The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-08-31
The Trad. Of Arisoas.

| The business men and interests N cas ! Francisco will need to bestir themselves |
 they wish 10 eontTol any considerable pro portion of the growing business of the rvgloT \ to the southeast. It tts not enough ,o con i gratulate ourselves on the completion ol | the Southern Pacific Railroad. It Is neces,
 sary that every effort should bc made to in | duce the managers of that road to pursue A literal policy in the matter of frcishis and | fares. But more even than that depends ] upon the libcrlity nf our merchants them selves. This city has no exclusive prc-emp- ton right of the trade of the Territory, even
 with the added advantage of railroad trans
 portaiion. The following, from recent
 copy of the Tucson Star, establishes this,
 Speaking of a merchant at Camp Grant the
 Star says:
 MT. Stewart has been absent from the
 Territory some three or four months, has
 visited the principal cities of the East and
 says tha, Eastern merchants are competing
 tor the Arizona trade. The St. Louis mar
 kets have advantage over all others in this
 respect. and Mir. Stewart made his purchss-
 es accordingly. and further informs us that
 Arizona merchants, shipping goods from the
 East through Chick, Browne & Co. can
 have goods laid down cheaper than getting
 them from San FraneiscC-that is to say. cheaper than goods can be laid down at Yuma, and consequently saving seven cents per pound for wagon transportation"
 There is no reason why thi. should be a. at least for great many of the g,,ods which are required in southern Arizona and so- nora. X large part of the latter State can be supplied from Tucson. That place Is but 309 miles from Yuma, and by rail Yuma is only 72O from this city. The near est point for railroad communication east of Tucson is now m the southern portion of Colorado, distance of at least 500 miles, while St. Louis Is $50 by rail iherefrom. The wagon road usually travelled Is from Colorado, s35 miles to Tucson. Yet with an advantage in our favor. by rail road and wagon road of at least 700 miles. We are being successfully shut out rum a market in which We ought to have a large md growing interest. Our business men must not despise the day of small things" nor must they regard the trade of southern md eastern Arizona as being embraced is hat definition. Tucson has done A large business for over a century past. and can to- lay be made-even more than it has been he point of supply for very considerable erritory. This trade is worthy an effort. It sill be competed for quite keenly by St .ouis interests. That city understands the asue of this trade, present and prospective, nd her business representatives are onhand, ihile San Francisco is almost without a oice. And yet the most active citizens are ientifed with California, and naturally lean lis way. The territory noS has a p0pula- on of at least 35,00O, and it is increasing 1 uite rapidly. This does not embrace the | indians or the troops stationed therein. ] here is danger of complete alienation from ! lis city as the commercial entrepot. and l luch of this feeling is the result of an liberal spirit among business houses. That | ortion of the territory which by every law geographical relation and access should | Q closely related to us--the northern half ld western third of the territorial area ill, it Is asserted. yet he able to supply self at cheaper rates from the East. than Om this city and coast There is no ienu- Ie reason for this, for very many articles e ought to be able to furnish at lower pri- .s than St. Louis. A considerable propar- on of this dissafection is due to the large
 fference m the rates of transportation. 1 ertainly, it is not a wise policy on the part merchants or freighters, to SO ac, as to sstrOy the very germs of what must ere ng be great trade.-S. F. Post.
 Gov. McCORMICK AT THE HEM The