Arizona republican., 1892-05-26
ARIZoNA,s ADVANTAGES.

ARIZONA'S ADVANTAGES.
 One of the great advantages which Arizona possesses over other parts of the United States is its diversity of re- sources.
 The mineral wealth of Arizona is greater than that of any other state or territory in the union.
 No state or territory in the union can equal Arizona in in the quality and quantity of grain, hay and vegetables grown to the acre.
 Arizona fruit is far ahead of that produced by Southern California, and it will not be long until the valleys in Ar izona will be noted as the most famous fruit regions in the world.
 The fact that Arizona has these rich resources of every kind is attracting wide attention. The arrant folly of a people devoting itself exclusively to the cultivation of a single staple product and the hard times prevailing in these sections of limited natural resources, is well illustrated by the present condition of affairs in the southern cotton states. That "cotton is king" has been popu- lar belief in large portion of the south. Over production and the change of econ. omic conditions of the world has shown this theory to be faulty, and king cot ton is even now tOttering upon his throne.
 Last years cotton crop was so enor- nous that cotton prices have fallen beneath the bare cost of cultivation and cotton planters are in some financial straits. As a sequence, planters in South Carolina have reduced their cot ton average some 25 per cent and will hereafter devote portion of their lands to the cultivation of wheat, corn and live stock.
 The experience which has stripped the prospects of the >snthern agricul- turists is simply repetition of what has befallen every community and every nation that has confined itself to single crops or single industries, The north west knows by bitter experience that no staple product is king in the markets of the world. Modern methods have so increased production and decreased the the price of production that the day of immense profits in raising single staple are past and gone.
 The northwest no longer controls the price of wheat any more than the south and southwest controls the price of cotton. Both sections have active, wig orous competitors in Asia, and South America. These competitors cannot be overlooked for their product does much to determine the value of the immensely greater American product. The fact that American wheat and the American cotton Is better than Asistic wheat and African cotton cannot hold up the price of either staple when the worlds supply is greater than the worlds demand, That the worlds supply in staples is annually approaching nearer the world's demand, thus decreasing the values of agricultural staples, is largely due to over production of such staples in the phenomenaly fertile reglons of the United States. A word to the wise is sufficient. Ii we have increased the supply of wheat and cotton go that it is nearly as great as the demand, we must now decrease this supply till an excess of demand increases the value of our staples. We must diversity our in- dustries. We must turn our attention to the raising of staples whose short supply at present links them with high | prices.
 The present condition of over produc. ton that is depressing prices all over the world is q strong argument against the product idea of the older communi- ties. We must produce everything and . in order to do so those sections of the | United States thus favored bv climate. soil and mineral wealth must be deyel- oped.
 Arizona IS the most promising field in the United States today.
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