Arizona republican., 1908-02-16

million of inhabitants. the great cen tral market of the western continent. See its magnificent parks and boule- wards. its great libraries. its rich gall leries. unrivaled schools and universi- ties: the best hospitals in the world. and a commerce far surpassing that of Venice Carthage, Rome or Liver pool in their palmiest days.
 And the state with its five million inhabitants and a million of happy. prosperous homes. In imagination be- hold its broad fertile plains and rich farms. it's great herds of cattle and horses. unsurpassed anywhere in the world. Last year. Illinoiss corn crop alone was nearly 00.OO0,O00 bushels In 1906. Illinois. Indiana, Iowa laying at Chlcago's doors. produced nearly 500. 00O,0 ,000 bushels of corn valued at about s4,000. .000, ,0O0--double the en- tire output of the gold and silver mines of the world.
 Thousands of men delve and waste fife and soul in search of the yellow metal. but the rich yellow grain of Illinois so eloQuently described by Gov. Ogelsby. may be had by scratch ing the earth: and think of its con- tributions to the worlds food and to the worlds wealth!
 And what has made Chicago the foremost city of the great Empire of the Northwest? Beneath her soil were found the materials (the clay and stone) to build a great city; the lakes brought to her doors the wealth of the mines and forests on their north ern shores; at her threshhold lay in- eXhaustible deposits of coal that start ed a thousand industries and sent many thousand locomotives out across the broad plains and fertile valleys; which returning poured into her lap the wealth of continents. Her people have always shown. marvellous enter prise and indomitable energy. They first built the great city upon the sand dunes of Lake Michigan; they rebuilt 1t after it's entire destruction by fire in 1871; they lifted it bodily from its too low grade; they created the first successful great Worlds Fair of this country, and made it the wonder and admiration of the world; at an outlay of more than $50,000,000. they have built the famous drainage canal. pri- marily to drain the city. but eventu- ally to form the connecting link for unbroken ship navigation from the mouth Of the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi an enterprise which our president considers, next to Panama one of the greatest economic undertakings of the age.
 Illinois and Arizona have many common and allied interests. Illinois sends to Arizona not only her indus trious and skilled workmen and model housekeepers, but her machinery, and her capital with which to develop your resources.-build roads canals, pub lie buildings, etc.
 From Illinois. Arizona may learn lesson. Make the most of your op- portunities, multiply your producing capacity, not only of what you use. but what you may export. Among your yet unrealized wealth + may name; every family brought into the territory, every quarter section brought under cultivation, every mine opened, every smelter erected. every manu- factory. every institution, every school house. every church, every orange grove planted, every head of blooded stock, every COW. every pig.-these are among your unscheduled assets, the sources of future wealth and prOsperi- ty. Do as Illinois did, seize your op- portunities, make the most of your resources. The government is doing a magnificent work in the valley. It costs money. but it is being done well. and is one of your greatest future as- sets
 It requires no prophet to foresee for Arizona a brilliant future. God has given you the glorious sunshine, earth's richest soil, and the president is conserving in the mountains. the rains and shows of heaven and the foresight, energy and perseverance of her citizens will make the Salt river valley the most beautiful and the richest in the world.
 Mind. I said Arizonians. I did not say Illinoisans alone, for we are all Americans as well as Arizonians and should know no state or sectional lines. He is a narrow minded patriot, indeed. who cannot see beyond his. oIvp doorSten and take in the broader