Arizona state miner., 1924-06-21
BUYING THE LAW TO DEFEND
MURDERERS


pected of low brows. In the case of
Leopold and Loeb, who confessed the
murder of young Franks, both were
highly polished school graduates, and
their parents have subscribed $15,
600 900 for their defense. Holy Mack
erel! what ails our educators?
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Public Service Corporations Must
Not Discriminate-All public service
corporations are under jurisdiction of
the State Corporation Commission
which has power to revise, prescribe,
and make reasonable charges for SER
vice rendered and has authority to
make reasonable rates and classifica-
tions by which they shall be governed
in transaction of business. The Cor
poration Commission may present
forms Of contracts and systems of
keeping accounts. and to exercise
supervision of public service corpor-
ations, which may from time to time
be repealed or amended by such Cor
poration Commission All charges
made for service rendered shall be
Just and reasonable and NO DIS
CRIMINATION in charges. service, or
facilities shall be made between per-
ssons or places for rendering a like
and contemporaneous service.
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Vol. /. Civil Code of Revised Sta
tutes of the State of Arizona, Section
IL of Article IA makes provision for
payment of a fee to the State by ev-
cry domestic corporation before OBJ
tanning a license to do business in
fotn ont Of
of not less than $40 as annual regis
tratiOn, which fee shall be paid ire
spective of any specific license or
other tax imposed by law upon such
company for the privilege of carrying
on its business in this state. Every
corporation must also make annual
report to the Corporation commission
of it's status business and condition
upon blank forms so provided by the
State Corporation Commission.
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BIackmailing the Small Miners -
The practice of financiers, thru coop
Grafton of commercial bodies, trans
portation concerns, and even church
and civic bodies, of moving i'm and
''organizing" industries of the coun-
try is getting down to a knockout
basis. The latest move is to get into
the mining industry and control the
small producing mines. Ages ago the
honest miners credit was good, and
in general, even today, his word is
good as his bond. But there is a diff
ference now. If he desires credit he
must go to the bankers, who sit be-
hind their money cages and pass on
his credit with Shylockian lnsistence.
Now, let us see how it works. A few
big business concerns combined for
profit, who daily receive the bulk of
cash in a small community, have
learned to pool prices and by de-
posting their receipts together in
what is called THEIR BANK, soon
get chesty and arrogant. The min
ers and their employees who do not
recognize this depository soon find
out their credit and ability to develop
their property hangs in the balance
The result is a gradual inactivity of
the small miner who dislikes super
vision and dictation of his affairs
and the country suffers. When a
producing miner seeks credit nova
days his finances are thoroly inves
tigated and unless he has cash to
deposit his Endorsement is lacking
In many instances the checks for Ia
Dor to the miners employees are for
warded to the merchandise concerns
in the banking combine (and who
really control the bank) where the
workers must go to got their money,
instead of being handed their checks
individually. The business concerns
of today have built up fortificatioEs
all around the small miners credit,
and the worker in his mine and his
family must trade with the firms in
that combine or he gets fired. Isn't
it fierce how this game of getting the
money is being conducted nowadays?
Wherever the promoter and energetic
miner stampedes, to even most iSo-
lated frontiers and icy regions, the
business eXploiters follow, introduc-
ing their methods of controlling his
business. Justification of these me-
thods are explained necessary to pre-
vent loss from a questionable wildcat
business. Mining is just as legiti-
mate an industry as farming or stock
raising and instead of being Ostra
cised coerced and exploited the min
ing business should be accorded the
same recognition. Mining is the re-
source of nations at all times in all
conditions whether in peace or war
and should be encouraged by govern
ment aid same as other industries,
free from exploitation and hindrance
by the bugaboo of wildcatters.
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Pop Watson of the Wickenburg
Miner will be a candidate for state
senator on the democratic ticket.