Arizona republican., 1902-12-09
PHoEN1x, ARIZONA. DEC. 9, 1902.
The Business Men of Los Angeles,
 and Senator Bard.

The villainous islander launched against Arizona by Thomas Robert Rard. United States senator from Cali fornia. has been resented by the busi- ness men of Los Angeles in a proper manner and in the proper spirit. The following telegram was sent to the junior California senator by the Job bcrs' Association of Los Angeles:
 "Jobbers' Association of Los Angeles urges you to reconsider your stand against Arizona statehood. The busi- ness interests of southern California are practically unanimous for state hood"
 With most senators such an express sion as this telegram from the whole sale business men of Los Angeles would nave great weight. But we do not an- ticipate that it will have any influence whatever with Senator Bard. An ig- norant man is invariably stubborn. And the density of ignorance concerning Arizona which MT. Bard has displayed makes his a hopeless case. We wish to be charitable, and attribute his attack to ignorance. If he knew better, ani deliberately gave utterance to derama- +or,, foIeoboodS if ic aopaIIv bopaIasS to expect him to reconsider his position. Such a man would pay no. attention, were all the business men of California to unite in asking him to support Ari zona On behalf of the people of this territory we beg to assure the Jobbers Association of Los Angeles that the kind interest which the members or that association have taken in the statehood cause is deeply appreciated, and will not be forgotten, but it is waste of time to argue or plead with Bard. The most that the association can hope for is that Mir Bard will re- frain from attacking his own state.
 He has not hesitated, it appears, to proclaim to the world the silly yarn that Arizona has reached the maxi mum of development-at least for long period" He made this statement in face Of the fact that the activity in Arizona mining districts is greater now than ever before in the history of the territory. Hundreds of valuable mines and prospects are being brought to q state of production, and the whole mining industry was never on such T prosperous footing. Every important copper mine so far developed has shown ore bodies which cannot be ex- hausted within another generation. Every gold mine in operation is show ing better values and more extensive ore bodies as lower depths are reached. John Hays Hammond and other compe- tent engineers have estimated that the mines of the Rand can be operated to a depth of 5000 to 5000 feet, and their Judgment has been accepted as so con- elusive that the great fnanciers of the world are preparing to make stupen- dous loan to Great Britain, taking the taxes from the Rand mines as security. It has been demonstrated beyond all doubt that the gold and copper mines of Arizona, like those of the Rand, Ego down" and that they also improve with depth-that, in effect. they are practi- cally inexhaustible. The Congress, the Pearce, the Fortuna, the King of Ar.- zona, the Tombstone and the other golc mines which are now operated at mod crate depths. will, thirty years from now. be yielding still their precious treasures from depths mile and more beneath the surface. Long before that time shall have arrived hundreds of other gold mines, now in their infancy, will be in active production, and will have before them lease of life equal to the mines we have named. Years after Thomas Robert Bard has been forgotten in Hueneme, California, where he has lived for thirty years. the United Verde. and other copper mines at Jerome, in Yavapai county. the Old Dominion, the United Globe. the Black Warrior in Gila, the Troy and