Bisbee daily review., 1914-07-16
FARMERS UNION GOES ON RECORD AGAINST
 BIG STATE BONDING


 PHOENIX. July 14-Tne Farmers Union is on record as opposing the proposed S10,OOO,0OO bond issue for
 4ahscontinental highways. and the reclamation of arid lands. on the ground that Arizona needs good roads internally rather than costly trans state highways for the use and bene- ft of tourists, and further that the state is not yet sufficiently developed to warrant such enormous expeudi- lures without more adequate provis- ion for the manner in which the funds shall be handled and expended, should they be voted.
 The farmers Of Maricopa county are practically united in thir attitude on the good roads question, but do not believe that S5,OOOOOO should be spent on roads that will do no good
 to a majority of the soil tllers throughout the state whose greatest need is easy access to market
 10 Is thought likely that similar op- position will be developed throughout the state The resolutions unanimous ly adopted by the Farmers Union of 1900 70 EIolsIV a sT 'uoIsIAI5dns TBlu5m a meeting held yesterday follow
 Be it resolved by the members of the Farmers Educational and Coop erative Union of America by its vari- ous Arizona locals in county union assembled, that, whereas, there win be submitted to the voters of the state of Arizona at the coming gem eral election, to be held in the year of 1914, two amendment providing for the sum of S5,0000O0 for the purpose of building highways across the state and the other proposed amendment providing for the sum of S6.00O,OOO ad- ditional to be expended in the recla- nation of arid lands Now, therefore be it
 Resolved. That we as citizens and voters Of the state Of Arizona hereby declare ourselves absolutely opposed 70 the adoption of said amendments to the constitution providing for the is- suance of bonds for the building Of the proposed highways for the follow ing reasons:
 First That the demand of the rural districts of Arizona at the present time is that each rural district shah be provided with good roads lateral as well as main highways which are of most value to owners of pleasure and to tourists. Tho farmers need good roads direct from the farms to place of market
 Second That while in time we hope to see highways across the state, we believe that the State of Arizona is moi sufficiently developed and has too few people to assume any such bur den, as is proposed for the purpose of building transcontinental highways
 Third That the state tax rate at this time is too high and that to in- crease the same by state bond Issues is not consistent with economy and . should not be supported by the people
 Fourth We are opposed to the form of the proposed amendments for we believe that the promoters thereof have gone beyond the desire O tthe people of the state in appropriations by constitutional provision; that this should be done by the legislature af' . ter mature consideration
 That we deplore the methodn used in obtaining signatures to the peti- tionb initiated as we are informed that compensation was paid to those ] who circulated the petition. We are also opposed to placing the sum of s7 500000 within the hands of any