Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-30

cessary maintenance of the State and County Governments, and that said Legislature be urged 10 rerram from creating any appropriations other than those required for the maintenance of the necessary existing state institu. tions.
 "AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLV- ED, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the Honorable Thom- as E. Campbell, .Government of the State of Arizona; to each member of the State Legislature from the County of Cochise, ana to each mem Der of the Board of Supervisors of said county"
 Il Expense Increase Shown
 Organization of the meeting was di- rected by J. N. Gaines. secretary of the taxpayers association. Upon mo- ton J. P. Boyle, attorney of Doug las, was selected to preside at the meeting and Ray B. Krebs chosen to ! act as secretary. The first business of the gathering was the presentation of a table. prepared by Gaines, giving comparative expenses in the various departments of the coLntyy govern ment for the three fiscal years of 1915, 1919 and 1920. This statement disclosed that the increases as of 1920 over that of 1915. which was taken as a normal year, had been lremen- dous. Those departments enumerat- ed inclured the assessor, county at ltorney. supervisors. recorders. sher- tiff superior court, treasurer. health department, county hospital, court house and jail, maintenance, miscel- laneous expense, elections. justices of II the peace, miscellaneous construc tion, repairs and inCIdentals, road fund and school fund.
 Great increaess were noted for the fiscal year of 1920 in the superior court, county attorneys office and in the sheriff's office These were ac counted for in the trial of the depor tation cases. In 1915 the county at rtorney's office expended $6.S41.93. In 1920 the same office cost the taXpay CTS S19.405.52. 1t cost Coc1iise coun- Ity S35,65602 in 1915 and $69,557.07 in 1920. In 1915 the superior court cost, to operate, S35. 5.575.19 and in 1920 $S2,SS3.99. in each case the head of department was asked to explain the reason for the increased cost.
 It was disclosed in the statement of comparative expense that the road . fund in 1915 was $12S.9S2.91 and in 1920 approximately s217.000. It was explained by one of the members of the board of supervisors that the law allowed an increase of 10 per cent each year in taxes and this law had been taken advantage of in this coun- lty, particularly for roads. This fact added to that that tine assessment has grown rapidly in Cochise explain- ed the increased budget for roads. i DoweIl Gives Views
 In the matter of school expenses it was stated by J. N. Gaines that he had no disposition to question any legitimate expense for the mainten- auce of the public school system of lthe county He gave it as his opin- ion that in the desire of the people to better the schools and conditions under which the youth of the country is educated the people were not apply ing the same business sagacrty 10 the problem as they did to other questions of government and business.
 "The very nature of the schools and their popularity declared Gaines, "iias worked in favor of poor man agement in the schools. The people have never questioned an expenditure for schools. While we should not question all legitimate expenditure it appears that we should run our business; carefully and economically.'
 After lunch, which was provided by the Tombstone Commercial Club, the presiding officer announced that he would call upon people from every part of the county and from every industry to give thesr views upon the situation. G. H.. Dowcll manager of Phelps Dodge Corporation, Copper Queen Branch, of Bisbee, was asked 70 speak.
 Expressing the desire that the state, county and nation Indulge in actual retrenchment, tho Bisbee mine mana ger declared that retrentchment had been found absolutely necessary in the conduction of private business and that everything applicable to private business could well be applied to the public's business.
 From all have been able to learn Through personal talks and reading said DOwell, Every business is suf- iering No business, as whole. is making money. The copper industry fis going behind The same Is true, am told of the cattle industry, and the merchants. They arc making no money. 1t behooyes Us all to do all we can to retrench.
 Urges General Cut
 The copper producers are in bad shape. They have been in question able shape ever since the armisticc was signed but for some months it has dawncd upon them that conditions were very much worse than they had thought. They have b.. to lake their rhnro ar.. ,,,.,r,, n,.c