Arizona republican., 1914-08-08

not nave II uOHe dt lloiile, III oul o"h city, instead of in outside cities? Goods must be bought, handled. stored, sold and delivered. Where? In New York or Phoenix? In Fl Paso or Phoenix? In Los Angeles or Phoenix? The over head expense of a jobbing business will average perhaps 15 per cent of the I volume of business done-it costs this much to do the business This means that of all goods bought in Phoenix in Arizona-anywhere, about S5 per cent of the price goes to the mill or factory. and about 15 per cent to the expenses Of wholesale distribution.
 Now what does a jobbing business in Phoenix mean to Phoenix? It means first. the introduction of new capital to finance the business: or, if we have it to spare ourselves, a profitable in vestment for our own capital It | means, second. the erection of build | lngs in which to carry on the business, ! carrying with it the benefits to all 1 branches of trade furnishing building 1 supplies and the employment of labor l for their erection, and everyone so em | plOyeG is one more customer, directly | or indirectly, for every one of you l gentlemen here. It means the increased value of land, not only the actual land built upon increasing from nominal to high values, but the increase in value of every lot. of every foot of land in the | city. Values are relative to the size, wealth and importance of a city, and as these increase values enhance.
 i The increase of wealth means new
 sources of governmental revenues, and
 the relative decrease in our general
 tax rate, since if part of our taxes are
 derived from new sources, it leaves less
 to be levied on values already existent. And think of what is meant in taxable property by a line of jobbing houses
 supplying the wants of Arizona. First the increased value of the land occu
 pied and the depending increase of all
 other. as indicated above. Second. the buildings occupied. Third, the stock carried. Fourth, the general equip ment, such as horses, trucks, etc. This
 not taking into consideration the resi-
 dence and personal property of those l
 gentlemen, I believe is the solution of
 our city income and tax problem. I will
 not attempt to name percentage diff
 ference but as the distributing com
 mercial center of Arizona, Phoenix Will
 increase her taxable property immea-
 surably.
 A jobbing center means the employ ment here of the labor necessary for
 the handling of the business. Do you realize that the travelling salesman, .. who does so much to liven things up, who spends so much money with us, is with us on an average of perhaps two weeks in year. but his family is in New York, or Chicago, or Los Angeles? A benefit to Phoenix? Figure it out yourselves With Phoenix as job ping center, he is individually still with
 us the two weeks in the year, spend- ing money with us and livening things up but his family is living here, and
 he also is here week ends and month ends and holidays, and his other work U ing time he is out bringing business tc
 Phoenix instead of carrying it ava!
 across the continent.
 I have spoken particularly of the
 travelling salesman, because he is al
 we see and come in contact with of oul
 outside sources of supply But he k
 but one link in chain. There is tht ' manager. the office force. the stocE
 men. dray men. and all others required ; for the handling of a business.
 Phoenix as jobbing center mean! . Phoenix as a financial clearing hous' ; for Arizona Settlements which nov ', pass direct from our surrounding
 towns to outside centers, will not onl.
 come through our city, but the req . money will actually come to Phoenix !" and about one- fifth or e-fourth o
 it stay in Phoenix, while only the ac :, tual manufacturing cost of goods Wil
 be sent out
 - Not only is Phoenix entitled to inde . pendence of outside cities for her job =. ping supplies, but she herself IS tn s logical supply center for Arizona Ther | is not at the present time, in my opln ion, another city in the state that Ina N sufficient trade, of its own and sur |, rounding territory. to justify genera line of jobbing houses. But Phoenl
 has our wonderful Salt river vale is an empire of itself, sufficient to sup y port every institution of our civiliza , tion Then there is the marvellous Gil ' river mining section, whose only inlt ' and outlet is through Phoenix Thei ." is the Buckeye valley, similarly situ - ated There is Wickenburg and man
 surrounding sections. not large enoug as to absorb supplies in jobbng quant
 ties, but near enough to buy cheape
 as well as quicker, in Phoenix. tloren(
 and Casa Grande valley are in u . same category. In addition, Tucso .e Prescott, Bisbee, Douglas, Globe, Yum
 Parker and Jerome find it to their at vantage, even with our jobbing bus ro ness in it's infancy, to look to us f' m supplies in many lines. Think what o. would mean to Phoenix to have u r- business generally of Arizona now g , ing direct to outside points, coming II ,e stead to us. The Phoenix of today ;s but village to what the Phoenix -s tomorrow will be, the commercial ar m financial center of Arizona.
 es can imagine some of you sayln
 or at least thinking: "Of course the ed things are so. Why waste his tin av and ours in saying what everybot ,i knows to be so." And yet Phoen es has not been-is not today-in n