Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-14
TO MIAMI AND BACK


 The hopeful public that thought the Gila Val ley extension was going to furnish serviceable transportation between Miami and Globe is once more in line for keen disappointment.
 All the glimpses that have been obtained so far into the cryptic recesses of the official mind reveals the disturbing joke that nothing but an occasional freight train is scheduled to provide passage for merchandise and passengers from this city to the new little metropole in Miami dis trict.
 But the railroad is lenient on the public for all that For To, with all its facilities for tor ment by means of a long and ingenious series of delays, irregular service, poor service or no ser vice at all it has generously assured the offend ing people that if they will simply beg persist ently for certain length of time, they may be favored with passenger coach of some kind hitched to the end of snorting freight It is further assured that in case this means of travel is provided, the people will be given the addi- tional privilege of paying for it at the rate of approximately five cents per mile, going and coming-for the railroad will get the public both ways.
 Now, manifestly the railroad powers that be have a most humane motive back of all this de- signing. For consider that the scenic features along the Gila Miami extension are very incon- siderable And so, whereas the simple-minded people might suspect they were getting little for their money, if they paid only few cents a mile for meandering over the landscape, the sur. rendering of fifteen cents parasang will in- dubitably insure a keen appreciation of the nat ural beauties that don't exist along the right of way between Globe and Miami And behold, the passengers may be expected to hang over the edge of coal car and exclaim with childlike simplicity and surprise that will be truly pleas ing, "'How Beautiful!' For there is no surer method of hypnotism than charging somebody an eXorbtant price for nothing, or worse than nothing.
 It is truly comfort and a cause for sublime state of resignation to know that in the course of few weeks, we may view the grandeur of Miami Flat from the vantage point of crate of canteloupes or from positions adjacent to leg of beef
 For consider again, that getting concessions from large corporation is like catchino feas or chasing sunbeams. Now you have them, and now you haven't
 But 1t is fitting that the credit for the railway service that Globe hasn't secured on the Miami extension be given where it is due. For this reason, then, let us proceed without further de lay to confer this package of reward upon the people who will derive the chief benefit from the Coal Car Limited namely the business men of this city. For apathy in any matter of business may always be depended upon to bring in it's wake lack of privilege, absence of needed facili- ties, inadequate service, and a permanent place in the industrial morgue
 1t IS rule of life that where nothing is asked little IS given. And the little in this case has been very infinitesimal. But it is unreasonable to expect railroad or other sensible corpora ton organized on business-lke principles to % through the land sowing broadcast benefits and favors that would return to them only non- descrlpt crop of ingratitude and financial trou ble. Or, verify, they would be giving something where 1t had not been requested and would be thanked for their pains accordingly. And along these Utopian lines commercial life is not con ducted
 In conclusion, then, the situation shows clear ly that strongly supported requests for hourly train service, comfortable passenger coaches and round trip fare of fifty cents as transportation facilities between Globe and Miami would prob- ably secure railway advantages at least 50 per cent more serviceable than those now beino planned by the company for lack of any publc movement in opposition
 The arena is now open. And the general nnb-