Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-14
PUBLIC FUNDS WASHED
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to that of states much more fully de. veloped and with concentrated popu- i lation"
 Arizona is even now the third state in order of per capita indebted | ness of all the states of the Union Nevertheless propositions under the initiative are abou ito be presented ! which if adopted and held consttu- tional will increase the state debt about ten fold
 ' "If we are to guard against the possibility of a heritage of bankruptcy ! the time has come to avail ourselves of sober thought" "The present ad- ministratiou' The expense of govern, ment has been iuvreased more than 2O0f, while the increase in popula- ton has not been greater perhaps. that 15G,." The affairs of the state must now be placed on a business basis
 Before statehood, the auditor points out, the corporations were given every |. encoura cement and treated leniently. but since then there has been a sud den and radical change causing fear on the part of capital that they were about to be legislated out of Just rights and adequate protection, with the result that projected improve ments were abandoned and it quickly became impossible to interest capital in any kind of meritorious proposition. This condition exists today and our vast resources lie dormant while cap ital seeks a market elsewhere. "The time for readiustment has arrived. '" Much freak legislation has found its way into the statutes which does no good whatever but establishes a rep. utation for Arizona as a state enter taining an antipathy toward capital" Capital and labor are essential each to the other. and their true relation ship is through harmony" Our Iawa should be repealed or revised to this end Depression of capital means a distressed condition in the ranks of labor This country, in the opinion of the auditor stands upon the thres- hold of a period of prosperity mpre- cedented in the history of the world" and Ae pleads that through the me dium of wise just and salutary legis- ! lation" Arizona shall be given her due share of this prosperity.
 The report recommends:
 That the state auditor be given ju- dietary power instead of only ministe- Trial
 That there be re-admstment and consolidation among the departments of state
 That appropriations for institutions be limitedto maintenance and repairs.
 That the State Board of Control be composeds of elective officials, em- powered 10 install a state purchasing department
 That for no purpose shall approprh atious be made in open or unlimited amounts
 That appropriations state as near ly as possible for what specific pur- poses they are made
 That eight hours shall constitute a days work in al state, county and 'legislativetdepartments and hours i'm excess of that number be not re- quired nor compensation therefor pro. vided
 That tho total appropriations after providing for the payment of caIaries now fixed by statute. shall not for any department exceed for the new ensuing biennial period 75', of the appropriations provided for the cur, rent biennial period
 A state banking law
 The sale of all school lands which are situated under United States irri. gauon or reclamation projects and the lease of all other school lands
 Revision of the law goyening state printing, but not the establish ment of a State printing plant
 Revision of the law governing as. . sessment and collection of taxes.
 Revision O fthe election laws to the end of reducing cost
 Revision of the election laws to the end of reducing cost
 Submission to the people of consti tuUon3i amendments affecting the ini- tiatiye and for increasing the per. centage of petitioners necessary to submit constitutional amendments
 The enactment of a mine tax law on net income basis.
 In conclusion the report recon meuds that "retrenchment be the motto of the present legislature. CLINTON IN FROM HEREFORD.
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