Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1906-06-06
ing will do tho rest.

There are other things Of minor i'm.
portance, but they will take care Of
themselves. The natural attrition of
competition will knock the unimport-
ant corners. The whole question Is one
Of credit. Each man Is paying his own
way, each company it's own way, and
not nine men carrying the tenth TO the
no possible advantage Of the merchant
and the dctrimcnt, the very material
dctrimcnt of all.
Years ago used to attend little
country church. The good pastor was
one Of those dear old fellows, who be
licvcd in allopathic doses. The pre-
sent day twenty minute scrmoncttc was
an. unknown quantity with him. /
did yet 80 tired listening 10 his sixth.
lies and SEVENTIES, but finally hcav-
ed n sigh of relief ms he closed with
bang the covers of the big Bible be-
fore him ard in few well chosen
words cpitomIzcd the whole sermon.
often wondered why he did not say this
In the first place. and let IL go al that,
but he did mol, And if you will LET
me follow the time honorcd custom and
cndcavor to sum up in one sentence
wha, have tried to say, my lastly, M
II were. and pat succinctly together my
answer to the query as to trade cx
pnnsion. with due acknowledgment TO
our friend, Finncy, from whom ]
quote in part, il would bc this:
Mind your credits. Trade at home.
Get busy and boost.
To q. T.. Finney, manager OF the An
IONA Smelling Co, was assigned the
subject ~
While the speaker gave the railroads
some vigorous raps, and mcrcilessly
scored the interstate commerce law as
being u delusion and snare, n dctri-
mcnt to the public and "a political trick
he was cmincntly fair and considerate
and cndcavored TO point out some facts
which deserved attention from the
club in it's efforts To build up the
community. After prcfacing his re
marks with the statement that he hat
been spending the last six days al
Humboldt in trying to make arrange
| %. pupnlN tn xgbtsh haI
cumulatcd In far greater quantities
than had ever been anticipated, and
that therefore he had not had the time
To prepare n written address, no said
81 wish 10 congratulate you on thu
papers on Publicity" and "Trade FIX
tension that you have just heard. Thu
question assigned TO me is n delicate
one, IN the railroad people are all m,
friends. We are not here to discus
the confscation Of these railroads o
the imposition of burdens upon thos,
who have pioneered the country, AM
spent immense sums In the develop
mcnt Of what was once barren coun
, try. We are here in cooperative
spirit. The railroads must assist tn
merchant, and the merchant must as
sist the railroads. Yet we must no
lose sight OF the vital fact that tn
: mines have created the wcnlth of tn
y country. From the mines we get GU
= living, and the mine is our first con
Q sideration. The railroads have take
Y enormous risks in coming into wha
was once barren country, yet thei
Z transportation charges now are hand
leap upon the development of the min
D ing industry. In the cost Of plan
that was recently erected here 40 pc
. cent was for freight. Such condition
. do not exist anywhere else. II Is no
good taste for us TO criticize the raj
roads, but the time has come when W,
and the mining interests, must be eos
L sidercd, and Transportation charge
y should be lowered. This in conntr
J. now alive with development, an
many districts can produce ore while
have no transportation facilities.
will DO the duty Of the committee o
J. railroad TO investigate these condition
and show to the railroads what exter
8 sionS may be made profitable at on
= Recommendation and ut our risk"
u The speaker then paid his respects I
D, the intestato commerce law, explainin
y that when the bill was introduced h
@ was "A solicitor for nm eastern roa,
y and thought that the bill would bc
u good thing for the roads in establishin
uniform rates and enforcing them. II
u was now satisfied that the law wa
u enacted, not for the benefit of tl
II public, but OF the railroads. II had bee
=, his experience that the railroads In