The Parker post., 1911-11-18

The restoration OF prosperity 10
Arizona is the keynote of the repub-
lican campaign this fall.
There must be revival Of busi-
ness In Arizona and the only way
business can be revived is to make
it clear to the business men already
established in the state and who
might, under favorable circumstances,
be induced to come into the state
that they will be given a square deal.
Mines must be opened and those
already opened must be operated, the
irrigable valleys of the state must
be watered and titled in order that
the workers In the mines and mills
may be fed-there must be develop
ment along all lines.
Business destroying theorists seek
ing office who are responsible fol
the present plight of Arizona must
be pushed into the background and
kept there and the job of running
the state given to men who know
that progressivism means progress
along material as we'll as intellectual
lines.
The state is a great business in
stitution, the cost of operation OF
which must be borne by the people
of the state who pay the taxes, and
the managers of that great business
institution should be practical men
and not theorists and should be Sc
lected with the greatest care as to
their mental capacity and business
ability, as would the managers OF
any private business.
No sane merchant dependent upon
public patronage would put in charge
of his store a man who would drive
away customers by his manners OF
his arguments, nor will a sane peo
pie place in charge of governmental
affairs men whose attitude will de
ter men with capital from investing
in Arizona enterprises.
Mr.. Hunt and his conferees will
deny that they are business destroy
ers. For answers read Mr.. Hunts
preprimary sneeches at Miami, al
Globe, at Yuma and at Bisbee, when
he was trying to induce the work
ingmen among the democrats to vote
fer him read every speech ~tha'
Henry F. Ashurst ever made durfng
the preprimary campaign in nearly
every one of which he yehemently
declared himself opposed to comb
nations of capital and called upon
high Heaven to witness that If elect
ed to the United States senate ht
would tear down the courts and bring
"entrenched wealth" to it's knees.
1t is true that Mr.. Hunt now de
clares that he wants to see Arizona
natural resources developed and tina
he wants capital to come into the
state, but that it must submit Il
regulation.
That listens, well, but imagin'
capital coming into Arizona and sub
mttting to regulation by George Hun
and F. H. Blighton and the horde o
wildeyed .dOctrinaires who follow tn,
leadership of those two eminent fl
nanciers.
Mr.. Ashurst never has modified hi;
views. He still inveighs against zen
trenched wealth." whatever that may
mean; denounces combinations o
capital, without which not a railroad
would be built. mine opened Orr irri
cation project put upon it's feet
shouts himself hoarse for free trade
a little matter which the fruit grow
ers of the valleys of Arizona will dc
we'll to look into before voting, an(
assumes an attitude toward busines.
men in general which, because of hi.
position, should the misfortune be
fall that he be elected to the senate
will cause men with money to sshur
Arizona as they would a pestilence.
What is wanted in Arizona is {
restoration of prosperity. We mus
send men to the National Congress
in whom the business men of tha
nation have confidence - Cameron
Hoval Smith, Williams; we mus
elect as administrators of state af