Weekly journal-miner., 1915-09-22
OUTSIDE CAPITAL IS
 AFRAID OF ARIZONA
(From Thursdays DailyO

III response LO quCly' W nat tIS
 matter with Arizona w. E. Deity,
 a writer on mining subjects, has made
 the following response:
 q have been asked to answer the
 above question and to me the main
 and most important answer is SAFE AND SANE STATE GOVERN
 MENT.
 If we had this there is evidence
 and svery confidence that Arizona would receive more attention and de- velopment than at any time in her
 history. It is indeed most unfortu-
 nate that a majority of our legisla-
 tors have been obsessed with making
 laws and more laws and probably
 the majority of them know no more about the fundamental principles of making and establishing laws than a monkey knows of astronomy. And the number of laws that have been passed have been gleefully given life for swatting mining in its every phase-from the prospector to the big company legitinlately engaged in the conduct of mining. One law was so evidently injurious to the pros pector and persons holding mining claims that 1t had to be repealed. The less radical of our lawmakers were sensible enough to see the error too palpably in evidence, and agreed to amend the injury.
 That further injuries to the min ing industries have been made can not be questioned and many people were willing to come to Arizona but were afraid of its freak laws. Among a number of cases I can recite one where Utah capitalists were bonding property in Arizona, the condi- tions of which had been agreeably arranged with owners and the con tracts were about to receive theiF touch of finality, when the 80 per cent and the blacklist laws were promulgated The capitalists wrote and asked the question, Can you ex- pect us to come into your State and operate under such freak lawsP And they didn't come Still these same people would come into Arizona to- day were they assured of stable laws in relation to mining. These are the people we should be desirous of hay ing come in and develop our re- sources. Those that have interests already here have to make the best of it, and do under protest. But those that are not here need not come and they don't, they simply want fair and square deal and this could and should be given instead of making laws that are hindrance to our future advancement as a min ing State
 Personally I have no political af- filiations or aspirations, or have any axe to grind and am simply giving to my views, based on facts and experience.
 Politically 1t may be all right for the politician to dig deep his political but politics don't sell pros poets, develop mines or construct re- duction plants. Capital is absolutely essential for the effort, and capital exercised in this effort means the em- ployment of many men, the handling of many producers and general wealth to the State.
 Tn no sense do I desire to criticize; t would be rather my endeavor to lelp in the general welfare of every hing appertaining to mining to as 'ist in its advancement and perma- lent development, 1t all means so much to our State. But there will 'e no permanency, advancement ot nducement under the continuous bringing of freak laws.
 There is one thing in connection with our State mining that affords 'leasure in commendation; I refer to he mine inspector ship. The inspect ITS are practical miners, and are do- ng lots of good by their advice and either individually or in with the owners of prop rites. They are not arbitrary but xceedingly helpful and assistive in heir work and I state this from per onal observation and for the purpose [ comparison. Why can't every hing else in connection with mining l Arizona be put on the same seusi- le and helpful plane? If this were one Arizona would enter upon an "a of prosperity little dreamed of. "Her development would stop little lort of the wonderful. A condition ) be sincerely and heartily wished 'r by every one who has the well Ire of Arizona at heart, and who yves the State. A consummation 'rnestly to be desired and hoped for 7 every we'll meaning citizen"