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T Arizona Republican's Editorial Page The Arizona Republican Published by ARIZONA PUBLISHING COMPANY. The Only Paper In Arizona Published Every Day In the Year. Only Morning Paper in Phoenix. Dwiglit is. Heard President and Manager Charles A. Stauffcr . Business Manager Oartb W. Cate Assistant Business Manager t. W. Spear Editor Ira H. 8. Huggett City Editor Exclusive Morning Associated Press Dispatchei. Office. Corner Second and Adams Streets. Entered at the Postoffice at Phoenix, Arizona, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. Address all communications to THIS ARIZONA REPUB- . IJCAN, Phoenix. Arizona. TELEPHONES: Business Office 422 City- Editor " , 433 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily, one month, in advance ? .76 Dally, three months, in advance 2.00 Dally, six months, in advance 4.00 Dally, one year, in advance 8.00 Sundays only, by mail 2.50 THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL ;IM, 1H14 Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any mate rial force that thoughts rule the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson. A New City Hall The movement that has been instituted for securing a new and modern city hall, suitably located and possessing adequate facilities for the transac tion of municipal business, brings us back to the Central school property. A commission has been appointed to fiather information regarding a site for the proposed building and to collect other data. In such informal discussions as have taken place among the city officials, the matter of a joint city and county building has been considered. The ob jection has been raised that such a building would be a step toward the consolidation of the govern ments of the city and the county. We think thai this objection is wholly without force. The last step need never be taken, and it would never be takrn unless a majority of the voters of each, the city and the county, should desire it. A time may come when it would be desirable, and then we would have the necessary building, ftut that may all be left out Of the question and we may consider the advantages, from the points of architecture, economy and the public convenience, of having the governments of the city and the county under one roof. We believe the voters of the county would easily be brought into such an arrangement. There is almost as great need of a larger and more com modious court house as there is of a new city hall, B)th structures are not only inadequate, but both aip disfigurations of the landscape. They contribute to' the similitude of Phoenix lo a country village. Tliey have moved out of their proper locations. They hive become absurdities. They encumber too val uable property. Cnder the Somers system of valua tion tor taxable purposes the ground they occupy is worth In the neighborhood of $1000 a front foot, and no ground in the immediate vicinity of either can be bought at that price. The sites these buildings dis figure is ground that would be worth more on the . market if they were removed. Both sites would be worth still more to Phoenix as beautiful rest places. tVe have said that the people of the county would probably consent to an arrangement for a Joint city and county building- The people of Phoe nix have already consented, and by a substantial majority have already designated the site for it the Central school property, which the development of the city has made the logical natural site for such a joint building. No other within the corporate limits is so suitable and no other site can ever be so suitable. The people who own this block have offered to sell it to the city and county for $250,u0. No other purchaser could buy it at that figure, and it would never be sold at that figure to lie used for any other purpose. The occupation of the block across the street by the federal building, the Water Users' and the Y. M. U.I A. building has especially set apart anil dedicated the Central school property tothe pur poses of a Joint city and county business building. Taking in the Additions The ordinance proposed by the commission, put tine clamoring additions and subdivisions on their good behavior and making them "go off and get a reputation" before they can be admitted, is some thing, we believe, to be new in municipal legislation. But .after all, it is rather in line with the excellent, conservative policy of Phoenix in the past, in deal ing with additions. While other towns have been eagerly engaged in annexing all the adorned and unadorned landscape in night, for miles around, sometimes taking reluct ant additions by the "scruff of the neck" and drag ging them in. Phoenix has never given way to a wild desire for territorial extension. Its corporate limits have always been surrounded by a circle of improved property and a part of it has always been as highly improved as that within the limits. There has been nothing to distinguish the urban from the suburban territory. While the gates of the city were never barred and the inhabitants of no respectable addition were refused admission, we believe only once did the city take means to force an addition in or ever hint that the company of any addition would be regarded as especially desirable. But the city, without extending its boundaries, has for the most part generously ex tended its water lines and other municipal benefits to the adjacent thickly settled districts. Phoenix has never evinced an abnormal ambition to make a fine census showing. The proposed new ordinance would impress upon the additions that Phoenix is something worth join ing, and that an initiation fee should be paid to get in. The additions must qualify for admission by giving . themselves an urban appearance, and they must bring, in each, a park site as a dowry. The or dinance is based upon the correct theory that a city is something more than a plot of ground and an aggregation of individuals surrounded by an irreg ular line called the city limits. The future of Phoe nix will be the better for the passage and enforce ment of the proposed ordinance. Villa and Carranza In what shape Villa and Carranza will be left when our affairs with Mexico have been adjusted, it is impossible to say. It may be that II m-rta will be eliminated, and that a new provisional government will be set up to which the present revolutionary leaders must accede or start a new revWution. It may be that llm-rta himself will he left in power to hold it if he can, reparation having been made by him for the indignity and monetary damage this country has suffered, and that things will he left very much as they were, before the American m iriin-s were arrested at Tampieo. But it has been established that of the two nun, Villa and Carranza, the former is the real leader, the one strong man of the revolutionists and the least unwise, if not the best among them. He pos sesses considerable military genius, and the events of the last two weeks have shown that he is Ihe superior of Carranza in statecraft. There is no reason why he should play or pretend to play second fiddle to the provisional president any longer. l-'or several months, ever since the capture of Juarez, Carranza has generally been regarded as only a figurehead, with whom such harmless Americans as Dr. Topper and W. Bayard Hale might deal with out danger of any beans being spilled. Bui Car ranza never sought to exercise any control over Villa except when the latter, lor purposes of his own, sug gested to tile provisional president that the time had come for him to wine upon the stage for a brief period. But he has made of himself a sorry figurehead even. In a supreme moment, made necessary by tin folly of Carranza, Villa was forced to correct tin errors of his nominal chief. He can make no further use of him as a figurehead. War is not all a waving of flags and a beating of drums. There is something beside the roar i cannon pierced now and then by the inspiriting strains of music. If that were all of war, we could all go and not run much risk of being scared until after the passing of the excitement. But there are nerve-racking intermissions and long periods of wait ing for the enemy to fire or charge or for the peace makers to turn out a finished product. The diplomats of Brazil, Argentina and Chile may be wholly disinterested anil honest, but President Wilson and Mr. Bryan doubtless see how it is pos sible in their inexperience to be led into a morass by men who know where the soft places are. We fail to see how the reform school is going to be reformed by a controversy between its super intendent and the board of control or a quarrel be tween factions of the board. VOLUNTEERS WANT ROOSEVELT (Waso, Texas, Herald) So far as Waco is concerned. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt appears to be the chosen hero to settle the Mexican war. Everywhere In the city yesterday able bodied citizens were offering to volunteer their ser vices to go and light against .Mexico if they can join Colonel Roosevelt's command. Postmaster W. if. Hoffmann received inquiries as to where Colonel Roosevelt could be located when he arrives in the United States, and one man was anxious to find him in order to tell him where he could enlist several hundred cowboys. Postmaster Hoffmann says indi cations are that when Colonel Roosevelt arrives he will be swamped with applicants to join his command in case he raises a regiment. MEXICO'S FOREIGN TRADE .St. Louis Republic) Statistics gathered by American consuls show that the Mexican foreign trade helped us surprisingly well in 1913 in spite of the war. though some of the heavy increases are in products which the war would not be likely to aftect. This is true of the great increase in shipments of crude oil, all of which went to the Standard Oil company, and it is not unlikely that this increased output of oil accounts for a marked increased importation of pipes and fittings. The demoralization of the railway business is re flected n decreased imports of rails, cars anil other equipment. In Mexico's greatest industry, mining, there was a large decrease in shipments of copp.-r metal, but an increase in ore shipments. Lead shipments also fell off, but the gain in copper ore, taken with the fall in pig copper exports, may re flect a desire to get valuable things out of the coun try with all possible expedition. Perhaps the most significant item bearing upon agriculture is the trebling of raw cotton and manufactured cotton goods, from which it is evident that while the spindles continued to turn, cotton did not grow. This inference is strongly supported by the fact that im portations of agricultural tools and machinery and wire fell off to a marked degree. MARRIAGE HERE AND ABROAD (Woman's Home Companion) i have made some discoveries concerning the tremendous differences between marriage in America and marriage in Europe. Apparently, over there eveything is done for advantage. In Germany, for example, the bride not only provides all the house linen and table furniture, but also every piece of furniture which goes into the house. Even in the highest families every expenditure is settled in ad vance. A friend of mine. Baroness von Frimden herg for I have baronesses for friends now is to to be married, and the contracts are now being pre pared. Her future husband. Captain Count von Koll nitz, is to take her to the theater twice a week if she desires, and he is to pay for the tickets. But if she has afternoon tea she is to pay for it her self. However, beauty is much more highly prized in Europe than in America, where it is so .much commoner. A girl's beauty is really a dowry. I noticed in England that most women of rank were handsome- Englishmen of rank and fortune can afford to marry penniless beauties. OIL HAT WAY! "It's such a silly- superstition to be always pick ing up pins!" "You may" call it a superstition if you wish, but I know a chap who makes about Jfi a week by doing it." "How can n fellow gather that many?" "He works in a bowling alley." Judge. BIGGEST SUFFRAGE DEMONSTRATION IN HISTORY DUE IN WASHINGTON MAY 9; WOMEN HOPE TO IMPRESS CONGRESS 4''- ssafcyj? 'Mi, 2 Sifrw. . '.'1 - " : A . I S uxi uk fe- i h4 V & fVMSfe $l ' I 1 i Top, Jlrs. Juliet U. Kublee (left) and Airs. (,eorj,e Ode!!. Botioni, icll lo ri;;!il : .Miss I o!a" Lai- ollctte, Miss Mary K. Claggctt and Mrs. Apoliine M. filair. The greatest suffrage demonstration of all time is row bcirg plaiincd. It will take place in Washington on M.-y 9, and will be in the form of an immense parade. Some of the lilot impo:tvt f;"'iros in the pro-es sion will be Mrs. Juliet Barrett Kublee, grand marshal of the whole parade; .Mrs. George (Well of Illinois, chief marshal; Mrs. Apolhnc M. Blair, leader and trainer of the chorus of a thousand voices that will sing on the capitol steps immediately after the parade, and Mrs. Mary Kealty Claggett and Miss Fola LaFollette, who are organizing the actresses' section. Farm Note EY H. L. RANN A meek Ims.an.l imiuires if he ),.,. ii -l arotinils for divorce because his wil'e refuses to sew buttons on his pants. There is no ; , ! 1 1 1 it. li is a penitentiary olieiise for a wife io allow lier liusi-ainl to miiiRle in p.. lit- s.M-iety with his pants hooked 1.1 his shirt with a broken match. There is nothina m tile marriage contract which s-ys tliat a luisloi nil is obliged to ninke his toilet uitii ten-peimv nails iiiil loothiii-k. W hat mis world needs is niort and a ims- lii nds with the couiaye ol a bull pu luemiuni ham. and fists like a The populai ity of ihe ai uuiu e!e na : is exi.-nd-in to lie farm. It is said that tins device has caused Ihe lii-oom corn industry to !am;:'ish like a fat lady in a inn-yard dash. After an untidy lu-iiei lias been inassil-ied by one of (he.-o n:'!rh:i-cs she ill be saiooiher tl.iin a hedge fence promoter. Til,. .iciutm (leaner will clrtse the hair oil of a s!aildinn KeldinK so fast that he v.iil resemble a s. aided s-li.iai. If you have e er tried to carry on a moral conversa tion behind a sorrel mare with a bed of loo.-e pair which would make old Ks.tti look like a hard-boiled ei;. you will appieeiale this advice. Tin- oiaulies of nature have no charm for a man who lias imbibeti a mouthful of sour horse hair on the summer nree.c. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF WASTE SAVZC At the first annual hatapn-t of tin- Xaiioual Association of W aste Material Dealers. In Id in New York city this week, it was brought out tint by collectiiiK and utilizing waste pioiiact-; the meiubi-rs of the association transact an annua) business of $7iJ(i.iiiii,ii'iii. The utilization of cotton-seed ml and of cotton seed, until very recent years a men- waste product of tne cotton crop,, it wis pointed out. is now aba-il in the I'nited States alone at s.(i,nnii,iHm a year. Curtis iluihi, cx-nmbassad'r to Kussia. noted that wo ale now exporting sisal strings to Kurope to lie turned into tooth brushes: that we an- using tin- woi n-out painters brush, soaked witli white lead, by cleansing and using tin- worn bristles to provide inexpensive and durable serubainw brushes, while exporting American colton stockings to Kurope, where they are unraveled and used as a cheap packing in thii manutactuie of raphoj-liones and electrical machinery, while the patch' d and darned Kuropean stockings, not having any otlier use, ale exported from Karope to this country for their only possible use as paper stock. The expoits and imports of w lsle material are not et tlior-oL-ghly reported by the depiirtmint, ami even the commencement of their appearance in the ofirial publications of the I'nited States ( Jovt rnmont dates back to but a few years. For the calendar year 113 we exported cotton rags to ihe vaiue of over $rnO,0(Mi, jKijier stock other than cotton mss to the value of over $MMi,ifTii), w'oolen rags to the value of f l,oii0,Hiil, scrap iron to the value of $1, 200,000, old and reclaimed rubber to the 'value of 5 l.ti'lO.iimi, and scrap brass to the value of over Si'.lino.iHiii. The fig ures of the imports of waste material from foreign countries are even more striking. In the year '11113 we imported scap iron to the value of ijaiOO.iiuii, old copper to the value of t, 1,000,0m), silk waste to tin value of $:), 000, 0110, old rubber to the value of more than Jll.OOO.noO, cotton rags to the value of $:;,ihhi, (ioo, and other paper stock which was neither cotton tiigs nor wood pulp to the value of nearly $"v'!""i 000. Ilradstreet's. THE RETORT PROFESSIONAL Author I would have you knows sir, that I have written for better magazines than yours! Editor And did you get them'.' Judge. "Don't you hate house-cleaning time?" "N'aw. 'When ma cleans house she doesn't clean me.'" ir- s . fi ' ? ,7, rJ 'I I 111 i i i i r- Y By WALT MASON The rains of .sprinKtinie V -ah's flood, an.! turn this place, into a stretch of mud. ' on no ilothes. which tills niv -1 1 1 apace, ie-ai!ms; arth. once pleasant 'la- mud is sp! isliins ryes with t"ars, and mud is clinging to my nose, and mud is in my ears. .My whiskers catch a lot of mud when down the street 1 creep, and oft I slip, with dismal thud into a mudhole deep. The good roast le-ef 1 eat at noon, and e'en tile me-.'!y spud, the pie. the doughnut and the prune, the oaki all tu.ste of niul. Krom boot heels to my diamond stud, the mud upon me shows; my feet, from paddling in the nun!, huv wi-hs be tween the toes. Hut people say. "Cheer up. old son: It's splendid f r the oats' And it will furnish crass for flocks of cms .111.; s-ose and goats: This mud is what the farmers need, to make their turnips tnnve: they whistle as t':-y sow their seed they're glad that thev're aliv.-:"' I n to think of things like these, and thus cool off my blood, when 1 am wading to my knees in filly kinds of mud but it is all in vain, oy h--!: I -ainpiy can't enthuse, for mud is streaming down my nee!;, and li'ls my socks and slioes. A ST. LOUIS SOCIAL EXPERIMENT According to official police repot ts. crimes against wouieii have inere 1-- d !"ii ier ceut in ?t. I.ou.s since tin- abolition of the sesreg..;,-.' district there; likewise, women have sought residence in 1 lilts and houses in all parts of the city, so they have done c cr ae re .-ie ai'd.-r .--Iruilar ciiciini : lances, and gone imo ihe m..--a -.e ami manicure parlor business on an 1 X! itmvc scale. The experience, of course, is nothing new. in dicating only that we are still groping in the dark in i-lleinpts at readjusting a social condition almost as old iis the wi.ri-1. In doaiing with this problem vo are in the primer class, in the mi? first stages of expel inicniation. ,'o one. therefore, has any riri.t in crgii::; t-.e oMicitiey of any one sa-called solvi nt. If any i f the various repressi measures e i appiie.i li.ai actually met e peotatioiis v illi tan-gdl- permanent le.-t.its, then the way would be eleai-.-. And we shall r-iuain in tin- dark, at h-ast so i.e.. wo coaiinee 1 ill- P- de il with the effects, while the causes are left to lake care of themselves. 1 .-'apt-ov meni is po:-s one cf iittainnii-iit. aut e'i,lentiy not livmrely kicking the victitnji -if the ago-oal system from pillar to post or running them out liom tie- town ifi another. In the meantime, it ! hooves all fa -r-mineed people to lie p; ti- nt with each ill er when they find themselves in ills '.gi ce ment i n litis ticklish subject. 1 tmaka II . J? Ik. Wi i.ii .... .ti. - .-.. : i--;i 7 " ,"i Mud riendly, Accommodating Service J. AVe desire lo serve everyone in Phoenix and the surrounding country to his or her best advantage. When you come into this bank we want you to feel that you are enterting your banking home and that your affairs will receive courteous, individual attention. Xo matter whether the account you carry with us is large or small, we desire to serve you and to further your interests by giving you impartial, expert advice regarding business and banking matters. The Phoenix National Bank PAVE THE WAY TO A COM FORTABLE FUTURE. START TO SAYE HERE. INTER EST AT 4';. THE VALLEY BANK "Everybody's Rank." Home Builders Assets $554,797,99 All its affairs are careful v and conservatively handled by its Di rectors, consisting of leading busi ness men of Rhoenix. Investigate their plan if you have funds to invest and want the maximum of security .-iinl divi dends. Home Builders 127 N. Central Ave. PHOEXIX, ARIZOXA If it's a question of sub-division be sure to arrange for us to issue Guarantee Title Policies Phoenix Title and Trust Co. IS X. First Ave. A Modern Trust ( 'o. THEIR USE Tourist (looking at the famous ciscadel What ever becomes of all those sheets of water'.' Facetious Ouide They go into the bed of the river. A DISAPPOINTMENT "That man. I hear, drinks like a fish." "What a shame. Is it really true'.'" "Certainly. You may remember, that fishes only drink as much as tiiev need." DONE IN A JIFFY You ask me if I'll print for you A paradox? I will, sir. A comb is one you part with it. And yet you have it still, sir. Huston Transcript. i A i- I? v;. Sa I;