Graham guardian., 1905-08-25
CHR Guardian.
FRIDAY, AUGUST rs 1905
No pOLI1IcS IN i.

lallion tax, or to promote some
,thod whereby the dividend pay
ing mines of Arizona should bear
their just proportion Of the bur-
dens Of government but.every at
tempt made by the people has
been thwarted by corporation hire
lings, till at last the tax-payine
element of the territory has be-
come indignant at the insolence Of
corporations, and had not Cover
nor KIbbey stepped into the breach
and demanded that tardy justice
be done, the outraged public would
have committed gross injustice
on those taxdodging legislative
corruptionists whereby a lasting
harm would have probably been
perpetraten upon the mining in
dustry of Arizona.
Arizona is essentially "a mining
country; it is proud of its great
mineral producers, proud Of the
fact that several mines in this ter
ritory are classed as worth above
one hundred million dollar mark.
We all take deep source OF
pleasure in pointing 10 the fact
that this territory has passed the
great mining states IN the race for
supremacy and now we are NOV
ing toward the head of the column
Yet, with this remarkable showing
with territory shipping upward
of s5 million dollars worth of bull
lion annually, with a showing OF
Is million dollars annually in
dividends, we find to the dismay
Of the struggling, toiling masses
who are building homes, who are
erecting churches and school
houses in Arizona, that on the as
sessment roll of the territory these
immense properties are only as
sessed for the beggarly, sum of
-Four Million Dollars, and the
people who own little homes,
small farms and meager holdings,
are compelled to bear almost the
entire burden of taxation of the
territory, and these men who are
denuding Arizona of her natural
wealth, and who have no interest
in common with our people, aside
from exhausting her resources, are
debauching boards of supervisors,
county assessors and legislators.
The Copper Queen mines IN Bis
Doe, are so fabulously rich that it
would be folly for us to assert
their value, but every thoughtful
man in Arizona knows that it is up |
in the hundreds of millions, pays
taxes on the beggarly sum Of
S350,0O0. No wonder Governor
Kibbey dismissed Alfred Doneau.
The Governor is trying to com.
pol these corporations to defray a
small portion of tho burdens of
government. The raise of l500% |
in Coobise county should have
been 5OO096, and iu other counties
proportinately.
1t is folly to try to bring these
to realize their re.
sponsibilities to the public by
reasoning, the only way is to
take them by the throats as it
were, and compel them to disgorge.
They have practiced their system
of highway robbery upon the pub
lie till justice has become hiss
and a byword in this territory.
They claim to control our COVER
nors. our courts, and we know
they control the supervisors, as
SCISSORS, and the legislatures, but it
looks as though the light was
breaking. We don't care whether
a republican or democratic admin
Istration brings about the result
this paper will stand for the men
who stands for Arizona. The peo
pie of Arizona, regardless of poll.
lies, will stand for justice and fair
play, and they don't care what
political label may be on move
ment.
The upheaval has only begun; IL
will 20 on and on till every hire
ing; every corporation creature,
,very man whose voice and vote
s against Arizona is driven out of
'fiicial life, and the Enterprise is
lere TO aid in the good work.
---soS---
WHENEVER you hear man call
ing everybody else grafters you