The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-02-27
SPEECH o. P80E. 2. E. RAYMOND.

and prac;Icing true economy. Anscliua is
 represented as saying tO Charles at the breakfast table: My dear Charles. how can you be so Was,cfl as io put butter aBd jam on your bread ct tIc same time" tO which Charles responds, ''thst Is economy.
 my desr, makc one piece of bread do fof ! both" Laughter.
 ! Nor. having been j3mmed SO delicate,y and buttcrrd SD tas5oughly by jhe Gov ernor' address t) you, you wiil perhaps paf- 1 don me II make some aiiusivus t0 myself. | Some twenty yesr5 a21, wGeu as a young ! and enthusiastic student in Germany, l de- voted EIyse.f to that profession which seemed | to ne t0 be connected WIth the dcyeiopm of ny native laua-MiueFa.n-y after some ! gears my a;ad!cs wcF. lHtcflGpt,d Dy an event which called ms to tbjs coaaTy, where instead Uf proceeding Wilh tGs dcycI- ! opmcnt 3t our caruuy, We were discussing | that little question whether we had any country. During lne lte unplcasantuv,s i II Wa- my lgt tJ carry ta4 starry l.ag Undcr thc orders Di yuur chairman ol tonight. 1 APpiause.i IL Was during the height Gi ! that tremendous struggle, UacA the fate ot the nation Ms at stlke, that the IaC.nc railroad Was coaicm piatCd iue h.st td ciic railroad Was I t.0ulcg!Gi tAln-, a most difficult tA.ug. How well ] remember Hue debate iu Congress, whether the road Couid ! get through t.c mgI-tal.s or not, aud i Eg- member talking al.u i-A whom ws Tyrs wont to cal. t!e -Pl;IaHI1r Il those dly,. iu regard to iue undertaking We talked of line feasibility ultHe SJglG Pas. anGroa- ldercd flat as designed by nature fora great highway gut Coagggs, Wls ImpT, s,cd wI:H the idea lllat tp c;dSz jhc Ru1ny J.lul-. tains was ycIy difficult thing ant, cuusc-. qac"tiv. an cN,rI sppsnf.i ,uOn wa. made
 for the construction Ui tbe road through the South Pass. but when came lo cross the SOnth Pass myself, ua tic cars, i could
 not see maad;aIn tusavc my life. Thea knew Providence "ad openeI the way. But the first rti.raa', !, iIkc the first needle os ice tat comes n those great lakes of our Northern States; t i5 long tiHg coming. but when It 5ctolIcs tD form, 1T you stay through the silent watches of yhg nIght, V.,i.
 will see one aaa linen another nccd C sJagt- Ing out hy it,cit, and almost instantly ile whole surface l. mIss ot ice, ana I'll the
 morning u is ap strong that It w"uld bear
 up an army. And thus y j. that the first
 railroad needle si1ot.Ig ac.os5 'he CD utry Is but a lorciUuuCI O. many ir&BsCuH!IuCutul
 roads. 'APp.ause.) Before 'ne Pacific
 Railroad was competed jt fell to my lot to serve tEc Goyegnmcnt IL the capacity ot d
 Commissioner isI .he collection of minin"
 statistics in Wcstcrn States and Territories.
 Those States anI Territories were U! lhc
 pubic doMl,a anal a5JIHYcd ih precious
 metals. T. lao Otg,e ,i de discaaIgc oI
 my GUiies iave ir.ya.c! huaircos oI thuu-
 sands uf mites, i sHnyH>", yet tonight |
 comics, l stand I.r iHc iI-, lme within me
 limits Aul3nt, l have aPp.llch:d il
 from every sIUr-';oM Ecw N -XIc'. Utah
 and Nevada, but 1 have tur-cI Disll every
 time. nut after my official C1rc r Las been
 for several years over, l com. fir the fist
 time t. this Territory X brief visit I> of
 cuuIse, not ukriy to furnish tA- basis to. a
 deliberate iud.sm-u, or ooi8lun conCesH.nI
 a new Coua:Ty. When i say new l lie iu,
 of ccursr, ue,y Ja ttc visitor In Iany
 scus,s Ar.ZA. 8. ..> o!-t; IIc TscEs Walch :ra-
 verse your Territory a.c n.'E Gr Il"Sica!iy;
 cities like IUse"u aaj uthr-,, wh.ch were
 buill by tAg Sp .uI.rI<, .t. already uistor-
 icdlly as n.d a~ "a: yactu, and ~a@c-arI>h
 anj none crcr >uW ti.a,n u;li'rU ia than old
 daughter aad apP.u~sy Ln mluy senses
 iEis may b, cta.t u:w Territory therr are new discuve-ir, uf gIboIIded wealth:
 there is 8 EoT err or prosperity dIwuina. lArp.uUscJ
 do not stand hc.> tonight to instruct the citizens of Ariz1na a out the Territory.
 have heard of public men who went tray cling aroaui c. cram uriI iac history aui resources of the country they were .o yi>i., and ihcu deliver j.am.c,gcs .u itc pIcsruce oi the citizens a.j t.u, impress them wIta lhc;r own great KHs"icI,-. have not had fI ,', experience uf f...rI cr twenty years among mines h fitted u., ty some cNun', 10 give some suggestions Una, H!a7 he of some value. feel like aa o.d jaesot. C. c5ur.e when 8 doctor k called ia the f,mi; 70 attend your hahr. h. Msy never have seen your baby before. aa1 nay got know nearly us much ao.ut ,.at particular baby &s the mother. bat fl .t Is5 ssel ta9u,aud, of lc.. ha wil, probably kusw better n3v to treat your D.tsg t5an ,i. L.Ctbef; and l Wi.l br able ucr..-gs lo aigi>c yua about yoM b;.by. sAri..U--
 Now, 4.r- eeaa great many mining settlements. ! h.:e se-a soine prosper and some fail IoU vii, not iiaj. gentlemen . shy district ia ;H. wg:.d where the mines are all good rGu r..a. brcau~e, ii a mine is
 
 fore ], can pgy dividends. The work must he performed aaalam.cs.y, and yCu must krrr uUt 0i th- hands oi thc lawyers. Great arpHA-es,Hd itJ.h.crl
 Northern A;izpaa j. more favored. and has a right, therefore, to rely more conf d,niiy upon uniform prosperity than many uf the districts il w!ich the mining of precious metals has b.lu carried on in the United States. h th. first place ! want fu r speak Oi yoUr climate. The iEdusiuaI val ue of climat- Is nos aiway, we'll unIcr- stood. have hsd ciicutS iH New York, l where l have bcen pracuCiug as d mining engineer, come to m. and say. this ore Is worth s0 much a ion hut when asked by me where the mine Was situated. why, mtv| Ee it waS ru the top oi thc Rocky noun ;lin>. Some places they d.u'' seem jO think that inability to work more than three month, in the yc r can make any difference 1T the ere l. uniy worth 90 much per ton. The unit If ya,ac I, the unit of i5bn7; what 4 l mans work will do lu d dIy-Nhlt that work will uToGa-e-. bat is li.c measure nf value. X climate ia which man can work. t has hccu d-mp1~trrcj over ani oyer again, Is one ln hlch ihsrc IS summer nd NInt"r: npt iuo --ycrc; bat Cue IT which l hr frame If maJ i~ iHvigo-a-cd, aHl which uain:alu> the hntI; r! % urn in a yheariuli l. Lsposijinn. Ne used 70 find in Nevada !. heie I had cAuc,ieuCp, that man became ,ikalicd: he lust lis ambition; he was hot good fpr anything until hr had been away $ somewhere. There i,.Ho such thing as last ng prosperity in B country U1.cs, people luld uP homes; you hay, ~ rythlBg io ..,'l: aiVlnt5vs lg fi.I. AS rl~.rT ,,rer