Arizona republican., 1902-09-28

a camp is prosperous and the mines in full operation. Also that the small merchant or stOrekeeper. doing busi- ness in and about mining camps seems to feel that he is in duty bound. or that it is to his interest to throw his infiu- ence against the mining company. par ticularly so when the company has n store. He did not think all saloon men were so short sighted as to encourage trouble; in fact many are disposed Jo be friendly to the companies and to d. all they can to prevent friction; and this is true Of some of the small mer- chants; but there are always some who stand ready to. and do encourage the miners, right or wrong, to open up 60 fight on the company. expecting e. profit directly or indirectly. at the miners expense. Miners are not ai- ways wrong, nor are they by any means always right, but he believci that the spirit Of fairness that 2s a rule predominates with the miners as we'll as with the companies, would more often succeed if it were not for the outside influences that too often cast the deciding tvote.
 MT. Murphy predicts that if miEin- in YaVapai county and the territory etAASA c'4iS W siS 7bl-5 NO bC and constantly subjected to'Jhe whimsi- cal notions of Irresponsible people. ths uncertainty as to the future of miniu>, in Arizona will be such as to discourage capital and slow down operations everywhere
 " Why said Mr. Murphy. If the mines are not to be operated and pros poets converted Into producing mines. railroad construction to the mining districts must of necessity stop. He stated that he built the road to Poland at big expense to handle the product | oS the mines in that vicinity, including i Walker and Lynx Creek. and mak- | p-Cftabi mining possible. If the mines | tributary to the road cannot be-Cpe-- ! ated, he suggested, then the railrCa ! ] is q failure and why nay not the same conditions attach to the mines tribu- | tary to the road from Mayer to ths i Bradshaws? In the face of threatening | conditions, what inducenent is there 1 offered justifying the expenditure Of | millions of dollars in furnishing rail-
 road facilities to the rich mining dis tricts in Pinal and Graham counties.
 or to the mining districts east of | Wickenburg and north of Hot Springs
 Junction?
 "Mr Murphy insisted that it is time that the merchant and farmer as well
 as the conservative members of every union in the county should lend their support to some sensible movement looking to the immediate adjustment and removal of existing and threaten ing obstructions to satisfactory and profitable mining in Arizona. It will
 not do to wait until it is too late. Uu- biased and serious consideration of these threatening difficulties should not be put aside even temporarily to suit the convenience and advance the interests of a few politicians who are apparently willing to submit to almost anything in their desire to secure elec-
 ton of the paying offices. and if you please. control the politics of the terri
 tory, but those who represent the husi-
 ness interests of the territory must
 stand up like men and meet the issue
 fairly and squarely.
 i "Mr Murphy believes in cOncedinS to
 the labor organizations every right and
 privilege that belongs to them. but not
 in submitting to arbitrary and unre1-
 sonable dictation. He also holds tha. AmericaIr citizens who do not belong
 to labor organizations should he pro
 tected in their rights to as full an eN
 tent as the members of the unions arc
 desirous of having their interests and
 rights protected. Otherwise. success
 ful mining in Arizona has seen its best
 days and the unusual prospective de-
 veIopmert that would seem to be guar
 anteed to the territory will certainly not be realized