a system not il