Arizona republican., 1918-05-27

before exploration of the country could be economically undertaken.
 In Outlying Districts
 In the Yeager canon mine of the Shannon Copper Co. interests, it is reported that findings attending the development work are measuring up to expectations. They had a good deal of work to do at the mine before getting in shape to crowd along expeditiously with the development campaign mapped out for it, and all the prelim mary steps have not yet been con cluded. In the Mayer district, there has been much increased activity re- gently and some very promising things are reported from that countrv. In the mines of Consolidated Arizona smelting, the big things discovered in the last several months at depth are growing steadily in extent and giving much encouragement to the belief that another great deep mining camp is coming in there. From the new Gu prite country and from several other | outlying districts of less prominence l there is reliable word of good results l being obtained and of rapidly increas | ing interest.
 New Resources Available
 In every respect the situation is one l that gives confidence to those who be- | lieve that there are as big fish in the sea as have been taken out. All they feel to be essential is price for metal l that will warrant the high expense l they are under in searching for it and in getting it out and marketing it after l found. The labor situation is no lon ger a disturbing factor except as to | price, which all operators are desirous of meeting. Agitators are not wholly lacking but they, are in far less mum Der and at this time without power. Realization is general of the country's need of all of it's labor at full efficiency and working men are earnestly an swering the call, wit hno ear for the 1 disturber
 Notwithstanding the radical element in labor is in less favor and in weaker position for the attainment of results than ever before in the state, it is still a fact that the radicals have not ceased | endeavors to make disaffection and at tain trouble of the kind that would please Germany most. That is what they would attain if they should man age to repeat this summer with strikes such as they brought last year. Here in Arizona, in the midst of copper pro- duction, there is not the realization of the vast importance of the industry from the war standpoint that there is elsewhere. Things, anyhow, look big ger at distance, but the cold truth is that Arizona is now producing at the rate of nearly half of all the copper made on the American continent. For more than a year there has been an actual shortage of copper. Non-es- sential industries have not been able to get awards of the metal Despite this, the copper producers distribut- ing committee has been hard put to it from week to week to get enough cop per to supply the needs of the con sumers working on government con tracts and who must have their metal before all others. Should the Arizona production, half of all the distribu- tors of the metal have available. be cut in two during any month of the present year it might be a vital blow to the army or navy. So it is reason able to presume that German interest in disturbance in Arizona, or in any plan that might cripple its metal out put, is willing to go any length 10 gain
 it's point.
 Literature Cireulates
 That this is true and that it is being put into practice is indicated by new I. W. W. literature which has come into circulation and is being passed around in the various mining districts, It calls upon the workers to join the I. w. w. and to abolish the wage sys- tenn, substituting therefor the owner shin of the properties in which wages are now earned, which, of course
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