Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15


and the neighbOriog country,
A-Well, l was about 70 speak Of that
country when you Interrupted me. l was
about to say that the more see OF that sec
ton the better like Georgia. 10 fact,
have seen nearly every State and Territory
in the Union, and l have not seen one which
embraces within It's boundaries as many ad-
vantages as Georgia. For climate, health,
good water and water power, variety and
adaptability Of soil, wood, diversity OF pro-
ducts, general intelligence and morality,
GeOrEia's fifty eight thousand square miles
have no equal on the globe. the best part
Of the earth is bounded by line about four
run dred miles west OF the Mississippi river,
North by the lakes, and East and South
oy the Atlantic and Gulf OF Mexico; and
he best part Of that circumscribed section,
physically, is Georgia.
The country you ask about is Of compare
lively recent formatiOn-too recent, really,
for habitatiOn. Mans occupation OF that
country is q thousand years in advance Of
NATURES preparation for his reception. II is
deficient in wood and water. The quantity
Of rain necessary TO abundance Of vegetable
and animal life is largely wanting. The
water courses are few, small and uncertain.
Rivers, though hundreds Of miles long, are
no larger in volume than our small creeks,
with q few exceptions, and most Of
them are, at intervals, subterranean.
At Tucson, the largest city in ARIZONA, the
river bottom is near a mile wide, yet the
volume of water Is not 3x20 feet. A few
miles above and below Tucson the river
santa CRUZ is subterranean. Agriculture
there IS almost imp Jssible without irrigation;
indeed, it may be said, there is no agricul
ture without irrigation. Rain rarely falls.
The rainy season in lower Arizona Is in July
and August. That, you see, is too late for
planting, and too far ahead Of the next
spring for the ground to keep wet. Then,
again, the atmosphere is always so dry, and
the sun so hot from May to November, that
double our rainfall would not be too much
there.
EEws-How, then, do the people get
their food
A.-Largely by transportation from Cali
fOrnia and Mexico in wagons for many hun
bred miles before the Southern Pacific Road
wasEhuilt.
NEws-What is the Southern Pacific
Road?
A-The Southern Pacific, running south
east from San Francisco 20 Fort Yuma, 40
miles, thence on, the a2d parallel, to FL PasO,
rrXss
NEws-Is that the road you are attorney
fOTg
A-No; was attorney for till last year,
when its contention with the Texas and
Pacific was terminated by rhe complete sue
cess OF the Son bern Pacific 1t is not
building from FL Psso to San Antonio.
When that connection-about $50
mes-is made, and that will be
early next year, II not before, we Of
the South will have the best ali rail line
from New York TO San Francisco that can
be built Then we VIII have a true South
ern Pscifc railroad. Some of my friends
III Iught ! was making a mistake In judy
ment in opposing the subsidy OF Scots road
papffr--hnf M " 900
the difference between the two The South
eTn Pacific will run from FL Paso 10 San
AntoniO, Harrisburg, New Orleans, Mobile,
aud thence northeast; whereas the Texas
and Pacific would have run from FL PasO
to Fort Worth, Texas, and thence TO St.
Louis ard east along he Pennsylvania Cen
tai c mbins'iOn But / was speak
ing OF Arizona and New Mexico. when YOU
a ked about the Southern Pacific
Road. Neither Of them will ever
| he an agricultural country Their
| Industries are mining and stock rails
ing, ana these sre good | am often asked
| by letter and verbally by young men-GeOr-
| gians-if / would advise them to 90 West
/ say emphstically no. unless they intend
10 raise stock OF mine. To do either re-
quires capital. Besides, a person in either
business must undergo many and severe
privatiOns, aud be subjected to very many
most unpleasant situations.
NEws--Will not the railroads help that
section very much?
Ayes; they and the telegraph are the
great civilizers and developers. They are
working wonders in the West in subduiDg
man and nature.
NEws-In what way are they subduing
nature2
Al said few minutes ago that man
In occupying that region as a home is a
thousand years ahead Of nature; that is, the
operation OF the laws by which mountains
are disintegrated, metals are turned into
mineral, aud mineral into vegetation,
and vegetation into animal life, and water
courses are permanently established, would
have gone on probably thousand years be-
fore the proper period for habitation by
man. But railroads and telegraph wires
and tree planting are increasing the rain
fall aud thus expediting nature. They are
rapidly improving the condition OF man IN
that region. that Is, all except some OF the
Indians Nothing but lead and hemp will
ever improve the Apsches. But their field
Of blood is being circumscribed, and the
raj roads have done It. This and
few other tribes Of Indians
fer thirty years kept the white man from
getting gold and silver and raising stock In
New Mexico and Arizona and under the
contemplate policy adopted by our govern
meDt In dealing with the Indians generally
they would have kept us out OF those Terri
tories forever. The great blunder commit
ted by the Federal Government was in max
ing treaties with savages. The government
should have told them, "YOu can have land
to cultivate; can become citizens or not as
you desire, but you must obey the laws OF
the land, as every citizen is required to do,
or be punished by our courts II you do not.
You must make your own living" In
stead OF saying that, we feed and clOthe
them, pay them a premium to DO nothing,
let them break from their reservations aud
butcher our citizens; and when they hold
up their bloody hands and say "good
Ingin," we issue more ratiOns and blankets
and powder and shot. The negroes, 4,0OO,-
600 when freed, were Just as much foreign
ers to our government as the Indians are,
or ever were, and yeti the Federal Govern
ment, without the assent OF a single negro,
made every one a citizen OF the United
States. The most imbecile, expensive, in
famous and inhuman course of our General
Government has been that adopted IN deal
ing with the Indians. But enough Of those
british wards and pets Of the Federal Gov
eminent. l..
NEws-WelI, one more question; how is
the climate In that country2
A-Noue better, perhaps. ] predict that
Arizona aud New Mexico will be the winter
resort for American invallds. do not know
the percentage OF moisture In the atmos-
phere, but It is so small that dead animals dry
up instead Of decomposing as they do here.
gentleman told me he saw the bodies Of
six Indians who had been hung six years
before they were still hanging and were
shrivelled aud dried, and looked like num-
mics. Winter in lower Arizona and New
Mexico is mild and delightful.
As Mr.. Norwood had some important
matters to attend to before his departure,
and being unwilling to occupy his time fur
Their, we closed the interview by wishing
him a pleasant trip and safe return. He ex-
pected to be in New York by Tuesday, and
will remain there several weeks on business,
and will visit Arizona again before his re-
turn to Georgia.