Arizona republican., 1910-03-05
The Saving o' Forty Gents and the
 vinoiea;ton Of a Principle.

.ls-.lriatlHu. corporation comprising inssI .f thc land owners of the Salt Ri,.r saII,y-s.mc i.Sp0 shareholders acting through its representatives elected DO former years. has cut in su," th. salary "f Us legal counsel ar. st,"ruc, and viil proceed to hire a cheap lawyer
 Th.> action may be attributed in la-r~ Dart e. th- general demand for s reduction in tfr- cost of living The auIy elected representatives of this great as--ciati"u have responded in d practical way Go thi- demand
 The salary "f the ass.,ciati"n's c,uR- --I having h~~u f-e"o a year. every -rsr~hold-r "f tbe corporation was ErpaniuE under thc burden of payinE he share "f this -aiary- The extent ..r thi~ burden may mot he fully sp- g.rselated unless one lake th. trouble t, u-rk -lt ihe problem un an acre sre h4si- ih-n it is presented tn sll ir~ uak"i and iueNcusabic iniquity Then u is shoEu up SD graphically that u' aT-,i-EIsJ of extravaganza. no matter h"w ingenious. csn dodge tn, ,sn-lu~iru that the representatives of the a~--riation have mznfully lifted great bad from inc backs "f their constituents
 Taking -"".""o as ths acreage in the asz-ciati1n the t-."ro salary of the I.EaI cnun-sI meant tsN "f | cent ug-,u ea-h acre. annually Assuming tilat sa acres Is the size of the aver sEc farm. Tho payment of this salary jailed for ihe contribution of 60 cents zach year fn,Ia each land owner By ,gttiuE thc salary in half the munifi- rent sum "f Co cents annually Is saved Go the so-acre rancher- Ccui- tinE the presidents salary also saves the tempting sum "f co cents to each ran-her but "f tha; another timel
 aurspter. thi- bold stroke of econ- uruy achieves. as it were the staying of tu.o birds viih onc stone. Not only has s great expense been avoided and on ery land owner placed upon such high plane of prosperity thereby ths, be viH not feel hereafter inc pinch iuE effects "f any personal expendi- lure. but vital principle has been indicated
 we refer Co the principle of equal uy in hours of labor and m com l~risaiicn therefor. Everybody knoWs that the f~rfuers hired men in the dairy. in the hay fields and in the orchard vork long hour and for stipend shicl. when ali expenses of beard and lodging arc included. does uoi amount Co ;l.ess year Why envuid a iaWycr Eei more than any uf tl5e farmers other hired mem In- lsed. if the representatives of th. Water Tsers' association had cK- hihite,l the pr"I-er equality of cour- aEs they would have reduced the sal zrg of their counsel Co the level "f tbc dairy h4nd-say Sso month far th. sdvzutzEss of comfort are all un tho side ol the lawyer Tn. law yer d.--s not have Co get Co his work at o'clock iu the morning. We un- aerstand that while there is some ob- i,c'iuu Co such isser4iiiy. the prevail inr id~4 is that the new counsel need u"t repori for duty until o'clock. and ii is thought he may bc permitted O" c4B ii a day @t g In the afternoon in addition tp these advantages. the counsel las the privilege of working in The shade
 it has hsng been puEzling matter Ter us that the assyciztion permitted it-sf Co tay the e1orbitant salary did Co it's counsel To be sure. this csun-sl ~ss @, ingenious and re- ruurc.fui that he was able (" invent rho plan of a water users associa- ti-u and d@sise a contract with the Euternm.nt which enabled this val isg to Est a reservoir from the gov .rumsut under a laW which had not l.s~u intended for the benefit of lands airszdy o.tti-d. lt is true that lfe did this in the face of chorus of ob- s.--tian. from ths legal profession that u wzs irnprscttczbie and impos- sii,le H is true that In negotiating f.sr ths requirement. uf The private -iFtss c. the reservoir site. and in she negotiations for the purchase of ,he several canals of the ,aIley. he ,asds af least half million dollars for his clients. the stockholders of the sss-ciziion h is true that he has soI stesred litigation that lawsuits over srafer spgezr ts bc thing of the tsart. a square deal for every body hasins been s,btained in the adjudi- cation of rishts. b is true that all of this work. H Eaid for by an "r- dinary corporation In the ordinary oourre of bushes. wouid have cost many times ths total which has been