Holbrook argus., 1910-03-22
E. A. SAWYER ON
 NATIONAL POLITICS
Says Feeling of Disappoint. ment with Present Ad- ministration Pervades
 Entire East.

EuWdIu A. sawyer, the well known Arizona pioneer Il d holder of large stock interests, when interviewed by a represen- tative of the Mail as to the i'm pressions he formed on his re- cent sojourn in the east, express ed himself as follows:
 During a prolonged visit in the east 1 made close observa. tions in all the big cities from Chicago to New York and find everywhere a feeling of disap- pointment with most of the inn portant acts of congress and the present administration.
 "The PayneAldrich tariff is held responsible for the unprecedented high prices ot all commodities and the consequent countrywide protest on the part of consumers. The present investigation of the subject by Congress is not ex- pected to afford any solution of the trouble. It is not thought likely that their report will put the blame in the right place; to do that would be condemning the tariff act for which they are responsible. The same old reas ons, such as the production of gold, insufficient supply of food products, or possibly, extrava- gance on the part of the people. are expected to be assigned as the causes of high prices.
 "1 venture to say that if we had a national election tomor- row there would be the biggest housekeeping of republicans the country ever saw"
 Asked as to what interest the eastern people are taking in the Arizona and New Mexico state hood issue, MT. Sawyer replied:
 "The subject is one i'll which the rank and file of the people outside of these territories are naturally indifferent and it was only in Congressionalcircles that I heard any discussion of the matter that is ofsuch paramount importance to our people here. I was in the House of Represent atives when the Hamilton bill was considered and passed and 1 must say that the ignorance displayed by some eastern mem bers of that body, on the sub ject of our territories fitness for statehood, was indeed surprising.
 "I recall how one congressman who claimed that Arizona's re- sources do not entitle us to statehood, made the statement that big claims were made for our copper resources, but that our yield of that neral had not yet demonstrated it's importance as an industry. He said, why don't they get it out and show us that they have it?'
 Personally I am of the opin- ion that the statehood bill will not be passed at this session of Congress and there are many reasons for so thinking. The bill has been made so obnoxious as to be a direct insult to the people of these territories. I have been a resident of Arizona for the past thirty years and rather than accept the present bill 1 would prefer to wait until such time as we have House and Senate that will accord us just treatment and accept us under the same conditions that applied to the admittance of all other territories when they were accepted as states"
 When questioned as to tie cur rent price of wool, Mir. Sawyer, who is one of the most prominent wool growers in Maricopa and Navajo counties, said:
 "The prevailing price of wool is less than 1t was last year at this time. For the same quality of wool that 1 sold last year at 215s cents I am now offered 19