Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-18
HIGH PRAISE ID
 HEADS AND MEN
Mine Inspector Tells of Con ditions in State-fiarmony And Combined Action for Best interests Of All.

According 10 State Mine Inspector Jack Roland. q practical miner Of many years experience. mining con ditions in Arizona are better in the state by large margin. than in ahy other in the union, or in any eoun- try in the world. says the Phoenix Democrat
 Ten thousand men are employed in the mines Of Arizona In the past six months only twenty-eight acci- dents have occurred among the great army engaged in the most hazardous of occupations.
 1nsnector Roland left last evening for Kansas City where he will visit his father. now old and i'll. and whom the son has not seen in many years Roland's heart is in the great work be has taken on at the behest of the state He is the idol of the great working army and treated like an interested partner by the great min ing comnanies like the Copper Queen. United Verde. Miami. Superior and Pittsburg, Old Dominion and others, who have come to understand they are dealing with a man who knows his business, and wbo plays absolutely square with everyone. Roland believes the mining industry of Arizona over shadows all others. and that event ually. and before long, Phoenix busi- ness men will awaken to the fact that they are missing their biggest opportunity in not cultivating the closest relations with the splendid mining territory of which the city is the natural center and feeder.
 Arizona is not only the richest mining empire in the United States. said Roland just before leaving for the east, but the conditions of the industry are far in advance of any other country in the world. The wages paid are the highest. The men are more contented and the reason for this is the attitude of the big mining companies toward their em ployes. I want 10 go on record as declaring the mining industry of Ari- Zona Is more pernaated with the spir- it of brotherhood. dovetailing the interests of employers and employees than any other industry in any other section fthe world
 The spirit of cooperation I find everywhere. That is the reason the percentage of casualties in Arizona mines i sless than in any other sec tion. It is my business to do every thing in the power fthe state to i'm prove conditions below ground so as to minimize the dangers 10 the men. II Is a pleasure at this time to pay a tribute to the heads of the Conner Queen. the United Verde and other gigantic mining concerns in Arizona along this line. never make request for an improvement. some new aUDli- ance. any little, or even big thing looking to increased safety of the rnen, that the mine owners do not cheerfully grant. ! believe there is standing order for all superintend- ents to meet the mine inspector more than half way in any worthy under taking for the safety fthe men.
 Tt is a pleasiire to talk for pub lication along such lines. It's pretty fine old world @e are living in after all. when the hearts of men are right towards one another. The big mines are paying fine dividends but they are also paying better wages to their men than those in any other state. The mining rolls of Arizona will az gregate twenty million dollars year. That is. the money which goes into general circulation, and millions of it ought to find it's way into Phoenix as the great. natural distributing center of the state. And l have no