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Arizona republican., 1921-05-15
POSTING CONGRE.SSMEN

taking the public's side it is only balancing the scale
 The national council of the Peo- ple's Legislative Service is made up of men and women in all parts of the country who are interested in the public welfare as well as in that of some particular group. Thus, there are in the council the president of the Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders the president of the Farmers National council the general secretary of the Consumers league. the president of the Alabama State Federation of Labor. the presi- dent of the Order of Railway Teleg- raphers, and many others represent ing important groups. These people are not in the council primarily as Ia bor or farm representatives, how ever but as members of the public.
 The council has also in it's mem bership such general social workers and thinkers as Jane Addams. Thor stein. Veblen, Herbert Croly, Frederic c. Howe.
 The attitude of the organization on any particular bill will be decided after the conferences of the national council Not all of the members oi
 congress who are Interested in tho 0rganiZdtlOQ VIII dSEet NlNu lht
 stand taken on bill. But those who do can get informa ton, statistics and help in collecting data so that they
 will he able to maintain their ground effectively during floor debates and in committee hearings. No workers at the Legislative service headquar- | ters. either the chairman or his as
 sistants. are to appear at hearing: 1 to testify.
 l The organization to fight the pub 1 lies battles was created in Decem | Der, but it is only now starting on 1 it's real work. So far it has been ] busy planning ways and means. II l is now deciding what measures ii will support or attack during the present session of congress. On tax 1 ation and transportation. the two
 biggest problems. it will undoubtedly
 take a stand and offer some assis- l tance-
 Besides furnishing material tC congress the organization will mak,
 point of watching pending leisla- tion in order to issue warning: against bills that seem unfair to th'
 people An example of this class O Iegisla ton is the joker, an unob
 trusive paragraph that changes th' T effect of an otherwise innocuous bill : Often a joker is so intricately wordet 2 that it's full meaning is not graspec at all in a casual reading of the bill
 Such a parliamentary stratagen
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15
THE HINDERERS
BY OR. FRANK CRANE Copyright. 1921. by Frank Cranel

This is business world.
 The modern expresses himself in merchandising, which Is to say, service.
 War is gigantic interruption. Once it was regular profession
 After the Great War the last eruption of medieval ism, devastating modern lfe and disocating the whole world-fabrc of trade, trying to clean up and begin 1ysr had otnrs. of swollen t.t can only be cured by intelligent internationalsm An orgy of hate and animality that only be re- deemed by the constructive forces of love and humanity
 And debauch of waste that can only be compen- sated by energetic production.
 Who are the Hinderers?
 All they who put their nation before humanity, their party before their nation.
 All of diScOrd furbiShers of the ruSted grudge against England fomenters of racehae toward Japan
 All narrow, violent and twisted minds who desire to perpetuate the passions of war in programmes of revolution seeking by violence to accomplish what come only by growth.
 All who would settle industrial disputes by stopping production.
 tending against reduced wages but something is doubtedly wrong in government where the only way in which man can get his rights is by injuring the general public and throtting industry which is just now struggling to it's knees.
 strike presumably to get justice. It is serious blot upon civilization when the only way to get justice is to wreck and ruin. If labor union is force capable of injurng the public to attain it's ends it ought to be made to carry the responsibilities of force. l The most crying need in government today is kind of court where disputes between employer and employed be settled by law justice and reason and not by assault
 And both parties should be compelled by to abide by the decisions of that court.
 If it is organized employers against organized work ers boh not one should be compelled to seek justice only by peaceful to law, not by slaughterng industry.
 This is absolutely fundamental if civilization is to continue, that all power be made responsible. I Compulsory arbitration may not be practical, but compulsory justice is not only practical but essential
 The simple, clear way out is to compel every em-
  court and get their rights by peaceful process and the officers of any employing company, and the officials to stop production and injure the whole people, should be put in the penitentiary.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15

Editor Republican.
 Dear Sir:
 1 notice a letter in your paper on Saturday morning which was not signed, except that it was a resident of Phoenix. This man takes the off cers of the city and county to task because they are arresting only boot leggers.
 I wish to take issue with this man, and to inform him that he is either wilfully making a false statement or he is absolutely ignorant of the facts.
 In the first place, every time the sheriffs and city police force raid a still, or an organized gang of boot leggers, We find with them every evi- dence in the world that they are either connected with burglars or automobile thieves or some kindred crimes. One bunch that we found had every means for changing an rautomobile so that it would not be identified: there were dies for changing the numbers. paint for re- painting the bodies. and also quite @ | large bottle of nitroglycerine fndi- i eating that they were cracksmen as well as car thieves. The booze trade goes hand in hand with the theft ot i automobile cars because they are i handy in hauling their booze, and tho same men who formerly cracked safes find it profitable to bring in car
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15
Shown by a Missourian

Senator Spencer being from Missouri, doesn't mind being shown and is rather occasion to show others He had tiff with Mir Wilson dur ing the campaign. It assertion by the Assoruian the then president had said Paris plenary session of the conference in May, lsIa that the territorial integrity of Rumania and Serbia should be threatened American forces would he sent to help defend them.
 KIT. Wilson denied that he said such a thing and was sorry figurativey speaking that he did have a transcript of what he did Now Senator spencer declares on floor of the senate secretary Hughes informed him the full text of Mir. wilson's speech the occasion referred to had been received in the department from Paris in July. 1ela The senator quotes this extract:
 We must not close eyes to the fact that in the last analysis the military and naval strength of the great powers will be the final guaranty of the peace ofthe world There ,nderlies all of transactions the expectation o, the part, example. of Rumania and of s,zecho- Sovalxia and of Serbia that if any cove nants of this settlement not observed the 1-uted States will send her armies and her navies to see that they observed
 ..anv covenants, is rather broad The words would .c,, to cover the thing Senator Spencer stipulated as having been said by MT. Wilson as well as lot or other things of like import. The Missourlan may b,va been a bit weak verbat tim. but he seems to have been strong on signliicdoih' II 'A7 o VI ~ word may be permitted
 senator spencer can't well be blamed for bringing .be incident to the fore once more Ills VeracitS me assaied in the campaign He told the senate ne n,a let inc extract speak for itself and Tor nm
 missouri seems to have done Dit or Juusine o ,+s orn account last November when' uespi'e 'i hostility the administration oe"a'0i .1-
 =, , Q ma ioritv of 121 663 over his democratic
 nt in a state that went for MT Wilson oS rearlx % O00 in 1916
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15

would be a bill fixing a wage scale which raised the previous rates. If the bill declared that all previous legislation on the subject was to be- come altogether void when the new law went into effect. some persons receiving more money for special reason would lose instead of gain by the new bill. Such injustices have been done through careless or unin- tentional arrangement of wording. Even a comma may alter the sense of a law.
 Congressmen Need Help
 Many people have the idea that it is only the public that needs to be warned against dangerous legislation. l that every congressman knows all the ins and out of his calling. As a
 matter of fact. the new congressman, i fresh from a lawyers office or some
 other comparatively ingenious en- vironment, is at big disadvantage | in the maze of strategy and parlia- mentary quibbling so plausibly ar
 ranged by experts at the game. Not even the old timer can be always
 alert to note danger signals. So 8
 bureau looking for such things can be
 of definite value in pointing them out
 Service of this sort is rendered ir l England by a similar organization
 maintained by the British Labor par i ty. This, however, Is a piece oi party machinery, whereas the Amer ican prototype numbers Democratic | Republican and independent senator. and representatives in its organiza- ton. In this it is distainctive.
 I The real. significant influence oi the organization will be its tendenc. to draw together congressman of the different parties who are sufficiently interested in public progress to op- i pose the reactionaries in congress
 There are never very many of these
 congressman independent enough te
 brave the displeasure of party lead
 CTS, and when they fight singly the. are at an overwhelming disadvantage T In the words of Basil Manly, chair.
 man of the Peoples Legislative Ser.
 vice, the organization is expected tt
 bring together "a group of the bes fighters in the house and senate whs
 will form a Battalion of Death ans
 stand together unflinchingly ant with thorough accord upon the grea measures which affect the public in terest. Since the breakdown of thu group of insurgents in 1912. there hai been no well organized teamwork or the progressive side in either hous'
 of congress exckpt for temporary al
 liance on special measures.
 Tn attempting to form this groul f no account was taken of numbers. bu every effort was made to secure militant minority who would stan'
 together on fundamentals"
 The battalion to which MT. Manl. , referred Is at present composed O Senators France, Ladd, Norris, Walsl : and La Toilette. and Representative , Beck, Browne, Burks, Frear, Keller . Mead, Nelson, Sinclair and Voigt.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15
ABOUT THE STATE

Bank and Commercial company's, building at Gadsden last night
 The bank and the general grocery and dry goods store occupy parts of the same structure, which was of frame and an easy prey for the flames.
 Lacking of fire service. citizens lent their aid in a vain effort to ex- tinguish the fire before it had totally consumed the building. But the best efforts only served to save adjacent buildings. The amount of insurance on the building and whether or not the banks vault withstood the heat could not be learned last night.-Sun. Deportation for Three
 TUCSON-Proof that the Euro pean war is an affair of history was shown Tuesday afternoon when Im- migration Inspector in Charge R. M. i Cowsar of Douglas arrived In Tucson with a trio of the late belligerents | who had been picked up somewhere i near Noeales as unlawfully entering the United States. The trio repre- sented both the allies and the entente i powers, with the latter holding a two 1 to one advantage over the former ] the trio consisting of one German one Austrian and lone Scotchman 1 The three were brought to Tucson | for detention in the immigration ser | vices detention quarters here. under l deportation proceedings. It has been l escertained that they entered the i United States from Mexico. but they | were appSehended before they had
 more than secured a toehold in this T country.-Citizen.
 I Jim Jeffries Inspecting Mines MIAMI - Jim Jeffries, former heavyweight champion pugilist, is
 expected to arrive in Globe Sunday
 night from Los Angeles for stay o'
 a few days. Jeffries is interested ir
 some mining properties in this dis
 trict and is combining pleasure witt
 business in making this trip.-Silvei
 .le
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15
By Frederic ]. Haskin

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 1s-A new organization that is to help con gress serve the interests of the gen eral public has been formed. It is called the Peoples Legislative Serv- ice. and its national council is com posed of 70 senators, representatives, judges, editors and other well known liberals.
 This organization win attempt to give the general pubiic-also desig- mated as the ordinary citizen and the ultimate consumer-the same ad- vantages before congress that busi- ness, labor, farmers and other groups have. These groups are organized and have Hobbies 10 present their ar gurnents forcefully before congress sional committees. Almost any in- formation needed by them can be ob- tained instantly from their headquar- ters.
 But when it comes to the public s side of case there is no well posted representative shouting in the ear oi congress Even when a congress- man has reason to think a bill vii work hardship on the people as 2 whole. he has trouble in collecting sufficient facts~to support his po- sition. Senator La Toilette said that he has spent "A hours a day fol weeks at time. trying to get at the facts on the other side of some biI that was being pushed by a cor poration.
 The new group of men and womer that aim to serve the peoples in terests claim that they are not start ing a lobby, like the various organ izations that boost the affairs of tn tradesmen. machnists. cotton grow CTS. and the like. The institution they are founding is somewhat lik a lobby in that it is a source of in formation. for congress. But unlik a lobby it represents no limited par of the population, but the public a whole It is for the benefit o any congressman who want infor mation on the public's side of an case. and it is maintained by sub scriptions of members, some of whor are congressman.
 To Support the Public Cause
 The new service organization eX plains that it cannot logically talk a neItral position and furnish in formation on both sides of a ques tion There is really no need fo this anyway, because almost any bi bill has its supporters speaking fo some special interest. The legisla tive service feels, therefore. that il
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15
The Federal Sales Tax

To the Editor:
 I note. with regret, in the column of your paper several days ago, an ar ticle entitled Turning It Over and Over" bearing on the proposed fed eral tax on sales. The author of this article sadly misrepresented the pur- pose and operation of this law; also the evolution of cotton to calico.
 Roughly speaking, every person in the business of buying and selling would stand the burden of this tax of orc per cent only on the amount of sales. This amount would of course be passed on to the ultimate purchaser, who pays, always has paid and probably always will pay. under any system of taxation, the tax lev jed
 The department of justice. after careful inquiry under the Lever act ascertained that 23.2 per cent Of the present prices of the necessities ot life Is due to the present heavy busi- ness taxes In actual operation we find that in the Hawaiian Islandl
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15

this law has been in operation for many years and, while cumulative. the tax seldom exceeds three per cent of the retail price.
 In comparison with the present nonproductive and business stiflinR excess profits tax. the sales tax would only be in proportion to the number of times any commodity was handled as against five per cent to 65 per cent now added to the same commod- ity as federal tax reserve and which in the last year, through paid over and over again by the consumer has never seen treasury department channels due to the -existance of profits in business in 1920.
 Granting the department of just ice figures that we. as consumers, are now paying 23.2 per cent on every article we buy to provide revenue for the government. let us take the facts and figures from the men who know as to what the accumulated or plr- amided percentage would be under the proposed sales tax
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15
SUNDAY MORNING. MAY IS, 1921
"A lie has no legs and cannot staaad;; bat tt has aUings and caa, fly far and ,cide. -Warburton.
The Salt River Valley and Los Ansele.

'"e Se" river valley and loe Angeles
 few days . party of Los Angeles capi- tsfs and representatives of capital visited Phoenx sn n inspection tour. They were seeking loca con for the leaning of money. They had previously rads study of the Salt River valley and they came for confirmation of the result of their re- s<arches
 They went away deeply and favorably impressed ana member of the party the results of his eesrvations in article in the Los Angeles Times
 They had found better town and much richer rSiity than they had expected to find He spoke of the sound basis of our industries of the oppor tnnitaes offered by the valley and the whole state 1ne outlook was of the most promising character Said he The security they have to offer to investors IS exceptional and they are prepared to offer good rate CT interest for the money We firmly believe that the people who buy high grade Arizona securi ties today are going to be more than satisfied with their investment"
 The article boost, such we deserve There is part of it which we criticize or night wish had been omitted But there one para graph of especial interest because 1t is so-what? Shah we say. characteristically Los Angeenic?
 The territory should bs tributary to Los
 Angeles and Southern California The people naturally here during the hot summers,
 srd they free spenders
 There's nothing libelous in this. It doesn't hurt any. We may have aspirations for a higher position than that of tributary and perhaps are not all working to money solely to be spelr in Southern California, though must fess that we do spend much money there, of much than we can afford
 But we are pleased to be appreciated spenders and we know of other place world where sreusleEs held in higher esteem-we suppose the reason that many people have there from The bucoc middewest and settled, who are not speuslers who have withheld from Los Angeles that thrill which comes of seeing money put into voum- iEous and rapid circulation.
 An Arizonian in Los Angeles enjoys hectic period ranging from two weeks to two three months in that time will cheerfully distribute wealth than transplanted resident could be pried apart from in of a year period. Naturally such environment Arizonian is outstanding figure. It is because Los Angeles needs money. but it likes all do to money turned loose with fling. And the money from Ari- zona Is real money as distinguished from much of the money of the movie quarter Hollywood which is stage money.
 And being a tributary. if that is to be destiny would be tributary to Los Angeles any other place know of but hope may escape that fate be independent commercial sovereignty with pleasant mutual rela- tions with Angeles.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15
Predicts Copper Resumption.

Predicts Copper Resumption
 MIAMI-Mr. Jackling of the Utab Copper company, the great authority on porphyries, says it is possible that within few months the porphyry coppers will be partially under opera tion again, according to news re- ceived this morning in Globe over Wilson's brokerage office wire. As a reason for the statement. Mir. Jack ling called attention to the steady foreign demand and 70 his own be- lief that Europeon skies would soon clear and that the domestic con sumption would swiftly climb back to normal.-Silver Belt.
 Wool Brings B Gents
 PRESCOTT-Sheep of Mohavs county can NOW see daylight through their financial clouds. according to A A. Johns. who returned from his ranches in that section in time to take part in the Hospital day, the Way Out West and possibly even the whitewashing. Wool has been clipped and sent out, the lambing is over except in two camps and the crop disposed Of
 Mohave wool was all sent to Boston where it commanded a price of about 33 cents, Johns said. A report last week told of the refusal of a wool pool in Utah to buyers at 13 cents but Johns said the price offered was higher than that and still was re- jected.-Journal- Miner.
 Make Cattle Shipments
 PRESCOTT-The first shipments of cattle from this county this spring were concluded yesterday at Cordes and Hillside and a third scheduled 1T the near future, considerably bright ening the local cattle situation Courier.
 Gadsden Buildings Burn
 YUMA-Fire of unknown origin which broke out at midnight, com pletely destroyed both the State
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15

Forgery
 In order that there may be no mis- take and that anyone may verify what I am stating, the numbers or the cases to which I refer are: 5425, 545e, 546o. 5475, 54T6, 54so, SAG, 53ss, $40. 5449 and 6451.
 This makes II convictions on felon- ies in the superior court of Mar1copa county for a period of 80 days not taking into consideration the arrests that have been made in that length of time and that have not yet been tried. That is almost A conviction for every two days. This looks to me like the officers are devoting little time to other criminals besides the bootleggers.
 In the meantime. please remember that there are only five detectives in the city of Phoenix and one detect1ve connected with the sheriffs office. and that in addition this man has to prepare the evidence for trial for the county attorneys office.
 Furthermore, want to state that the sheriff has transacted business In the last 30 days that covers s3 pages in a large sized record book concern ing civil matters.
 Mir. Man, who did not care to sign your name. don't you think that you have been ratner unjust m your aSSu sation of the officers of the law, or IS it possible that we have fnterfered with your thirst for illicit booze? In the meantime, we want to tell you and all other citizens, that we are going to try to enforce the laws against the illegal sale of liquor as long as they are on the statute books because every time we break up nest of bootleggers we break up a
 gang of men who are engaged ir stealing property or robbing people upon the public highways.
 Very respectfully, R. E. L. SHEPHERD. County Attorney.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15

These figures are all actual. include every agent that takes part in the distribution of these commodities un- der the present system, and are based on today's retail prices.
 Let us all hope then that the pres ent congress institute higher surtaxes put into operation as promptly as possible the turnover tax and in crease the exemption for those peo- pie of small income-at the same time nullify the present objectionable features of the excise. luxury and ex- cess profits tax
 Yours truly.
 EUGENE c. RUEENER
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15

The Post Office department is supplying its em ployes sawed off shotguns similar those used by American troops in beating back German trench raiders in France which brought a protest from Berlin. The War Department has shipped these guns S well 45 caliber revovers to all post offices handling
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15

LINCOLN. Neb., May 13.-A series of debates will be held in Nebraska, beginning May 25 and ending May 31. between A. c. Townley. president of the National Non Partisan league and former Attorney General William Lsnger of North Dakota, it was an nounced today at the leagues head quarters here.
Arizona republican., 1921-05-15

The first full blooded Indian admitted to citizenship in the United States is Thomas Blackbrd
 2s years of age, the Sioux tribe and veteran of the world He admitted to citizenship under an act of congress by the provisions of which any Indian of legal age who served in the may upon application, admitted to the rights of citizenship