Arizona citizen., 1875-07-17
ADVANTAGES OF PEACE.
What a few Years of Peace Have
 Brought.


 Brought.
 In 1871 and 1872, Arizona was prln- cipally overrun by murderous savages who produced nothing and subslsted by theft. In 1873, peace began to ap- pear, but generally speaking it was re garded imprudent to travel much off the principal routes, or to herd stock or work mines in places beyond the heaviest settlements. In 1874, peace practically prevailed and citizens went about alone, hither and thither as they pleased or as their business called them. In that year, thousands upon thousands of sheep and cattle were brought into the Territory by men with the purpose of engaging permanently in the stock business. This year, the herds and flocks have largely increased by further importations and reproduc- tion. Flooded horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, costing hundreds of dollars each lave also been introduced during 1874 5. As shown elsewhere, over 1,OOC hounds of wool have been produced for sale this year in Pima county alone and we have no doubt but the amount in the Territory will reach 2OO,OOO Nearly every train that goes to Yuma for freight, takes wool, hides or ore Two years ago, the teams went empty, and as consequence of this fact and some danger from Indians, we paid 215 cents per pound more for freights than now; then we of Pima county were taking out no gold or silver worthy of note, and now thou sands of dollars are weekly brought to Tucson by actual miners. ProspectorS fill our mountains and are constantly reporting the most encouraging dis coveries. As shown in another item 100000 pounds of copper per month are being shipped from Clifton; Pima county is yielding pure silver by the hundred pounds; Yavapai reports recent discovery of silver ore with $6OOO to $7OOO per ton, placer gold is taken out all the year, and number oi mills are running at proft-notably P. ". Smiths below Wickenburg; Mo have is building mills and opening mines which have attracted leading San Francisco mining, operators to in vest time and money in them; Yuma county is monthly shipping bullion by the ton and advancing in the quantity produced; Maricopa county is not doing much in mining, but her agricul tural products have become extensive and varied, and has two excellent flour ing mills, etc.
 5Scan ASTcnz1-> hs ttt4 tstt4a>SSEe las=a Sazne6 ir the way of products, are the fruits of peace. Our files of 1871-2-3 will show we claimed that prosperity far above anything before known in Arizona, would soon follow peace; and it will be remembered that we did this in re- ply to the false reports set af1oat by fanatics on the Indian question to the effect that the people of Arizona want ed war. War is the worst condition that any people can contend with and we so stated then. In it, neither life nor accumulated property are safe, and production is wholly stopped or largely reduced and attended with greater expense. Since the advent of peace, our Tucson merchants have sold vastly more goods. Their customers are more numerous and more certain in their payments. A few more years at the rate we are going, and the wonder will arise as to how business of any kind was maintained during the terrible Indian difficulties. Mer- chants. then made orders for goods materially depend upon the number of troops they believed would be sta tioned in their locality; now they do nothing of the sort. In the years of Indian war, our population was re- duced by killing and impoverished by thefts of the savages; in the few years of peace we have enjoyed, it has large ly increased and become much more prosperous, All these facts are useful for local consideration, and ought to be abroad, especially among the fanat- ics who reported peace when there was no peace, and insisted we wanted war when war was keeping us few in numbers by its killing, and poor by its stealing.