Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-20

vent fraud on the part of certain kinds of corporations, such as bank ing and loan institutions, insurance, bonding and fidelity companies. but the law should go further and require that every corporation securing a charter or attempting 10 sell stock within the state, with great particu- larity as to mining, oil, irrigation and other promoting companies, should file an accurate statement of the business proposed, showing where located, assets and liabilities, and such other information, including | copies of all advertising matter used, as the corporation commission | might require in the determination of the legitimacy of the enterprise. A | similar statement should be required | semi-annually. to the end that accur- l ate information might be had at all times for the use of inquirers, and | for the further effect it would have of deterring purely wildcat enter l prises from seeking a harbor in Ari- | zona. Every such corporation. doing business in thes state or selling its stock in the states should also be required to keep a full and accurate set of the company's books, minutes and other records, showing the copdl ton of its properties. at some de signated point in the state, in the hands of an authorized agent. and open at all time for the inspection of stockholders or Of the corporation commission. This might reduce to some extent the. revenue now de rived bv the state from the incor
 Vsomll niu. pifv and benefit legitimate com
 panies desiring to incorporate for Legitimate purposes and on fair
 and honest plan, and would ma teriaIIy increase the standing of Ari- zona corporation abroad
 Prison Reform
 If Arizona is to hew to the line of progressiveness, she has marked
 out for herself, and justify the posi- ton accorded her even at this early date. there is no way in which that progressiveness can be made more practical. or productive oi greater or
 more lasting benefits than by map
 ping out and adopting modern anu advanced policy of management ot
 the states penal and so-called reform atory or correctional institutions, and
 of treating the unfortunate inmates
 thereof, ty common-sensei humane
 methods 1 have no criticism to oner toward the management Of our state institutions, nor towards the lnsti-
 unions themselves. The ene and the other will compare favorably, | think, with the institutions and methods ID vogue therein, of all those states which have not yet escaped from the archaic idea that society's ends are best served by the punishment aud degraJatiou of those convicted of
 trausgressing the law of the land. But it is to those states which have adopted the idea that more good comes Of an efOr 10 lit up, assist l and truly correct the fallen, than by continued demonstrations oi the pol | icy of kicking a man when he's down that 1 would have Arizona 1 look for direction. l think we should | take mll advsntage of the great strides which of recent years have 1, been made in the study and practical | application of humane theories or ! sociology: and based upon the truth | that men are still human. even though | convicted of crime, subject to the | same emotions, moved by the same | desires, susceptible of like encourage | ment. as men whose steps are free, should declare our policy to be that
 Of endeavoring to help the states un- | fortunates along the path of redemp- l ton and rehabilitation. rather than 10 ! plunge them into the despair which | ends in confirmed criminailty O. the | suicides grave | believe law should be enacted ! beginning with a declaration oi such ! import as l have indicated, and con i taining the foundation and ground
 work for sweeping reforms. l believe | the officers of the states penal and corrective institutions, and the boards | or commissions having supervision ! over them. should be given wide lat titude in the exercise Of their Iunc- tions. SO far as it is concerned the ell ! commencement they may offer to the unfortunates in whose hearts the spark Of desire for rehabilitation still burns. This law. or plan, should seek to make better men and honest. not degraded and humiliated beings with | sensibilities deadened. faith destroyed hope gone, self-reliance vanished, am bition killed.
 Employment Needed
 The inmates of the state prison l should be fitted. if possible, to take their place in the world, and to hon.
 estly and successfully cope with it's | problems. when their debt Co society | has been paid, the wrong they may | have committed avenged, their time served. They should be ahorded an |