Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-30

of whether they were mere shack or not. took advantage of this situation to raise their rents. and 1 have been in- formed that a number Of strong union men were among those who owned shacks and took advantage of this sit nation. We, ourselves. continue to rent our houses to the men, at the same prices as before, and that is from third to a half of what others charge.
 So far as actual living expenses in Jerome are concerned, the recently ap- pointed Federal Administrator for Ari- zona, Mir. Joseph Myers, made thor ough investigation and report, ana his findings were that living costs at Je- rome were as cheap as in any camp in the West. and cheaper than in most of them.
 You refer in your letter to the rather uncomfortable railway terminal. and this is admittedly so, the main reason being that we have been obliged to put our station away back on the hill side in order to prepare for the large steam-shovel operations which We are now about to undertake; but, as a remedy for this, we are constructing now a road from the mouth of the Hopewell tunnel, to which point our Verde tunnel and shelter railroad con meeting at Clarkdale with the Santa Fe runs, to a point at Jerome. which will greatly facilitate passenger and freight traffic.
 You intimate in your statement that shorter road to Prescott could be built, but you must be aware that th.s would be a physical impossibility. We have always been anxious to have a closer business relation between Je- rome and Prescott, and for this reason recently offered to finance, with the United Verde Extension. a fine auto mobile road, connecting the two points,
 l should have been pleased, while you were at Jerome, to have shown you our town of Clarkdale. which is admittedly the finest smelter town to- day in the world. The buildings are beautifully built the business houses are attractive, the school is most mod ern in every way and everything in the way of hygienic precautions has been taken to insure as near a per feet condition of health for the inhabi- tants as is possible. Being within about half a mile O. the smelter, where the stack is 400 feet high. tho SIT oke has at no time within the last two and one-half years that the smell ter has been in operation, caused the slightest trouble.
 Our relations with our men uon are most amicable. I believe that our men, as a whole. are peaceable and yet. in this great crisis, most patriotic I will state that during the recent third Liberty loan drive, without extra solicitation on our part, every man in the employ of the United Verde Cop per company purchased liberty bond. and the average was about $50 per man. Considering the fact that we are about 70 per cent foreign in our makeup, I consider this a wonderful record
 Your article was taken advantage Of by the Arizona Labor Journal to ere ate a false impression concerning con ditions at Jerome, and I think that, in justice to Senator Clark. who has oper sted in Jerome for thirty years. and generally in the west for about fifty years. durng all of which time there has been but one strike on any of his properties, and to myself and my as sociates. should set forth exactly what the facts are
 CHARLES W. CLARK.
 Editors Correction.
 CWe are willing to give MT. Clark an opportunity to make this courteous criticism The writer of the article the editor of this paper-did visit Clarksdale and is glad to testify to the excellent arrangement of that smel. ter settlement. It is all that MT. Clark says of it. Of course, the writer was not aware that it was physical i'm possibility to build a road to Pres colt, otherwise he would not have made the suggestion, which came to him from one supposed to be thor oughly well informed. In regards to the events preceding the strike and the general treatment of the men em- ployed by the United Verde company, we accept Mir Clarks correction, with pleasure -Editor)