Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-20


 fully serve as feeders to the state university. by qualifying students for the collegiate course of agriculture and possibly. if you deem it expedi' ent. in mining as well. as they do now in other branches. ] can think of no more effective way in which ! the university can be strengthened and maintain high standards or | scholarship, and 10 render the max | mum service.
 | comprehensive Plan for University ! l deplore the policy which has here | tofOre been pursued in the building of ! the states greatest educational instF ! tuition on a crazy-quilt patchwork ! scheme From year to year. or from | period 10 period. as the requirements | of the University dictated. and as the ! necessary appropriations could be se- | cured, buildings-generall of a cheap and unsubstantial character-haye ! been added to the plant. apparently with no definite idea for the future. | I realize the impossibility which has ! existed. and which now exists. of erect | ing at one time all or even ! considerable portion of the build- ! ings which will be required for the | institution fifty years hence but | recommend that before any more ] appropriations are made for improve ments. a comprehensive and elabor- ate plan for university not beauu' full but adequate for the needs Of a century be adopted. With goal 10 work to thus established, buildings may be added from time to time. unit
 to unit. so placed as to fit appropriate iy into the finished scheme. so des' igned as to harmoniZe architecturally with those surrounding it and to come after, so constructed as to en- dure for ages. This is the modern method for systematic growth by
 which the worlds greatest institu-
 tions of learning are being develop
 ed. Whether viewed from the stand
 point of economy. efficiency or ar-
 chitectural superiority, it is the pro
 per plan.
 Revenue and Taxation.
 Of serious moment and one in
 which all the people are yitally in'
 terested. is the question of producing in such a way as to occasion as little
 burden and hardship as possible. re- venue to maintain the government or the state, an expense which is appre- ciably increased by the withwrawal of the funds heretofore received from the federal government.To meet this discrepancy to provide for the un- usual requirements occassioned by the transition from a territorial to a
 state form of government and tu
 make possible the Various institu- tional improvements demanded by q rapidly increasing population, while lhe benefits to be hereafter derived
 .F nI yet not available. is a problem of no mean proportions and one which
 should be faced with seriousness, considered with prudence. and its solution adopted with caution. So far as my efforts shall go every care shall be exercised in the eXpendi- ture of public funds. and while, as I have declared, no penny wise and pound foolish policy shall prevail there shall be no expenditures with out the clearest warrant OI law and without the assurance of a fully compensating gain.
 Fortunately for the state the con- stitution, in Article K thereof, pro vides the foundation and authority Of a modern advanced. equitable and adequate system for the securing or revenue for taxation. I trust that the first state legislature will leave little to be desired in the definition and vitalization of these constitutional provisions.
 For the present and with such stat utory law as there is iii command. l earnestly urge the taxation authOri- ties to perform their duties faithful ly and fearlessly, with full assurance of the administration support, and to assess all classes and character of property, wherever situated and by whomsoever owned, in large or small amount, EOt only equitably and justly. but upon the basis of fair valuation. It is a notorious fact that certain classes of property in Ari- zona have never supplied a fair pro- portion of the public revenue, and although sporadic efforts have been made to correct this situation, it has never been corrected to the present day As a consequence the small property owners, and particularly the owners of agricultural lands, though least able 10 bear the burden, are supplying a great deal more than their proper proportion of the public funds.
 It is q matter of such common in- formation as tO occasion no dlSputa- tion that the large mining companies. the railroad companies, the telephone, telegraph and express companies, op- erating in the state are escaping the payment of their fair share of the taxes: and your particular attention is directed to the laws affecting these companies to the end that they may be forced to contribute, equally with the owner of a borse. a COW or a hum ble home, or a riot Of ground 10 the maintenance of the institutions of the state. Let it not be said that in Arizona wealth or position, place or power are potent to secure immun- ity from the laws of the land or al- deviation of the requirements visit ed upon those in more modest sta tiOns.
 Other and progressive states, tax commissions of from one to five members composed of the best fitted men to be secured by appoint ment, are finding a satisfactory solu- ton of the revenue problem. Should such A system as 1 recommend 10