The St. Johns herald., 1892-06-30
An Address.
Prescott, Ariz. June p, 1892


 Exposition, the greatest exhibition of the industries and manufacturers of man and the production of the soil, mine and sea that the earth has ever seen assembled, Through it, every civilized nation, as we'll as every State and Territory of the Union, will strive to show the op- portunities and inducements offer ed by each to secure the investment of capital and attract the home seeker. Keen-eyed wealth and in- telligent labor will utilize the Ex- position to ascertain where their welfare will be most advanced by becoming interested, while by it to every State and Territory is given, as never before, the means of show ing every attraction it possesses to bring to it the capitalists or emil grant.
 With an area equal to that of Italy with it's population of thirty millions, while possessing the abil- ity to produce every fruit and grain that mature under Italian suns :; with the valleys of the Gila and Salt rivers equal in fertility and greater in extent than the Valley of theNile--"the granary of the world" with coal fields reaching from the Utah line to within the northern confines of the San Carlos reserva- tion and covering an area greater thap those which have made Penn sylyania one of the richest common wealths of the Republic with mines in whose treasure cells lies hidden every mineral that finds value in mind of men; with natural curiosi- ties peculiar to it alone; with the ever present relics of a civilization, the oldest on the North American continent. Arizona possesses every attribute to attract and enlist the assistance of capital and emigration in creating within its boundaries a rich and populous state. Unknown and unrecognized, for the first time it is given the means to make it's resources and it's possibilities ap- preciated. With intelligent and earnest effort, its exhibit at Chica- go should be second to none in attractiveness, variety, novelty and richness-an exhibit that will ad- yertise to the world as nothing else can the certainty that, at no distant day, within it's boundaries men will become prosperous and rich by themselves of the wealth that nature has lavished on it. Selfshness and sentiment combine to demand that this be done. To accomplish 1t the last legislature appropriated ESQ., 900, to be apportioned among the several counties. Liberal as this amount is, it must be augmented by individual effort, before justice can be done fully to the Territory by an exhibit proportionate to the variety and wealth of it's resources, Already one county (Maricopa), recognizing the advantages and benefits that will accrue to it from a full presentation of it's resources, is engaged in raising from individ- ual and public sources $5, ,000 in ad- dition to the allowance given it by the Territory. Every other county should follow it's example as far as the ability to do so permits. Each should present its chief attractions fully, and conspicuously, and in a manner that will command atten- tion. This can only be done by unity of action among its citizens, and the raising of funds to see that the best exhibits are obtained for exposition purposes. In each coun ty an organization should be per fected to see that thls is done, Such organizations are being effected in every other Territory and State in the Union, and great good is there by being accomplished. Where the conditions are such that organiza- tions as suggested are impractical