Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-12
Friday Morning, March 12, 1918
REvlvlNe THE CORPSE

REVlVlNG THE CORPSE
 Today will witness the expiration of the Goday life of he Second Legislature of Arizona is be raEret- ed shat this tenure of life is merely legal fiction. that bc law provides for he resusci,aon of the corpse bo interests of the State the interests of the men who constitute this flaw making" body better tha funeral take place. Ont Of respect for the dead srsh references to ridiculous failure scored by the legislature might be eliminated in the obse1ues On tbc other hand would the most fertile and for giving ora or To coniure up word ot approval for n corporation in any comment that might be made ,., mterment
 But mc legislatures escaping strangulaton from its own sush of empty words surviving ot tack of ngrouine stupidity insists upon climbing Of the grave prepared for it. It is hopeless corjec the results of extra session. results other than to dIchiug s700 day the taxpayers of Arizona To question as to what may be expected from cy- Ira session. the same reply made by William HoAarl Taft when he asked what would become Of the unemployed in :hs country might be made. Mir Taft sighed and said: God knows"
 In sixty days the lower house has failed utterly o cope with any of the big problems which confronted tho State when Che legislature convened II has done ntt more than picker and play petty politics More cheer ful might be taken of the future if diners rsnt house could be secured participate in the ses sion But mind you those men who obliged in thc farce of ie regular session the who ,gi constitute the membership Of the extra session Nout wants additional proof of iher incapacty yet it is i'm possible to orestaH thc ordeal. Blame for the sra tion is passed along as freely as the buck in a poksr game Some point an accusing finger at tbs mine ta, hs.f- Taking he first as an illustration what is to hndc- Gov Hunt from adopting the course which he tool on previous occasion under circumstances almost iden tca? It seems relevant at this time republish the et ter which Governor Hunt wrote to the former egsatu, when it dnatoy in regard to mine legislation Her, it is:
 "As the final adjournment of the legislature is iu muent and yet adequate law has been enacte, prescribe the method by which assessment and tax ation Of mining property be undertaken by the Stat Ts2 Commission the liberty of calling attention to the urgent need Of such a by tha operation oi which equitable distribution of the tax burde among mines an different classes may be determines by the character of their bodies their rate Of lrc duction and the and nature of the improvement.
 on the first place. regard ieas essential that i, Commissioners be clothed vita such powers are n, cessary 10 effective performance of their duties rels tive the taxing Of mines, and secondly t is in m opinion not less essential that in the equalization taxation full justice be an the people Arzon and the owners of mines we'll With these objects view and with full realization of the depth con pexity of he economic problem involved in the fair sessmert and collection of revenue from owners of m ing properties believe that Bin Mo- offers ina its more prominent features good and reasonable solution the mine taxation question be secure in the time allowed Wi.h the information availdbl This measure n the in which awaits appro by the and providing it does for the asses ment and taxing of mines on basis times the n and twelve and ouehalf per cent of the gross won serve practically triple the derived last ye from the mines the State while it is objected by some mine owners being unduy stringent, h, not encountered. as informed, such strenuous opp sition as would be directed against some of Che e equitable methods of assessment and taxation whi have been suggested.
 This bin does not however contrary to a syste oi assessment base dsoely on physical valuation, h pose upon amy the low grade producers copper taxation burden disproporionate that borne by Che called high grade mines vice At the san time the measure sreau, and justly enhances che l'