Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-04-26
IMMIGRANTs WANTED

immigrants landed day or two
since at Baltimore. The telegraph
tells US that most Of them are des-
tined for the northwest, Nebraska
and Colorado. Arizona wants those
immigrants. The Salt River Valley
can furnish homes, good homes, for
the whole lot. We want the vine
growers, wine-makers, and fruit
raisers from the banks OF the Mayn,
the Moselle, the Sieg, the Tonne and
the Rhine. We want the industry
and patience, the steadiness and
honesty, the enterprise and content
ment of the German character among
US. We d,re say that every family
among those three thousand persons
would grow independent if not
wealthy on twenty acres Of our land
Inside of ten years. The day is
rapidly approaching when settlers
cannot afford to raise grain in our
valleys; the land will be worth too
much. Considering the far greater
profit that would accrue from fruit
and vegetables. grain raising would
even now be pursued at a loss in this
valley had we greater railroad facili-
ties. In this valley and on the ella
there is sufficient water TO thorough
ly irrigate a certain number or
acres. That water and those acres
will mover be made to yield but
small per cent. of the income which
they are capable of yielding till
every foot of ground is worked and
every drop of water utilized, which
can only be when the land IS held ia
small tracts. Under the present
system there IS an immense waste of
water and q great amount of land
that lies dormant which under other
circumstances would return splendid
incomes. Nowhere in the United
States is there finer opportunity,
more natural facilities for the pro-
duction of Taisins, dried and canned
fruits, wine, oranges, lemons, 6gs,
lines and olives than are to be found
in the valleys of Central and South
ern Arizona, Vast as are our mining
interests it is not at all improbable
that most of US will sec it distanced
by the slower but surer interests of
agriculture, grazing and fruit rails
ing. But to accomplish this we
must have settlers. To this end we
need an immigration Society. The
work that is being done by the Hon.
Pat Hamilton is but one step in the
matter, an important one to be sure,
and one which we are convinced will
be ably made, but we need some-
thing more. New Mexico has a
member of her bureau of immigra-
tion in. every one of her counties;
Arizona should have some one in
each one of her counties to. look
after their resources and provide
ways and means for inducing settlers
to come among us. Let us have an
immigration Society; let the society
do what it can towards raising funds
by subscriptions or otherwise and
when our Legislature again meets
call upon it for assistance. There
are good responsible men in each Of
our counties who have enterprise
enough and interest enough in the
Territory to devote some time and
thought to this business gratis or for
sufficient to cover necessary travel
ing expenses il there be any. If we
want our Territory opened up we
must have man on the ground to
direct settlers to our Territory or to
gather colonies for our Territory.
There are chances for numerous
colonies. The promoters of these
colonies could afford to send some
one to gather up settlers fer them Or J
TO aid an immigration 6ccet