Arizona republican., 1918-09-09
Reprinted from Arizona Mining Journal: An editorial by Robt A. Watkins, of Phoenix)


 Journal: An editorial by Robt. A. Watkins, of Phoenix.)
 While on recent visit to Los An geles. the editor of this journal called upon the manager of large concern from whom we buy most of our printing supplies, and being anxious to get the view of a dis interested outsider, asked him what he thought of the general business situation in Arizona at this time. In answer he proceeded to give us one illustration. Some months ago he, having become interested in a min ing prospect of some promise in Arizona, decided to go back east among some of his business friends and associates and raise some cap ital' to develop the same. His plan was to go to about a dozen of his friends and ask them to put up thousand dollars each along with himself for the preliminary develop mcnt. His plan worked out all o. K. up to the point of telling his story-and right there it stopped as short as though it faced the L. $. army. And why? He was told words to this effect: That just so long as the present state admin istration was in the saddle, or the same policies in effect, not one of them would put up a nickle. The stone wall was adamant in reality. This man added: Tt was the first time in my life that ever failed to get what I went after, and had to back water
 Is it necessary to write out in bold caps the moral to this little story? It is not unlike many other incidents that you have heard of Or experienced-certa so if you have gone outside of Arizona to seek capital to explore the mineral wealth of this great country
 The mining industry of Arizona. comprising over three -fourths of the taxable wealth of the state, has had to bear the brunt of these de- terrent influences.
 Constantly our present governor has effectually curtailed the devel- opment and progress of this state by lending his encouragement, not alone to the honest laboring men
  but to the extreme radical ele ment that has been trying to hide behind the skirts of honest labor in Arizona. His attitude was first demonstrated at the big Clifton strike, wherein many workmen were forced to leave the camp afoot and even the mine managers had to flee the district to seek safety. What was the verdict of the militia upon their return from Clifton. One of them, who is now an officer in the aviation corps stated that within a. day or so after their ar rival there, they knew what was eX- pected of them-to look out for the strikers-to h-l with the others. After some two months service at the camp, the militia was returned home. On the station platform here in Phoenix, this same chap we are told, asked the governor when they were to get pay for this time in ser vice at Clifton The governors re- not know, but if he could get his hands onto the neckh of the mine officials who had departed for a neighboring city. that he would wiring the money out of them in short order to pay the boys.
 From that day to this Governor Hunts every attitude has been to the effect that whatever a striker or would be striker did was as a good deed well done. whereas the non compromising employer should be classed as profiteering pa trioteer, or along side of the alien enemy
 The fact alone that the governor has consistently sided with the strikers in all of Arizonas labor troubles would not damn him-as no doubt the majority of strikes the world over are well founded but when it is proven tha the In dustrial Workers of the World were the chief instigators of these strikes its a different tale.
 Not only that. but it was only four months ago that MT. McClus- ky walking delegate for labor in Arizona, made the statement before the executive committee of the Council of Defense that he hat good reason to state that there were at least 5000 I. w W's in Ari zona at that time-and that theil numbers were growing. From other sources we have information that leads us to believe lie is right. Fur i1nt tAf t<~~ c..