Weekly journal-miner., 1912-03-20
G0VERNOR'S MESSAGE
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N'tN'n' t} should loo provided t,r ..r ! 't-"h ilt" rtirrt tua travie. .nus of tb. l .l'"'l"h hN which t wss Intended i 'lu VI 'hrl'I ih" issuuuce of corporation tp,t " I"n th" auditors office to ] .uat "l the corporation cotninisslcr arb suF tNlslon uf foreign tnsurspr. c,,,, "'''' 1 IsNl'A From Che office of Inc se,r.ta,,, Ui "al' fixing the fees to h. ,ba,gn5 i ,,1 nt" and extension of corporations ! ahd carrying out and defining ma o,h., | provisions of Article My i, "at,,,' l ,n ms tho supervision of surety end lu'llly companies now lodged with tLc | Soss'thor should he likewise trnnsferred l n'ilhed and regulated '' WILD. D.CATTING"
 shonIbI bI' s"hsinced that advanced steps | smy"lg hr taken to stop wild-catting
 ana ana recommend that the corporaiion ! s"Hlntslon D" clothed with f,,rth,r
 powers to that end Since my incum.
 vyn,{ p the office of governor large | of sSct p' HlulIl's have come to hand m sucn n nature as to indicate to my mllnu that great volumes of Worthless ! htp'h' issued by companies holdlur Arl .enh charters, are being disposed of ss,,"'ukn"ut the country. thus not only \ uiaWlng from the buyers of tbos, worthless siocks. who are usi,allv o, | tne meagre earning class. money moi,
 nIreluenuy needed for the actual no.
 oshsafles ot life. but bringing discresilt l ot tpVI out s,am AS an effective means | nsht of publicity be thrown bv law | upnn every corporation holding n char under the laws of the state of Arizona
 or, offering its stock for sale i'm ArI.
 nIIn IcI,, S,atutes now in force give pub lei,y to the financial standing and pra. Nshi naud on the part of certain kinds IW corporations such as banking nnd
 ioen institutions, insurance. bonding and Iu"nD companies. but the law should eo turther and require that every cor. 1 INfNflOn securing n gIurfsV
 lng to sell stock within the state. with great particularly as to mining oil irrigation and other promoting compan.
 "s' should hle an accurate statement ~ tne business proposed showing where
 located. assets and liabilities. and such
 olher information, including copIos of
 hl advertising matter used as the cor. poratlon commission might require fin
 ,he determinaton of the legitimacy of
 the enterprise , X similar statefne mi
 should be required semI-annualiy, to the end that accurate information might
 he had at all times for the use of in- luirers' and for the further effect it 1 would have to deterring purely wild.
 cat enterprises from seeking u harbor in Arlz0nn. Every such corporation doing business in the state or selling Its stock in the state should also be re-
 qurrd to keep q full and accurate set or the company's books. minutes and other records. showing the condition or us properties. at some designated point ln the state. in the hands of an authorized agent. and open at all times
 Tor the inspection of stockholders or 1 nt the corporation commission. This might reduce to some extent the revenue
 now derived by the state from the in- | cooperating business. but lt would dig nlfv and benefit legitimate companies
 desiring to Incorporate for Legitimate
 purposes and on q falr and honest plan.
 and would materially increase the stand
 ing of Arizona corporations abroad.
 PRISON REFORM
 IT Arizona is to hcw 10 the line of
 progressiveness she has marked out for
 herself. and justify the position accord
 ed her even at this early date. there
 IS no way in which that progressive ness
 can be made more practical or pro
 duc,Ne of greater or more lasting
 benefits than by mapping out and adopting modern and advanced policy
 of management of the states penal and
 so-caled reformHtory or correctional in- flitutions, and of treating the unfortun-
 at inmates thereof. by common sense.
 humane methods, | have no great crit
 lcism to offer toward inc mana cement
 Of our state institutions. nor towards
 the institutions themselves The one nnd the other will compare fayOra bly,.
 l think, with the institutions and meth
 ods in vogue therein. for all those states
 which have not yet escaped from the archaic idra that society's ends are
 best served by the punishment and deg
 radiation of those convicted of trans
 gresslng the law of the land. But lt is
 Idea that more good comes of an effort io lft up. assist and truly correct the
 iall"n than by continued demonstrations of the policy of kicking man when he's down" that 1 would have Ari- zona look for direction. think we should take full advan-sge of the great strides which of recent years have bees
 made In the study and practical appii- cation df humane theories of sociology {:
 and based upon thc truth that men are st Il human. even though convicted Of crime. subject to the same emotions. moved by the same desires. susceptible. Of like encnurageEent. as men whose steps are free. should declare our policy
 to be that of cndeayorlng Co help the states unfOrtunatcs along the path of redemption and rehabilitation, rath- er than to plunge them into the des- pair which ends in confirmed criminsiity or the suicides grave.
 1 believe n law should he enacted bes ginning with declaration of such im- port as l have indicated. and contain Ing the foundation and groundwork for sweeping reforms. 1 believe the officers of the states penal and corrective in- stitutlons and the boards or commiss- ions having supervision over thems so far as is concerned the sncourag sment they may offer to the unfortnnates in
 whose hearts tho spark of desire for rehabilitation stliI burns This law. or plan. should seek to make better men and honest. not degraded and bu- fniliatpd beings with senaibllliies daad- ened. faith destroyed hope gone self reliance vanished. ambition killed
 EMPLOYMENT NEEDED | The inmates of the state prison should b. fitted 1T possible, Co take their plac" m the world. and ,o '.Ir,stly and sue Iceysfully cope with lts problefna, when their debt 10 society has been paid, the wrong they may have committed ayeng
 cd their ,irne served They should be afforded an opportunity. upon their re- lease Co start life anew with a reason ahls chanCa Of success Under the pres, nc system the odds are very great and all agninst thr man who comss Into the world with a convlct's record fo combat 4 suit of clothes. five dol lars i'm lnorew. % curbed spirit. and a ticket back Co where everyone knows him, and most 0f them with Pharishirhl horror shun him. these constitute the capital with which almost every con- tlct r.-snt IT'S thn race Of lfe. How ,asty hotter would it he so furnished some useful employment, whereby the faculties might hn kept alive and alert
 hone suftained, Che spirit qulckencd, and s ltu4 money accumulated against ihe d,y when self-dspeudepce ls rrsumcdf Arizona affords ample opportunity Tor .ucb Dmploynent and the most health ful ,mriDVmcnt in her plans Tor an rlnloratt road system, and ! arg my recommend thgt the law sp'lucAly
 ..,t.,tg tb. ,uDloyuent 0f prisoners