Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-09-14
FOR MEN TO THINK OF.

An arulcle Wnlcn appeared Tn the
 last issue of Goodwin's Weekly, which
 is addressed especially to the voters of
 the state of Utah, who are per
 mitted to vote for president, furnishes
 food for reflection in every state of
 the union and even in the territory
 of Arizona, although we have no voice
 in the selection of a president. The ] thought suggested as to the selection
 of president is applicable though in
 this territory in reference to the cleo
 tion of delegate to congress. The
 article follows:
 The presidential campaign is on
 in a couple of months the voters of the United States will decide whether
 the policies that now prevail shall be continued, or whether new engineers
 shall take charge of the machinery.
 Every voter should decide what IS best
 for him to do,. Every voter is a unit
 of the Government, and decision of a majority of these units makes up the decrees that bind. How will the men of Utah respond? Except for the policy that now prevails every lead miner in this state would have been forced to give up his occupation years ago. How will the lead miners vote?
 With the tariff removed from lead more than half the silver mines would be forced to close down. How will the silver miners vote? Except for legislation there would never have been sugar factory in Utah, the ground now devoted to rais- ing beets would have been left for common agricultural products, they would have been vastly cheaper than | they now are, the lands would have been quite 50 per cent. chepaer. How will the farmers vote.
 Except for the republican tariff, there would practically be no wool | industry in Utah, and what there might have been would leave no profit | to the sheep men. How will the J sheep men vote? Take away the | profits from wool, from beets, from | lead, and it is clear that the sales of | merchants would be reduced 60 per cent. How will the merchants vote? | With the tariff removed from wool it | would be cheaper to buy the product | of foreign factories than to purchase the home article. How will the en- ployes of the woolen factories vote? | With the change that would come with i the throwing off of the tariff 60 per | cent. of the traffic carried on by rail ! roads in Utah would be taken away. How will the railroad men vote? With | the railroad traffic reduced 60 per cent. and with lead mining closed i down, what would the foundrys and shops do to keep open their doors? How will the skilled workmen vote?
 With these industries crippled, there would practically be no more new buildings constructed for years to come and rents would fall quite 60 per cent. How will the brick men, the lumber men, the cement men, the stone men and the skilled and un- skilled laborers who build homes vote? With the work stopped how would the professional men live? What would become of the men who leal in money? How will the lawyers, doctors and bankers vote?
 This list might be much extended, or the protective system has its direct 'r indirect effect upon every business if the country. Under it not only nave the great manufacturing inter- sts of the country been built up, but very other business has been vitaliz- d through it. Would it not be better or the Democratic party to move to 1ake President Roosevelt's electi on