The copper era., 1908-06-04
Prediction of Prosperity With COmiul
 of Statehood.

''No country has d right to impose d tax on part of its people without giving those people a right to be heard with regard to its government and the assessment of its taxes. Arizona is large enough and rich enough to be a state, and the right of statehood should not be denied to Arizona any longer" said Dr. James Douglas, president of the great Phelps-Dodge company, of New York and Arizona, at the first annual din- ner of the Douglas Chamber of Com merce and Mines, at Douglas, May 25th.
 ''I hope" continued MT. Douglas, ''that Arizona will soon be a state, and then there will be great prosper jty. I have always had great faith in Arizona, as you all know, and I know that some day it will be the richest state in the union. Today Arizona has some of the richest cop per deposits in the world, and the output of copper from Arizona is the greatest of any district in the world, and believe it has only just begun. Douglas will be a fine city some day it will be a great manufacturing city also. The very rich mine; al deposits surrounding It will make it a very rich place. It is an ideal city for manufacturing purposes. The Cop per Queen shelter at Douglas today is manufacturing more copper than is manufactured under any other one roof in the world. We decided on Douglas as the best suited for shelter and manufacturing purposes and others have followed, until we have here in Douglas today two great smelters, and you will have other smelters. The very rich mineral sec tion in Sonora south of Douglas, is great camp and is tributary to Doug las. The Copper Queen interests have always taken a great interest in the welfare of its mining camps and manufacturing city and it is our intention to work them all together for the benefit of each other. Bis bee is great mining camp and Douglas is the manufacturing city not only of the Bisbee mining camp but for the Mexican camps as we'll"
 Dr. James Douglas is one of the best-posted mining men in the world, and his success is marked by the sue cess of the great firm of Phelps Dodge & Co.,, which company owns the Copper Queen Consolidated Min ing company, the largest copper property in the world. The city of Douglas was named after Dr. Doug las, and the people of the city love Dr. Douglas The fact that this great company is backing the future of Douglas is sufficient to make it one of the leading cities of the great southwest.
 Dr. Douglas was the guest of honor at the first annual dinner of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce and Mines, which, although a new organ ization, has accomplished much, and Dr. Douglas promised to give every assistance toward its future success. The Chamber of Commerce had also expected to entertain Governor Kib- bey and Governor Curry, of New Mexico, and party, representing the sixteenth National Irrigation Con- gress, which is to be held at Albu- querque this fall, but unfortunately Governor Curry could not attend at this time, so Governor Kibbey post poned his trip until Governor Curry can come. However, the Chamber of Commerce had a large number of prominent gentlemen from all over Arizona present, and the dollar din- ner, which is to be an annual affair of the Chamber of Commerce. was d great success.
 The encouragement given to the Chamber of Commerce by Dr. Doug las and his encouraging statement that everything pointed to the re- turn of good times in the near future were received with much gratifica- tion and applause. One of the principal speakers at the dinner was the Hon. Frank Cox, of Phoenix, who entertained the guests with one of his famous speeches on the progress of Arizona and the future of the coming state of AriZona.-ArizOna.