Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-01-08
AR1zoNA's PROSPERITY IN 1880.
shall We Have 1t in a Like Degree in
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&nall W e LAAhG It HI d A4AANN DNS-~N
 1881?
 The developments of our soil and mines warrant the belief that we may have the same increase of prosperity this year as in the one just closed and yet we may not. It must be apparent 10 every thinking man and woman n Arizona that the increased prosperity of 1880 over that of any previous year was OccasiOned bg the introduction oi incorporated capital wisely used. Not a galena bar, nor copper pig, nor silver brick, nor hardly an ingot uf gold was produced in Arizona in 1soO thst WAS not the result of the use oi corporate capital; and 1t IS safe to say that the same will be true this year and all the years. to come. Not mile of railroad and but little dirt road have been or ever will be built in this Territory except by corpora tions. Arizona is section of coun- try difficult of development and must 5e of slow growth unless aggregated capital can be obtained and rightly applied. To supply our towns and plains with water. involves an amount Jr cash, in almost every case, beyond that possessed by any individual who IS willing to take the whole risk. Not many miles both east and west of Tucson, men have spent the savings of years in trying to bring water to the surface by digging common wells, and failed in Tucson, many thousands have been expended in an earnest ef- fort to get artesian water. Give poor men, however industrious they may be, each township of land in many places, and, if their living depended upon the products of the soil of the same, they would starve to death, not withstanding the very land IS not bar ren and needs cnly water and tillage 10 be fruitful. Aggregated capital may and can make millions of acres of such land produce largely. lndi- vidual industry is needed with cap iial; without the latter the former can accomplish but little
 If what we have just said be true, and we think it 50 beyond question, then it IS the manifest duty of our people to encourage the introduction of capital, and we say encourage, be- cause to get il encouragement is nec- essary. Owners of capital need not send 1t here; we need their money, but they do not need our undevelOped wealth. One of the best ways to en- courage capitalists Q send money here to buy and Gcyeiope our lands and mines; 10 increase our water supply; tO construct more railways snd more and better dirt roads; to light our cities with gas, etc, IS 10 keep faith with that already invested under ex- istIng laws, and which has done so much for our general prosperity and personal comfort.
 The Legislature which assemblies to-day may, and doubtless will, give our prosperity an increased impetus or check IL and make future develop ment slow and in q measure impOs- sible. It is Un ierstOOd that among the charters that will be asked of it, is one for a railway from Benson to Tombstone, and perhaps 10 Bisbee and the Huachucas; and another from Tucson via Florence, Salt River and the Verde to an intersection with the Atlantic and Pacific now approaching Arizona west from Albuquerque, the same to embrace authority to build such lateral roads as the merits and business of the several sections may warrant or demand Now should the Legislature freely graEt such charters aud others involving a necessity for much capital, on terms satisfactory tO the men seeking them, and during the came session break faith with existing corporations, the effect would be almost as bad as 10 refuse charters on any terms that would tempt capital hitherward. If too liberal privileges have been granted, stand by the con- tract; keep good faith; say to all men willing to invest their money or muscle in ArIzOna that our law makers will carry out faithfully their agree ments by which costly and much needed enterprises have been planted here and operated i'll conformity 10 such agreements If previous Legis- latures have not guarded the rights of the public with sufficient care, let this and future ones do SO; but let us estsb- fish reputation far and near that our pledged faith will not be broken. By SO doing we will encourage the capital we have to enlarge it's operations, and secure much moro to the certain bene- ft of every poor man who has strength to and will labor. This course will best s-rre all concerned.