Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-10
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE
Both Features of the Event
Were Perfectly Blended
Protection of Wool Indus
try and Better Freight
Rates Discussed.

+ 8. DePass, secretary of the Ari-
iona Railway commission, has re-
turned from Flagstaff where he at
tended the annLa- meeting of the
Arizona Wool Growers association
Thursday and Friday. Not being a
wool grower himself nor having au-
thority To- speak for them he did not
care to be interviewed on general as
sociation business except to say that
the meeting was largely attended, the
members are all enthusiastic for pro-
lection on wool and apparently well
pleased with the conduct Of the Of
ficers of the association, for they
We're all reelected, the president be-
ing Hugh Campbell and the secretary.
F. ". Perkins.
But on other matters, the speech
making, the banquetting and the hos
pltality Of the Flagstaff people gener-
ally. Mr.. DePass says he can speak
as authoritatively as anybody for he
could not have been treated better if
he had owned the city and every
thing i'm it, The business sessions Of
the association were held in the court
house on Thursday and Friday and 4
banquet was given i'm the Commercial
hotel on Thursday night, which was
attended by the members Of the as
s0ciation and the invited guests which
included former Governor T. r. Good
irg of Idaho. president of the National
Wool Growers association, Governor
Sloan, G. 4. Mauk. and Robert a.
Craig members Of the board of con-
trol. J. B. Girand. territorial engineer
Mr.. DePass was present as mem
ber of the railway commission which
ioined with the National Wool Grow
ers association, in filing a complaint
before the Interstate Commerce Com
sion against the railroads Of the west.
asking for lower and more equitable
freight rates on wool He had been
invited to address the association on
the subject Of freight rates and what
has been done in the matter OF the
complaint, which he did. and incident
ally found an opportunity to confer
with witnesses as to the line Of evil
dence To be submitted at the hearing
Of their case in September. I
Governor Sloan did not reach Flag
on Thursday but he was at the ban
quet that evening and made a very
interesting address The address Of
welcome i'm the morning was made by
NJ J. Riordan of Flagstaff, one Of the
prominent men of northern Arizona.
1t was responded to by \. A. Johns
Of Prescott.
The feature of the session was a
long address by Mr. GoOding who be-
side the felicitious remarks applicable
to such an occasion, went deeply into
the subject of neCdod tariff protection
for the wool industry. He had pre-
pared it with great care, analyzed the
existing conditions thoroughly and
fortified himself with figures to show
exactly what the wool growers
chances for profits are and also the
part played in the passing of the
wool from the sheep's back to that
of the consumer. by the buyer. manu-
facturer and wholesaler, contending
that the high price Of wooden goods
could not be laid at the door of the
policy Of protection for the sheep in
terests. The address it is understood
is to be used by the wool growers i'm
their campaign Of education on the |
subject of the wool and the tariff.
The banquet says Mr.. DePass was
no ordinary spread but a banquet in |
every sense of the word, notwith-
standing there was an absence of the !
draught that intoxicates as well as
cheers. Auditor Mauk who was among
the speakers scored point as a |
humorist by saying In this connection |
that he had brought along n bathing
suit understanding that swimming IN
the nearby lakes was n popular pas
time in Flagstaff He had carried it
around in his pocket all day to no
purpose. but had forgotten to bring it
with him To the banquet, where for
the first time he got n glimpse of
the Flagstaff water
The speechmaking lasted until A.
VI. so it may be imagined that the
session was an entertaining one.
Among others who spoke were Judge
+. NJ. Doe. T. c. Norris of Prescott
and J. b. Girand. Messrs Norris and
Girand both devoted themselves main
" to good roads, Mr.. Norris being
the father of the good roads move
ment in Yavapai and Mr.. Girand be-
ing its patron saint for the whole ter
ritory.
Governor Sloan was not only one of
the most pleasing speakers at the
banquet but on the second day of the
convention he delivered the address