Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-01-02
CURE FOR HARD TIMES.
TuesoR's first Necessary step Towards
 Prosperity.

EDITOR CuIzi Our citizens have
 apparently come to he conclusion that
 something besides S75.0OO court house
 and few faro banks IS necessary to se-
 cure the prosperity and business growth
 oftais ancient pueblo. Whilst the efforts
 which are now being made to secure the
 building of reduction works, railroads,
 dc, are worthy of all possible encourage
 ment and support, 1t cannot but hsve oc-
 cured to every ttinking man, who has devoted any si:sntion to the state of Rf-
 fairs m this city, that there Is another
 and very supplemented, by which
 great increase in our well-being might
 be secured.
 Investigations show that the lowest
 wholesale value which cen be placed OF
 ,1e produce annually imported tO Tue.
 sOn-inc'uding wheat, 6arly, h01r, beans,
 uayi cOrns potatoes, vegetables, fruit,
 eggs, butter, cheese, lard, bGcO1, ham
 ana puultry-Is $30O,OOO. Many believe II Co be considerable over this figure, AgaInst this, We nave ia tho share of eX- X-pOrts, nothing whatever with e1Cep- ton Of few carloads of ore, a large pro- portion of :he value of which goes tU tLe railroads.
 All the articles above enums- rated could and should be raised ID the valley, and the mouey, which IS now sent away for them, kept ! at nome. There IS fertile, irrigated lsnd l to be had; there Is yet more land upon l which water might easily be brought, | and recent experiments have proved | that even our mesGS may, under certain | conditions. be successfully cultivated.
 Should anyone propose to establish an enterprise m Tucson which would dis bu-se S25,UOO month among our peO- pie, the idea would be hailed with en- thusiasm, as an immense boon to the city. Yet, the result Of raising what produce we heed here would be the same. These producers would, in their turn, be consumers, supporting our mer- canule and-gradnGHy-m manufacturing Then, n addition to thls, when We get our reduction works, Tucson, for the first iime in her history, would be on solid basis and mlght look forward with confidence to becOm- iuc city of J0,UOO or more inhabitants. There would then be no trouble in ob- tEining capital to build railroads or other works. Capital would seek us.
 The first step is, however, as have shown, to pay our running expenses-to pay for our board. as It were. No state, whose imports are grea. and exports nil, could keep out of bankruptcy for a year, nor ,an city as well expect man to pros- per, vbO is spending money all the iine and whose only income is what he an borrow at a high rate ot interest.
 An advantage of this plan although , . few schemers might consider this a lraWbGck-is, that 1t requires no con- i )llcaied organization, DO issue of stOck I md DO heavy expenses. The land re- luirtd to raise the produce consumed in tucson, at the high prices which such \ produce always cOmmands, would be ' lulte limited m area. Al! VIC need IS i Q le: II be known, m the east, what an !, opening ws have here for workers, with \ lttls capital, aud there will be nO.lack 't applicants. Los Angeles was built ID b. advertising and if we really be- ieve what we so often ssy-that our 'Oil is equal and our climate superior to hat Of Los Augeles-we should take iome effective means to make that fact ( 'atsnt tc the world.
 A few less resolutions Gad a h.tle l nore resolution might work wonders g or Tucson. In this direction, l; is s carcely necessary tO remark that the . )ress may be of incalculsble benefit, in gathering and publishing reliable infor- - nation as to our agricultural resources md possibilities. HARRY BROOK
 TUCsoS, Dec 30. 1885.