Arizona republican., 1906-09-28
POSTOFFICE FIGURES
 ODIOUS COMP ARSON
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 Mexican JuggleFs.

Under the caption, New Mexico Way Ahead of Arizona" the Santa eF New Mexican thus juggles with post office figures:
 ''The comparative growth and pop ulation of New Mexico and Arizona can be gauged by the number of post offices in each territory and the num- Der of new postoffices that are being established. New Mexico has 445 pOstOffices and Arizona has only 260 New Mexico has 166 money order of fices and Ariona has 120. New Mexico has six second class offices and Ari- zona has five. New Mexico has 2S more postoffices today than it had on January first. Arizona has one post office less. Arizona's bulk of popula- ton is in mining towns more or less ephemeral, such as Bisbee, Douglas Clifton, MOrenci and Globe, while New MexicO's bulk of population is settled on farms and in small villages and it's larger towns are of a permanent na- ture. So after all Arizona has not much to brag about it's superiority over New Mexico in wealth, population and future promise The difference between New Mexico and Arizona is that between Massachusetts and Yer AAAOAAts NAiC III SN IiAlChIS Selti0Qs pIOS- porous and growing rapidly. the other although a neighbor, sparsely occu- pied by people and growing slowly very slowly"
 A little analysis of the above state ment together with some very proper deductions the New Mexican forgot to make, is interesting These figures are undoubtedly for the year ending June 30, 1905. as the reports for the year just ended have not been issued yet by the postoffice department. The statement concerning the number of postoffiees is undoubtedly correct and in proportion to the number of inhabi- tants it still shows as many postofiioes in this territory as in New Mexico The statement of the number of money order offices for that year is also uor- rect. 166 for New Mexico to 120 for Arizona. but how about the business
 In the year named New MeXicos 166 money order offices issued 154575 ln-- mestic money orders aggregating $I.- 2S6. .90S. Arizona's little old 120 money order offices issued 225,022 money CT ders, aggregating s2,432.642 or an ex- cess over New Mexico of 70,447 orders aggregating S1.145,734 or very nAa.;y twice as much money as that sent from New Mexico.
 During the same period New Mex icO's 166 money order offices paid E59.- S56 domestic money orders aggregating s738,O45 while Arizona's little old 129 money order offices paid 66.6oO donies- tic money orders, aggregating S976, ,92S or $237,9S3 more money disbursed tran in New Mexico. The total of the mon ey order business both issued and paid in Arizona, in excess of that in New Mexico, with her 166 money order o. fices. was $1,3S3,717.
 New Mexico claims for that yea. six second class offices against Ari- zonas five. It must have been an CT TOT on the part of the New Mexican for in order to have six second class offices AlamogordO with a gross ousi- ness of $S045 is included. while to -ut Arizona down to five, Globe, with a gross business of $S394 was excluded. But let the figures tell the story. Here is the record of the gross business. which means postage, box rent, etc. exclusive of money orders, of New Mexico's six second class offices for