Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-03-07
why Not Have Bureau of Immipra.
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 The newspapers of Arizona in d;scuss- Ing The questi n of encouraging immi. grafton to the Territory by leyisIa,,va enactment, generally oppose the me,s- ure' arguing upon the hypothesis that there could be only one bill originated ana that to create the office O. Com missioner of Immigration, having for its object the welfare of Pat Hamilton. some ot the papers argue that if we had aCommissioner of Immis ration, hec uld not md place in Arizona for any more immigrants, because there is no land uuder irrisating canals to be hadl Also that there are already too many people m Arizona. and cite you to the unemployed and vsgabond population Of the principal towns.
 II IL Is true that A izhpa cannot elab- crate Hn immigration bill which shall command respect; and if it is true that the Territory has no advantages to offer to the crowded people ot the E.,t- ern states, then we had better dispense With the legislature entirely as being not necessary to our limited resources and interests. It Is the custom of uur newspapers to speak Tn glowing terms of ArlZOnas wonderful resources, and properly so; but Hs soon as there is a prop osItInn to make known these rrsou,ce. To the thrifty, enterprising people of the East and tO invite them tO come and nip build mp great state. it transpires, according to the same authority that she has no resources.
 The fact IS. that every one who knows anything about the Territory, knows that there ls room and opportunity for hundreds of families to make valuable and elegant homes on government lands situated on the GIla Hni Salt rivers alone, besides the hundreds of opportu- mites to develop water at small cost on unequaled pasture lands here and there at the foot of mountains and in the valleys and along the smsller streams "ll over the territory, where fortunes could be made in R lew years as tn. re- suit of individual or associated euter- prise.
 And last, but greatest of all, l,.the unde- veloped mineral wealth of Arizona must contiue for many years to off 1T special inducsmcnt to capital and labor when made known and un ierstood.
 Who shall say that It Is not desirble to make known these advantages and hasten their develoDment and add to the wealth and civilization of the Terri tory?
 At one of the sources naturally ap- piled to by people al a distance seeking information in regard 10 ArIzona, vi the Tucson Land Ofiice-wIth a vIew To rmigrating by families anl colonies, there are continually lrtiers received from all over the country. asking for he informa' lon tn ,t thoughtful people want in reg ard to the country tp whIcn they seriously think of emigrating. It my be very funny !, make fun of these eu- quirers after information, but ihe better way would bs to promptly and politely answer them by means of printed m 4tteI furnished by the Territory. The argu- mrnt agaInst their coming to Arizona that We have DO IrrlkatIng dlIches con structed for their use, Is inst as good as aud 10 better than the argument that we have no farm houses ready To invite them into with piano in the frunt room un Jersey COW at th- har. q TOT. and pair of Berkshire pigs ID the spare bedroom.
 Where Iid the prosD rous farmers now here get their irrigstIng ditche-: Laying aside special l-gISl ,t'on for The benefit of an iudivIiual, let us have 4n act 10 establish Bureau Of Immi grafton, said Bureau tO consist ot twenty commissioners, to br appointed by the
 ioyernOr, to hold offire for two years and until their successors are app'i.tei; rhe Governor to be \ ofiic;O a member
 -r .t~ Iug the number twenty one m all. Each ..uuaty in the Territory should be rrpse- rented by at least one member. The members of the b1ard to serve without compensation. having only their actual. necessary expenses incurred in the per formance of official duty paid toy the Territory.
 IL shopli be the duty of these commis- -loners to have promp replies seat to all inquiries relative to the Territory of lrlzoua, its climate. soil and proinc- rions. and th.y should publish and dis tribute RLundaBtly such pamphlets and other printed information as would pro mote the obi cts of their organiZ ttIoD.
 This board should organize itself by the cleo ion of officers and committees for the most efficient action; and It should De empowered to elect Secre-  ;ary, who should be a salaried officer and he required to keep an office for the transaction Of bueiLess at the most available point in the Territory.
 The board shoul meet first by ap- pointment of the Governor and as often thereafter as once year, and as much oftener and at such places as the board itself might determine.
 Two thousand two hundred dollars pes annum should be appropriated for the expenses of the board, including the salary of the Secretary and the Cost of publishing and distributing pamphlets Rnd circulars.
 Such a board, properly constituted and organized. would he of very great advantage to the Territory. Any orig InAlIty, bread'h h of view, powe- to organ Ize aud general mental and moral fitness for their peculiar dutirs which the President and Secretary might develop, ought not 60 be regarded as disquallf!- ing qualities. IS. M. l.