Arizona republican., 1913-01-09
Chairman of Board of Pacific Steel Company Spends Day in Phoenix and Grows Enthusiastic Over Prospects
SAYS RESIDENTS
 DON'T APPRECIATE
Incidently Predicts Wilson is Bringing About Own Destruction ill Calling Extra Session of Congress for Tariff Legislation

We have more iron ore than the whole United States Steel corpora cern owned and controlled before it was compelled to relinquish the Ten nessee Coal & Iron company and the Hill leases. We have none as poor as the best of the United States Steel company. Our best iron ore is in the southwest and is bound one day to become one of the greatest resources of this section"
 This and much more. c. w French, chairman of the board of the Pa cific Steel company of San Diego yesterday afternoon told a reporter for The Republican. Seated at his desk in the private car Convoy" MT. French paused from his work of go- ing over VOluminous correspondence long enough to greet the representa- tive of the press with 8 pleasant smile and to announce that his visit here had no particular significance. Accompanied by members of his family, his secretary and a Steno- grapher. MT. French is making 6 trip east and north. Enroute he stopped for a day and a night in Phoenix in order to meet friends who are stopping here and whom he had not seen in sometime. He said yes terday that it was his first visit to Phoenix, but that he had seen enough to realize that here was a wonderful section of the country, undergoing development right now that was phe- nOmenal but which is only just be-
 ginning.
 Why you people who live here the year round have become used to the things that are with you constantly. It takes an outsider like me to grasp the significance of present growth. You don't realize what is in store for this section While it can never become a steel center because of it's remoteness from those things neces- sary for the successful operation of such an industry it is nevertheless destined to continue growing as a garden spot and a productive mineral l center as evidenced by the great copper and gold mines at your very door,"
 1 Asked to state the locality in which | the iron ore of the southwest owned 1 and controlled by the Pacific Steel | company is found, MT. French pre- | ferred to refrain from making de- l finite announcement. Instead he 1 stated that the iron ore of the com l pany is located all the way from the | far southwest to the Alaskan ranges. | ho l Pacific Steel company has no ore as l poor as the best of the United States l Steel company, he further stated that | the best iron ore the Pacific steer | had was to be found in the south l west. He explained that from any | of it's ore, the Pacific company would | be enabled to make the very best l steel. but that the character of the l southwestern ore was such that less l labor was required in bringing out 1 the finished product than that ol | some of the ore found in other sec | tions and controlled by his concern l Let's talk about the tariff sltua- | tion." said MT. French Do you l know that the extra session Of the new congress called for the purpose | of dabbling with the tariff is going
 to destroy Wilson just as the calling l of a special session to deal with the 1 tariff destroyed Taft There never | was a president of the United States who called a special session or con \ \ ~ess to consider the tariff that dit Tn, destroy himself in public life as a consequence.
 "One of the funny things, to me a least. about all this talk of tariff re vision is the united sentiment Of th' democratic congressman that 'n' 'robber tariff should be sWeeplnSN reduced. but I know that not one
 them will ever consent to the reduc lion of the duties on the product' of their own districts.
 "When all the members of congress
 are safely home, why the presloeh
 should call them back to Washington to bring about his own destructioh I do not know The reason why m
 work of congress with relation to m
 tariff is bound to bring about th
 destruction of the prestige Of tn
 nresident is the disposition or tn
 general public to lay all the plaih
 upon the president for the actions the lawmakers. What the people
 the United States do not need | , more legislation. I imagine MT WI
 son made a fine school ma'am' ou os nresident-well that is anothe
 matter" .,, MT. French and his party will ieav
 this morning over the Santa Fe TO the canyon and then for the east.