Arizona republican., 1902-08-21


 else to unify the east and west politi cally and commercially.
 "The newly acquired possessions of the United States in the Pacific and the Orient. the commerce of which in large degree must of necessity come to us through the Golden Gate of Cal iiornia; the probable construction of the Panama canal, which will to an in ealculable extent increase the maritime commerce of the Pacific, and the rap idly developing output of the great ern- pire lying west of the Mississippi in precious metals, timber, beef. agricul- ture, fruit, wool, etc, all combine to strike down and annihilate sectional ism.
 "The patriotism and loyal devotion of the west to the principles of the re- public have never been questioned. Time and progress have so far enlight- ened our eastern neighbors that they are now beginning to understand that the increase of their wealth depends upon the development of the west. Not the wealth that comes by the slow ac- cumulation of pennies through conser- vative, slavish attention to business. but that which grows from liberal re- turns upon large investments intelli- gently made in territories of limitless natural resources.
 There is nothing very narrow in the eastern business world. Only the shoddy aristocracy of inherited capital exhibits provincial ignorance and tn- American snobbishness. That a man born and raised in California Is not as good an American as a man born in Massachusetts is absurd per SC.
 "The assumed superiority of some of our eastern brothers because of the To- cality of their residences is offensive and ridiculous. It is difficult to under stand how the great grandson of scullery maid CT hostler, whose fam fly has developed in New England or New York, is any better or half as good as other offshoots of the same family who, with splendid courage, have invaded the great west and won fame, name and wealth by matchless ability and industry.
 "The American people are to be con graduated that the families of the effete east, who depend so largely upon 1 inheritance. are becoming lost in the strenuous up-to- date life of real Amer jeans, as typified in the west.
 Let the thinking reader consider the almost countless millions of dollars be- ing invested in non-producing proper ties in nearly all Of the great cities of the east, great office buildings and real estate improvements, absolutely non- productive and entirely depending upon the general prosperity of the country.
 The merest novice should be able to see that self preservation. if nothing else, should induce the capitalist who invests in such producing proper ties to encourage, so far as his income will permit, the development of the great twealth-producing west. The same line of reasoning extends to the proper division of legislative power. Every subdivision of that virile and rapidly growing country west Of the Mississippi is entitled to represent ation in the legislative councils of the nation.
 Admit the territories into the union as states. Elevate them to equality with their eastern neighbors and give them that full liberty to which they are entitled under the constitution, and let no section of our common country dare to claim superiority over any other section, except such as merit alone determines"