Arizona republican., 1914-06-04
MAYOR YONNG GIVES
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 that are discovered at this time. The whole trouble comes from the vicious ones not attempting to ex- plain the difference between occupa- tion and employment. Decency is de- cency. Lots of people don't appre- ciate the difference between the old and the new form of city govern ment. We have great problem to solve and it can and will be solved if the people will work with the members of the commission. There are men here, who 1 think would be willing to give bond that the city will in the next three years lift it. self out of debt and that the city taxes will be reduced to sixty cents. There is just now no way to clear this debt without bond issue, one Of the most vicious ways conceived for meeting citys debts Such a bond issue has been classed as one of the greatest of legal thefts.
 This body may go out and ask for a bond issue, but if it does, we people of Phoenix will own our own bonds and earn the interest our selves. This city can find the sin ews. This money can be brought in l here for 3A or per cent. We can provide a fund that will take care Of the city's debts and the municipal l improvements and also help carry 1 the farmers of this valley who are really only beginning right now to liquidate their indebtedness. This commisslcn is asking no mercy and I know l am not.
 | There are good men in this town: q whole lot cf them. There are good women here: a whole lot of them There gre despicable politicians in | this town: d Who.e lot of them. know them and who and what they are. Any time they mean to get out a recall petition l will take one out myself and we will settle it then and there. I like a man to put his cards on the table. l hate man who plays with the cards and a stlletto under the table.
 T have no spleen against anybody | The importation that we are iniurine the working man and the spreading round of such vicious reports are too absurd to warrant attention. Thank God, the tide is turning tonight. They have made an attack on me personally not as mayor. They say I am selling mining stock here and in Prescott. I denOunce that as a lie. As matter of fact I am spending $7,000 every month in payrolls and in mn nhs,c,i
 feel that Phoenix is she biggest asset in the Salt River Valley When the ! business men and others of this city will stand shoulder to shoulder at the wheel, knowing that this year the tax rate of this city must be high, and be good citizens enough to come 1 forward and help carry this assess ment through they will find that the tax rate next year will go to eighty cents and with the honest and effi- 1 cient manager We have it will go to sixty cents the year following.
 l If we are given time to straighten ! out the affairs of the city it is my opinion We can pretty nearly run the city with the amount that was wasted under the old form of government We are meeting the Merchants and Manufacturers Association tomorrow and those good fellows will go away happy for we can make them happy We don't expect this ordinance to go into effectin a perfect shape. As time goes on the ordinance must be changed to meet conditions l know these changes must be made.
 Tn conclusion I want to say that such paragraphs as those to which 1 have referred as appearing in the evening paper are disgrace to the men who wrote them, a disgrace to the paper that printed them and a disgrace to pure journalism and to the city generally. I don't believe Judge Lewis gave out such an inter- view, but I want to say that if he did it was the lowest piece of politics that has been perpetrated in the his toryof this beautiful city"
 The meeting opened with the pre- sentation of the report of the city manager which embraced the reports of the various department heads. The city auditor, by resolution was au- thoriZed to present his monthly re- port at the first meeting after the fifteenth of each month. An ordi
 nance was also passed fixing the
 manner of passage of city ordinances
 in the future. A communication
 from the Merchants and Manufac-
 turers Association, asking for a con
 ference with the commission on Ordi-
 nance No. resulted in the fixing ol
 this afternoon at o'clock as the time
 for such conference. Before adjourn
 ing the commission decided to mee
 on Saturday evening at o'clocl
 to consider bids for the purchase O
 the school block No. 57, the meeting
 to be held jointly with the trustee:
 of school district No. l.
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