Mohave County miner., 1906-10-27
Why Arizonans are Against Jointure.

me FedSOnS why AIlLOudHS arc against jointure with New Mexico are so many that it is impossible to innu- merate them in one issue of this pa per. We give the following few reasons that ought to satisfy any one who is not for jointure for revenue only, as is the case with the Whisky Trusts candidate and his spielers:
 Arizona contains 113,0OO square miles of territory, being the fourth largest state or territory of the Union. The theory of government is against the making of large and unwieldly states. Even Texas, with its 365,OOO square miles of territory, has had to cut itself up into the smallest subdivis- ions of any of the states of the Union to localize and handle its criminal and civil business. Texas is homogeneous both in population and interests. The proposed joint state of Arizona would be conglomerate with no interests in common.
 Arizona is one of the most progress i've sections of the Union, while New Mexico, outside of it's white sections, is still fifty years behind the age.
 Arizona is second On the list of cOp- per producers and it's mines are worth millions of dollars; it's miners are get ting the best wage of any miners in the world. The reverse is true of New Mexico. Her mines are undevel- oped and her miners are getting the lowest scale of wages paid in the coun- try.
 Arizona wants home rule, the aspir- ation of every enlightened people on earth, not rule by foreighn people, controlled by foreign politicians. Why should Arizonans call upon the de- scendants of the Spanish Don to come across the Continental Divide, the bar rier between the two territories, to take charge of our affairs and control our systems. Why should our people take step backward toward the dark ages?
 Our institutions are the pride of the people and the envy of all. Why should we turn these institutions over to a nonprogressive people to set back to the plane of their own institutions?
 Our tax rate is far below that of New Mexico, the rate being for Ari- zona 75 cents; for New Mexico l.55$ on 100$ of tax value. Arizona has a tax roll of 63, ,OOO, ,OOO$ to New Mexico's 43,- O0O,O0Os. Take every mine and its improvements off the roll and we still have 7,OOO,OOO$ in excess of that of New Mexico. Why should we turn this great wealth over to the exploita- tion of New Mexico's bankrupt terri tory and counties?
 New Mexico wants statehood be- cause she wants to tax the railroads. New Mexico has large mileage of railroad within her borders that can be taxed just as high under her pres ent form of government as under a state government, but the same rail- road is taxed at 1l,5OO$ per mile in Arizona and but HOODS per mile in New Mexico. 76 miles of the Santa Fe railroad runs over private land grants, where it is not affected hy the act of congress, but the territory oi New Mexico taxes this part of the road at the congressional rate. Does this show good faith on the part of these would be tax gatherers?
 New Mexico raises over 400, ,OOOS fol school purposes, yet only 240,0O0$ o this amount is spent on the schools At the end of the fiscal school year there was practically no money in the New Mexico school fund. Arizona raises 45O,OOO$ yearly for it's schools and every dollar finds its way to the schools. Arizona's superintendents O. schools are among the most enliyht ened educators of the country, while in New Mexico many of them have nc education at all, while others are onl, educated in the Spanish language. 4 few days ago the New Mexican, pub lished at Santa Fe, boasted of the fac that in that city the purest Castilial in the world was spoken by her peo pie. Do people of Arizona think thi is a worthy boast in our United States where English should be the only Ian guage? But with the Hubbells an,