Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-16
INCREASED VALUATION
 MINES REDUCED TAX RATE

That the mining companies of the state tend to reduce taxation is evi- denced by the recent report of the State Board of Equalization. This report shows that four-fifths of the states money is derived from the min es. The lowering of the tax rate to 39 cents on $10O was made possible by the increased valuation of the mines, which valuation is the result of increased production. Without the mines, and to keep the state with the many advantages which it now enjoys in educational facilities, good roads, etc. the taxes would be five times as much as at present, or about $2 per $1OO.
 Every encouragement given by the farmer, the cattleman and the bus mess man in the development of min ing in the state,-to the increased pro- duction of the mines,-means less tax es for them.
 A notable example comes in Pima county, where the incoming of one mine almost doubled the assessed val uation of the county, thereby permit ing, along with a decreased tax rate, more money for improvements.
 Cochise County, with assessed valu- ation of $169,34S, ,466.17, as capitalized by the State Board of Equalization, leads the mining counties of the state and herewith all the rest.
 The six farming counties outside of Maricopa county have total assess ed valuation of less than half of the Cochise County valuation. Including Maricopa County, with valuation of $97,367 ,077, all seven of the farming counties have less than $1O,OOO,0OO more valuation than Cochise County.
 The seven mining counties in the state represent $654, ,957 ,350.35 of the states total assessed valuation of $834, ,020, ,532.22. Next to Cochise County in the list is Gila, with $163,- 647,782.48. Yavapai County is third in the mining list with $130, ,3S1.62.
 The mining counties will pay into the state treasury on the tax rate of 39 cents on the $10O, which has been fixed for the year, in round numbers, about $2,700,000. The other counties, exclusive of Maricopa, will pay a total of about $7OO,00O of the entire tax col lections for the state, or about $3, ,400,- 900.
 At no time like the present is it so necessary for every one in Arizona to pull together. There is plenty of time for cheering when we have won the war.
 Copper, the one big product of Ari- zona, is one of the most essential munitions of war, and the production of S00,00O,O00 pounds of copper annu- ally makes Arizona a war munitions state. Labor, mine operators, cattle men, farmers and business men in the state should unite to create the high est possible efficiency in quantity pro- duction as a matter of loyalty during the war.
 Energy should be spent as never be- fore for the maximum production of copper, and nothing should be put in the way that will tend to decrease production. The question of business profit should be secondary, for it we can live through this war, pay our share of the taxes, buy our share of Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps, support our Red Cross, Y. M. c. A., Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army and the others that are calling upon us for funds, we shall have achieved as much as we can expect to achieve in war times.
 We need all the labor we have at present, and more than we have. It is not necessary for any man to leave the state to do patriotic work. There is no industry in the United States more essential in the winning of the war than the copper industry.
 Hundreds of our home boys are now on the firing line, and they are de- pending upon us for copper. Let us not disappoint them. They need our copper for shells, for ship building, for telephone wires, for wireless pur- poses both on land and sea, for cleo tric motors, for electric generators, for automobiles, for auto trucks, for airplanes, for motorcycles, and for surgical instruments, as well as for some classes of fire arms.
 Copper represents tremendous factor in the winning of the war. Every part of the army and navy, in cluding the welfare of every man in it., is touched in some measure by this great necessity
 It is we'll for us to remember that