Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-16
MINING INDUSTRY
 HAS MADE ARIZONA.

HAS MADE ARIZONA.
 The people of this territory have been made to realize during the last six months more than they had eyer before the importance of the mining industry to Arizona This because of the many new enterprises which have been compelled to discontinue development during the period of f. nanciaI stringency and panic. As the mining industry has been extend ed to new fields of exploration and development other enterprises have sprung up in it's wake. The curtail- mCnt of forces and production throughout the territory has resulted in the loss of employment to thous- ands of miners in various portions of the territory and the consequent loss of trade and prosperity to every busi- ness enterprise depending upon the continuance of mining work for sup port. ...
 During the present industrial de pression Arizona has been able to hold her head higher than any other mining state because of the contin- uance of production in the old pro ducing districts. While 1t is prob ably true that copper may be pro duced at Bisbee and at other Arizona camps for less than the average cost of production in the United States, still the advantage is not great and we believe a regard for the welfare of those employed in the mines and smelters and the welfare of the con- munities where the mining is done, on the part of the companies which have in the past received heavy pro fits, have had something to do with the continuance of operations in sev- eraI of the camps in the territory.
 Be this as it may, the mines of Ari- zona have been kept in operation nearer to the normal rate of produc- sr, per countries in Michigan or Montana and the continuance of the mining industry during the financial depres- sion has been the salvation of Ari- zona's prosperity. Take Bisbee as an illustration; what would be the con- didons here if the mining companies were pursuing the same policy as those at Butte where more than 15,- 900 miners were thrown out of em- pIoyment? It would mean the com plete stoppage of business and bank ruptcy for a great many of our busi- ness men. A similar condition in all the big copper districts of Arizona would bring ruin to the business of the entire territory. It is not only the people who are doing business in Bisbee, Globe. Clifton, Morenci and Jerome who are enjoying prosperity as a result of the mining industry, but those who are engaged in agricui- turaI pursuits in our irrigated valleys and those who are interested in stock raising are equally depedent upon the mining districts for their prosperity. An instance of what the mining camps are doing for the farmers of the territory is the fact that when the Cananea mines and reduction works were closed last fall. accord ing to one of the largest hay dealers in the Gila valley, many hundreds of tons of hay had been contracted py the farmers of that valley to the Can anea company. Stop the mining in dustry in this territory and the agri- cultural valleys will very quickly be returned to the desert for the reason that agricultural products cannot be produced here at price which would enable them to bear the expense of shipments to far away markets or for export. The mining industry is the bone, sinew and marrow of the indus trial prosperity of Arizona now as it has ever been and ever must be.
 This being the case the people of