Arizona state miner., 1925-06-06
REASONS WHY PEOPLE REFUSE
TO VOTE
overestimating a Menace Sometimes
Causes it's Removal

Causes its Removal
Abundant evidence of the evil in
fluences of corrupt practices by bust
ness heads and great corporations, in
combining for mutual protection and
evasion from punishment for price
fixing, prevention of competition, and
other methods, in restraint of trade.
are the acknowledged fault of faith
in government.
The Associated Press dispatches OF
last Saturday featured a story of 261
indictments by federal grand jury
at Chicago. All were against the in
dividuals in what is known as the
great national furniture trust" 1t
is not necessary to give the names
of these allied ccmmercialists who
were thus prominently brought before
the bar of justice to answer charges
for combining in restraint of trade,
but it is enough to know the public
conscience has been aroused to the
necessity for legal action to make the
upper classes obey the laws of our
country as well as the commoners.
In the West it is noticeable that
these ViOlatOrs in restraint of trade
bunch up politically" so to speak.
By this is meant the usages and
manner in whinh they organize to
secure election of judges and attor-
neys who refuse to call grand juries
to Investigate and correct such oner-
Gus and disreputable practices. AS
consequence, the searchlight of pub
licity is not thrown vigorously on the
law viOlatOrS, who gradually have
become calloused and Indifferent.
Thus it is that we of the West are
often treated to glaring and impudent
law infractions and laxity of law en-
forcement without hope of remedy.
Corrupted officials of Arizona play
into the hands of crooks and mercen-
ary induStrialists same as elsewhere.
Hundred LaWIess Trusts in Arizona.
In this state we have a hundred
lawless trusts who are directly res
ponsible for the slack growth of the
State in population, wealth and in
dustry. Combines for pushing up the
prices of merchandise and necess1-
ties of life exist in every county of
the State. 1t is an established usage
in almost every little community in
the great Southwest. And it has be-
come so entrenched that any relief
from such usages appear far distant
to those of us who believe in a just
God, liberty and law enforcement.
Right here in Phoenix attention is
directed to combinations in restraint
Of trade which are responsible for
thousands of people going away
with odious comments after being
attracted here by newspaper and
other publicity.
We have constantly with us the
meat and packing trust, which buys
cattle from the ranchers at sc per
pound and after slaughtering and get,
tllg them into their packing houses
place them on male with variouo deal
ers at 12c to 25c per pound. Then,
there are the merchandise brokers
who are associated with jobbers in
every outside town, who exact the
usual commissions and percentage,
that accounts for the raise in price
from the wholesaler to the retailer
The Price Fixing Menace
The retailers have no redress and
must sell at the prices fixed by the
brokers, or their supplies for the pub
lie and their customers will be shut
off. In every instance, competition is
human so1ace which is elevated by
our government and known as COM
petition is throttled and the public is
defiantly exploited at every turn. We
have with us the sash and door trust
and lumber trust, which fixes prices
on everything sold in their lines in
and out of the city. There is not
an Independent dealer in the state
that is openly known in competition
with the big organized trust. Place
your order, Mr.. Newcomer. with any
building material agency and you will
find no competition. All will quote
you same prices whether you buy in
Phoenix or the numbering district or
the state. The organization is per-
feet. At a glance is seen why people
prefer to put their money in an auto
so they can get away and move about
until they find a community more
attractive, as to living and building
a permanent home. Phoenix is Ian
gushing under inability to get a
100000 population, yet every son-of-a-
gun of us who is in business is buck
ing the very conditions which should
hold people after they get here.
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