Arizona republican., 1898-10-21
PROSPERITY IN ARIZONA.
WE,Hf T. s. Nga Dyke Has 10 Say About Conditions
 Here.

MT. T. s. Van Dyke of California, a 1 ths following to Rural California:
 Frcm all accounts, prosperity has 1 struck Arizona fairly and is likely to i remain for awhile. The increase in the ! price Of cattle and sheep caused by the tariff has made a great difference already. Especially is this the case with the cai rtle interests, and these i having alfalfa, as in Salt River valley, l have beSn netting S25 to s30 an acre on cattle and hay for ever a year. If tlere are any farms in the east that pay anything like thsis we have never heard Of them. And whsn we consider the difference in the cost of preparing for wintsr and then getting through it that there is between Arizona and the east, the thirty dollars is as good as forty there. Nowhere, except on few truck and berry patches convenlsnt to some large city, does any enc in the east make mcEisi than half Of that prof it out of the soil It could be done in many places by Iesorting to irrigation, as we do; bus thsy dIo not irrigate, and SO NC hcsc l-i -aelll S-ANy actually dc instead of wha1 they might
 cc When WE consider the difference
 in the ease with which it is done, the
 difference is still gresfer. The farmer
 in the countries Of mild winters who
 is making twenty-five dollars an acre
 clear off Of alfalfa Ger anything else for that matter) has no cause for com
 plaint, fer there are few p.aces in the
 world where il is done.
 The fact is, the irIigating sections O.
 Arizona never have4 known much cf
 hard tines. In this respect they are
 he same ss Incst paT'ts of California
 We knew little Of the hard times until ne failure Of the rain last wintsr, ani
 many sections do not even feel that
 ncrM and will net. It is the same with
 Aidzcna- Two years ago we went over
 Salt River valley quite thoroughly and
 ihsra was no sign of hard times, either
 in the country CT the towns Trade
 wzs good abundance Of good living fer
 man and beast was in evidence every
 where on the ranches, debs were f5w
 and light as compared with some sec
 tions that get the "biShead" and eN-
 pand tco much into town lots, seaside
 cottages, and othsr 1uxuries, and the
 besi5 sign Of all was the general ab
 sence of complaint. There is Eo pros
 perity 50 great that there will not be
 some howl, but we could net discover
 any in CT around Phoenix or the other , towns or the valley. Of course, some
 were lameu,ing over silver, as some always will but this was purely in be- : half of pure crushed humanity and not : because they fslt any of the effects Of it. As humanity seems holding out remarkably well under the erushin g power, it is not likely that these scr :, rowing sympathizers are any woIse off i. than them
 If this wsre the case when Mexican :. cattle could come for almost nothing there must be far better times there new. And then California has furnish ed a market for all surplus hay such
 as they never had before. Abundant rains have fallen ever all the territory and feed never was fin-r ever. the greater part On the greater part Of he mountain belt 1t irsu-es plenty Of grass fer another year CT two. thus en- abling ehe ranges to supply the cattle
 to fagten cn the alfalfa, while une tar l if :s good for at least gwc, ard 2, half ~ VI 2rS mi-Ee angac", aiiu III iace G ScOd : deal longer.
 1t is said that any man who warts worl1 in Arizona can find it BOW at
 gcod wages, sci quick i. will make a ! tramp's head swim. There is every [ evidence that this is true. for in the - owns alcag the railroad no idlers can [ be s-ssn. It ought certainly t-i con- s tinua, fer while there are states having g Gc-e sccd land to the acre than Ari- = zora. there is none except California ? that fer quality can sIlrpazs what there 2 is under water. The truth is that Ar. = zcna Is prosperous because hsr condi' = tins are such that she ought nevar < = be anything but prosperous.