The oasis., 1906-07-21
TERRITORIAL AND COUNTY DEBTS.

For downright misrepresenta- tion and positive falsehood por- tion of the anti-jointure press in Arizona are entitled to 3 premium, surely. Here follow few samples of their falsehoods with regard to the territorial and county debes in Arizona and New Mexico.
 In the event of jointure becoming q reality Arizona with half the popula- tion Of New Mexico. an assessed valna- ti0n three times as. great as that of the territory u the east and an indebted ness but half as large, will have no money leit after paying taxes with which to indulge itself with luxuries as at present.
 The debt of New Mexico, which in the event of jOinture tue new state 0f Arizona would be compelled to pav. is in round figures $3,O00, GOO. This in- cludes the debts of the counties. The debt of Arizona which would De added to this is in the neghborhood of $l.000, GOO exclusive of the indebtedness oi the counties which K about as much more, making the total s2 GOO 00O or Sl.0J0,000 less than that Of New Mexico.
 However, the real difference between the debts 0f the two territories which the new state would be taxed to pav is much larger than one million The territory ot Arizona has not assumed the indebtedness 0f the several counties, instead t has guaranteed it's payment. but as every county in the territory is perfectly solvent they will of course, pay their outstanding obligations themselves. In fact that is what they are doing now as fast as possible
 In New Mexico Six of the counties are insolvent and there K no present nor future prospect Of their ever paving q dollar Of their Indebtedness and it will cons s9nently become liability If the joint state
 This leaves an indebtedness of s8. GOO. j GOO for New Mexico and Sl,O00. GOO for Arizona that the new state would have to shoulder, the taxpayers of Arizona paying three dollars to those of New Mexieo's : one of the total This total does not include the hundreds of thousands of outstanding militia war rant' issued by New Mexico that will eventually have to be taken care Of by the state should iointure be approved by the people of both territories. -Ari- zona Gazette.
 The taxpayers of Arizona don't pro- pose to be saddled with the enormous debt Of New Mexico That's the inl- portant reason why Arizona voters will east their votes against the ioint-state- hood scheme The bonded indebted ness Of New Mexico is double that of Arizona, and several New Mexico counties are on the verge of bankruptcy. The joint-statehood bill provides that the new joint state shall assume the debts of both territories, and if we were foolish enough to accept the proposition. the property of our people would be taxed to the limit to pay off parcel of old debts in New Mexico foisted upon the people of that territory by gang of political grafters who every two years dominate the actions of Mexican legis- lature and appropriate the territorv's funds with q lavish hand. Arizona is getting along pretty well. thank you The tax rate is being steadily reduced The mines and railroads are annually being compelled @ pay more of their just proportion oi taXatin Taxes are not burden in Arizona af present. and will continually grow smaller, unless we