The Parker post., 1912-04-06
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New State Has Great Opening For
Trade in Western Mexico.-Mer-
elopment of States Commerce.

|
has a peculiar position among the
states. All that is raw and rough
has been coupled with Arizona Sun
shine, and too much of that has
| been the sole asset of Arizona accord
ing to the eastern, and yes, the Calf
ornia mind
| Arizona will never be boom COM
munity; it takes too much enterprise
and capital to develop her resources.
| But this enterprise should produce
more enterprise and resourcefulness
until the state throughout the union
is known not for her sunshine, Grand
Canyon and deserts only but for
human qualities that made the Phoe-
nicians the merchants of antiquity
and the Romans the conquerors of
the world
Arizona's climate is its greatest as
set. 1t is among the greatest of the
mineral states. Beginnings have been
| made in farming. One great industry,
however, lis slow in development that
is commerce, commerce in the large.
Business truly has provided for the
needs of a given locality and the
camps and ranches around about, but
| TO develop trade so to 500 miles away
has been left to a few, a very few.
Mexican Trade.
AriZona's great opening for trade
is in western Mexico. We ought to
have the same access to western Mex
leo as Ell Paso to northeastern Mex
leo. FL Paso and Los Angeles must
both come into Arizona to reach this
land Even if California has the ad.
vantage of the sea, Arizona may ex
eel in qlickness of delivery and in
friendly contact with customers II
the merchants of Arizona will learn
to do business with Mexico as the
Europeans do it, if then they will cul-
tivate this business by painstaking
efforts and by friendly visits of the
Arizona merchants themselves, they
will get this business and keep it,
arizona merchants should organize
themselves, not singly only in local
chambers of commerce or in affiliat
ed chambers of commerce, but in
actual corporations for development
of trade. Arizona should at once de-
velop trade which in 1915 with the
opening of the Canal may pass per-
manently to others.
Present conditions in Mexico prohi-
bit new commercial activity in that
country; but when the revolution
ceases, it may do so quickly and prep
arations made now may then speed
lily go into operation
There lis no limit to we'll conducted
commerce This is the undiscovered
gold mine of Arizona When all Ari-
zcna realizes it's commercial possibil
tiles, it will not leave Phoenix alone
70 fight for reasonable freight rates;
all the state will unite in consistent
and persistent effort to secure fair
chance with the cities farther west at
the jobbing trade in territory that
naturally belongs to it. Then the
state will cease to be tributary ito
Ell Paso, Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco And if the matter is approach
ed reasonably by sensible men it may
be found that the railroads them
selves will see it to their advantage
to stimulate instead of restrain the
development of Arizona, and make
rates not that benefit their sea ter
minals only but that help also the
hinterland that now gives up it's prof
it's to those seaboard cities that al
ready make large revenue in foreign
and coastwise trade
A. Fl. WILDE