Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-02
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Jury Tor the adjourned March term Is good, notwithstanding they have GOV cred rather more ground than was neces- -ary, and have touched upon some ques-
 lnns on when they might as well have remained silent, as they are now well znowu to the public, and az they ofT=r no remedy for the existing evils. They call attention Co the magnitude Of the county's debt, which they think shou1 not be increased The suggestion is a a good one to be ma.e on paper, but it will not stand the test O. reason. The son and Pima county have reached th4t sage in their history when, ;o stand ID and say the debt must not be increases ,. IS by any fair interpretation as much 2. Co admit that Tucson is a finished town. nd that henceforth t must make no advances in the way of public improve ments. Iti- to say DO more avenues of trade are to be opened up: the roads leading into town must be barricaded: ro inducements are Co be offered for tLe
 investment Of capital. or fine encourage ment of immigration; tle gates must be shut against the very people who would benefit us the most. Tn fact. The policy outlined by tbe Grand Jury would require us to sit -uwn in cur offices and stores go Co work and pay of oar deoti Does any reasonable man suppose that such a policy would help us "lu.of the woodss' It seems to us that it would only be question of time, and of a ve-y =hcrt .ims at that, when like the Kilkenny cats. We will have eaten each other up, .eaviug the debt unpaid, with a heap C., ancient ruins as @ monument to our folly. Tucson must go ahead or go back. There is uo use iu try.nC to shut rur eyes to the flcs that our town is even nov larger than is resources will support, and that in order to alvauce or even hold our present population some thing must le done to create additional resources which will finnish employ nent e the lab1riug cl asses, and extend -he trade of opr merchants. This co not be done by building an imag.larl wall around our town and th .u slt down and wait for som -b. dy to como alou
 and pay our debt, rent ogr houses az cyorbitlut prices, and buy our mu-y goods from dusty shelves. SucL a policy never brought prosperity to a comir merchant, uor will 1t succeed ia a large town. The m rrhant must have new goods even 1T he has to go in deut Tor @ portion of them Ee must have a mar ket io- his wares, and iI neCes sary, mus assist ID opening mp roads SD tLa; his customers can relca hm, otherwise they vii buy from those they csl reach. Property owners lo.E out upon their adobe buildings, and, because they can not rent them for money nov. Yer. naturally place a va.via-.ol. Hpon them ; but if we sit down a.l say the town i- finished, and that tl.rl IS nothing more -o be done, these same adobe uUiI.u-, will soon be Ii for le.s than a m1lsl'z rental now brings. The people .i Tue son must go ahead; they cannot afford .o go back, while the theory aIvansa1 by the grand j1ry ia relation to ths county Geot may look well oI paper, ir will, if clrisI oa-, by fine people, prove the dea-l-kl q O, FI,s3n. Pima conn t. can well afford to spend SgGu03 i. pUblie improvements, in the interest 3f Tucson and the county. The expaudi- ture of that amount of money would no: be lost, would not be carried ont of the country, and etery dollar laiI down by the couuty-put in railroaIs-aul other Improvements would be covered by SD, ohtaued from abroad. ali of which would at once bec1mr tfzahle property, and it is safe to say tha- tI- improvements coajeul plated, would not only pay the intere-s on the bonded
 
 a large excess ov- ani a5o@e the liability tls county would iucur. TDe 'penny-wise, and p3lnd-foolisa" policy has murle-el more towns. than -pubIi, spirit "A bump on Io-." never becomes a healthy branch Of @ tree. What is necessary for the people to do is to put their money un. and then sae tolt tha-it is prope-,v ezpeniel. We must admit that there is too great an inclination am-nga few to make money out of ti. puhsc crib. T. i5 moi tie magnitude Of taa de5', that needs looking after, but tLe manner iu vh5ch lhe money IS expended. Give ,ne aid necessary to secure ou- railroads, and then see to it that the money is invested in the roads, o- other public improve nonts. Puna County has no money Co
 hrow away upon ajveuturers, and tLs i-st mar whpis caught stealing will Ie . proper tjec: for investigation by fine grand iurE