Bisbee daily review., 1904-11-01

Connecticut. Rhode Island and Dela-
 ware put together. Our timber alone
 would make all New England rich while if the Copper Queen mine and Senator Clark's United Verde were in the Green Mountains, their output would change the thrifty character of the people and turn them into spend thrifts. And if on any hillside or ac- cidental valley of New England State our orange groves could thrive. with the golden fruit bending the boughs to touch the lips of man, my gold-standard friend from Connecti- cut would begin to know something about the primal temptation of our race.
 Arizona raises now the finest lem ons and oranges in the world. Side by side in every market the Arizona orange brings a higher price by far than the product of Florida, Mexico or California. and the possibility Of the production is unlimited.
 That great new State is destined to be the greatest orchard in the world. south of the thirty-fourth parallel the date, olive. fig. lime. lemon and or ange grows under proper husbandry in prodigal profusion. Ascending from the lower valleys. every fruit of the temperate zone is produced in pro- fusion and perfection. In the foot hills of our mountains, peaches are produced superior to those of the Del aware orchards. while the melon and cantaloupe make the Georgia product taste like pumpkins and cucumbers. We have no competitors in the mar ket. as our crop is disposed of be- fore others ripen.
 From the best obtainable informa- ton I am assured that Arizona has now Sso miles of irrigating canals in operation, and by proper conservation of flood waters the/ cultivated area under them can be easily doubled.
 The Governors report shows that in 1900 we produced 125,0OO,0O0 pounds of copper. against 4s.OOO,OO in 1895. Large new producers are de- veloped. so that it is safe to say that in the next fiscal year Arizona will produce 15O.0O0.oOO pounds. At ten cents per pound. this amounts to $15,- GOO. 900, while the gold and silver product reached last year about s1O,- 0oO,0o0. There are 1858 miles of rail- road now in successful operation in the Territory. and with others in the course of construction will open every part of the Territory to easy access from all parts of the world.
 The public buildings of the Terri tory comprise the capital. situated al Phoenix, recently erected at a cost of S1s0, ,O0O; the university at Tucson, the Territorial prison at Yuma, the asy- lum for the insane at Phoenix, the splendid normal school buildings at Tempe and Flagstaff. and a reform school for young offenders is now in course of erection at Benson, in Co., chise cunty. Besides these, nearly every county has a splendid modern court house. jail. and hreproof vaults ! for public records, and every town and village has public schoolhouses that would do honor to any schol district of the older States. Many of them schooihouses are large. expensive and arcti+acfuralIv beautiful
 The bill for the admission of Ari- zona and New Mexico demands four sections in each township for common school purposes instead of the two heretofore given to other States. Nes' Mexico has received the two sections and is now asking two more. Ari- zona has received none and is asking for four sections. This the committee thinks should be allowed. There is no better purpose to which the public lands could be applied than to the education of the people. The commit tee estimates that this increased dO- nation will not exceed in value the lands given to other States for sim liliar purposes. as much of the land is of a desert character that can never be reclaimed; much of it in volcanic mountains. which can never be of I lvalue to the schools. Arizona has the most liberal school system in the country, and has borne without com plaiht a heavier tax for school pur- poses than any other known to ou- committee. paying at many times and
 in many places as much as s per
 month for each child in the schools
 Attendance is cumpOlsory.
 Arizona. by act of Congress. 1892
 was made customs district. The
 chief port is Nogales. railroad town on the International line.
 The foregoing Is merely a summary
 of the many facts presented to the
 committee from which it concluded
 that no valid objection to Arizona'' admission to statehood now exists
 Many of the grestest states of the In
 ion have been admitted with mucl
 Hess population and half the re
 sources that Arizona possesses