Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-21
Mining, SrnGIterS and Stock Quotations
REPUBLICAN ORGAN AND
 "ALFY" ARE AT VARIANCE

"AIfy. of the Bisbee Miner, has been sorely disturbed because of the danger of democrats in the present legislature committing political sui eide by failing to pass a railroad com mission bill We desre to call "Alfy's attention to the following which was published as an editorial In the Ari- r0na Republican. the acknowledged leading republican paper in Arizona;
 While there Is so much floating about more or less aimlessly in the ar concerning railroads and cOropra- constrained again to state it's position, which we hope has already been made clear Co ir-minded and fairly intelligent readers,
 AS to railroads. the Republican is under obligations to none. and Is in- nuenced by none. It has and does loW regard the railroads of this ter ritory. as of every undeyeloped or par tially developed region, as the chief contributors to the increase of its wealth. The greater the development oi the railroad systems. the greater the development of the region served by them EncouraEement fosters de Veiopment of any enterprise and should be extended within all prop CT limits These are propositions which we think all will accept.
 Arrangements of railroads are hu- man. and it is natural that they have got made all the concessions which ether humans have desired. and not all the concessions they ought to have made.
 Though shippers and merchants of Phoenix recognize that the rates they DOW enjoy are favorable in compari- son with those of tN en.y years ago, or even five years ago, they know 1nd Ee k--ow thaI they are stilf- too high. The Republican has frequently made this statement and the further statement of still worse condition that this valley is the victim Of raiL road discrimination. But We are not without means of relief if We apply them. There are two and only two. One lies with the interstate commerce commission and the other, in repre- made in the proper spirit and by the proper persons to the railroads themselves.
 Phoenix and the Salt River valley are not alone in their misfortune. There are hundreds of communities situated; in fact, at least half the shipping points in the whole country are not satisfied with their railroad conditions.
 The best plan has been found to be, after having made application in vain to the railroads for relief. to go with clearly presented complaint to the interstate commerce commission. if 1t Is interstate commerce or intra- territorial commerce that is affected. These complaints may be lodged by individual shipers or by recognized associations of shippers or boards Of b ade. In recent years none of these complaints have been neglected Lo- cal Phoenix shippers know that. The relief has not always been as prompt as has been expected, as in the case of Spokane, whose grievance, similar tG our own. is still under considera- ton.
 ''Evcn the powers of the interstate commerce commission have been found by the experience of the last tR1) years to be so limited that addi- uOnal legislation is now pending in Ongress.
 This brings us to the subject of territorial legislation affecting the roads. which we have generally Op- posed. for the reason that. as any well informed lawyer would affirm. it has been worthless. and as most thinking people have realized. is worse than worthless. II could have had the effect. not of reducing a sin gle freight rate or a single passeR-