Arizona republican., 1913-02-04

million dollars, and in order that the l
 taxpayers may judge of the wisdom
 or unwisdOm the necessity or lack 1
 of necessity of making these ap-
 propriations.
 As has been heretofore stated, the 1
 tax levy for 1912 contemplates the |
 raising, by direct taxation of $780, 749.38 greater revenue than in 1911
 It may not be generally known that almost the entire sum of his addi-
 tional burden was by the taxing au- thOritieS of the state placed on the industries best able to bear it, name ly, the mining companies and the
 railroads. To be specific, the mining | industry contributed $233,124.77 more | than last year, while the railroad companies taxes were increased by | $S5,141S2. Therefore, of the $380,- ] 749.3S additional revenue $31S,266.59 1 comes from the states wealthiest in l tereSts, leaving the comparatively in significant sum of $62,482.79 to be 1 borne by all other classes of property. Governor Hunt handles the prison | policy of his administration and the | state penitentiary in part as follows:
 Summed up in a few words, the 1 superintendent and myself have fol- 1 lowed the lead of those progressive | states whose penal institutions are ! being conducted on modern, advanc ed humanitarian lines. As in those | institutions the inmates of Arizonas s ! prison are being treated as human | being who, having gone aStray, should be led back, if possible into the use
 full way, and against the day when
 they must again take up their duties outside of prison walls.
 !, The snake den, relic of a barbariC , day, has been abolished; inhuman punishments, which, while breaking
 the spirits of men, bred the most dangerous type of confirmed crim-
 inals, have been barred; better and more food has been provided and . less humilating, though not less dis
 1 ciplinary rules adopted. The men
 i have been led to feel that with prop
 CT behavior on their part the future
 holds hope, rather than black despair
 They have been, and are being giVn
 | to undrstand that the officers in
 | charge of them are as much their
 friends as their keepers-there not , only to guard, but to protect and
 help them. On occasion prisoners
 have been placed on their honor and detailed to perform a service fol I themselves and for the state, anc Q rarely have they abused the conf
 dence.
 , "In the estimates I have made Ol
 the results of the honor system, a;
 applied to Arizonas penitentiary,
 have not included an item whicf
 cannot fail to appeal to the mos unsentimentaI practical mind-th' \. saving it has been to the state, II F dollars and cents. on one hand, ant
 the profit it has yielded on the other 6 Under it's operation the men serving e sentences have performed with cheer h 1 fulnss and a show of genuine in n terest the many tasks assigned them Q and as a result of the policy of pro g viding them with a good supply O n 1 wholesome. nOurishing food they haV' \, been enabled to produce results tha Il would be creditable to the very bes n class of free labor engaged in slmlla - employments.
 Road making and bridge construc . ton have been satisfactorily prose
 cuted. under an arrangement with tn l. counties whereby the state is compen ;- sated by the difference between tn = cost of maintenance at prison ana l is camp This has resulted in goo ie highways, valuable both to the coun Y ties and the state, has heightene g the spirits and increased the health V fitness of the men and entirely de er nnonstrated that the ''hOnor system 2, iudiciously applied, is practical. l > the first camp-established in tn 1r PinaI mountains, for the constructio 0. | of q road from Globe to Ray-Whef < the 'honor system was entirely re n sorted to, the most striking succes le met the experiment.
 is An average of thirty honor me
 from the prison, most of them beln T. life men and long termers, under II Je gl1ard and attended only by he lore S. man in charge of construction. main ed tained this camp for six month l. worked faithfully and intelligent ry day after day, and when a sho' in time ago. acting under instruction - they marched over the mountali and back to the prison, only thre ,t two of them having less than si 10 months to serve, had ever attempte l. to escape.
 f "As result of this economics ia and efficient management, the prlso of made a net saving during the s .e, months ended September 30, 1912, oV' ,d a similar period the previous yea l. of $1S,46621, a saving which WI at show in an increased amount whe e the sums due from various countl'
 T on account of road work done, , taken into consideration Durln ,d this period, also, the provision is Iowance was increased by 70 p
 cent.
 ,d From every viewpoint, and despi of the obstacles raised by mean al od spiteful men who have not hesitate cN to employ the most outrageous 1ais h., hoods to create antagonism on u ,,s part of an uniformed pubic u ~ administrations much maligned pr "" son policy has proved, and is pro ne ing. an unqualified success. l | l more than willing to stand or l' ,ar by the record.
 Capital Punishment.
 "A year ago 1 recommended to
 . legislature the submission of co ,N, stitutional amendment proVldlhe |