Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-10

The WOmanS club yesterday resem
hled branch of the Chamber of Com
merce with its wealth of local products
and the boost talks given by leading
citizens of Phoenix.
The factories. the mills, the fields
were represented in bOuntltul dis
play that had been collected ny the
household economies Departments Mrs
r. NJ Tafel chairman, To sing the
praises of the land.
The three long tables held articles
manufactured at home. if not home
grown and the meeting resolved itself
into an enthusiastic gathering united
jan the "buy at home movement There
were brooms trunks, soda pop. grape
fruit. oranges. olives cactus candy, oil
i've oil. flour, face creams and hair
tonics and All made i'm Phoenix
r. T.. Rich who discussed the trade
at-home movement did not have to
give many reasons why the club wom-
en should patronize home products
with the generous display before him
But he did give 4 few however and
warned the shopper not to he lured By
the fancy label He said the local
manufacturers employed local people
and they numbered among those who
put money in circulation at home
Dwight b. Heard gave sketch of
the cotton industry IN this valley He
spoke Of the growth of the industry i'm
the last year ana boosted the long
stable cotton grown in the valley.
Dr Earnest Munson took olives and
olive oil for his subject and H. IL.
Brown Of Tempe told Of tn merits of
the Lily milk over any other. Mrs.
Joseph Wahlstrom read paper on
The American staff OF Life" which
81 on 70 corn roa4l latr.r o,,3
cheaper than wheat and Mrs Tafel
read paper by Eli Wright on nour
made from home grown wheat Mrs.
W. \. Wilson discussed oranges and
Miss Amanda ROSas told the club
women how cactus candy was made
Mrs. Wallace Matthie furnished "A de
lighful musical program az the con-
clusion Of which the department
served refreshments
AT the Home meeting OF
the Woman's club. F r. Rich. prom
inent local merchant delivered the
following address.
Charity begins nj home So does
business.
In mathematics there are certain
propositions that are incapable of
proof. They are fundamental and self
evident, and form the foundation upon
which the science of mathematics is
built. They are called Ixioms. Such a
proposition Is. The shortest distance
between TWO points is straight line
II is an axiom Of business thar en-
enlargement and preference should he
given home products. be they of thc
field. the factory or the store This is
so fundamental proposition that we
cannot prove it by showing its con
nectiOn with and relation 20 one more
fun IL Fs.T .
az the very bottom Of business. And
yet We venture TO say that quite gen
orally the people Of this valley. "a sec
ton teeminE Aith the possibilities of
uudeveloped resources. have heretofore
not given any preference 10 the prod
ucts OF home industry, but have rather
called for something bearing a fancy
foreign label II IS not my purpose
% go into a psychological study of
this trait Of human nature. Il is as
old as history and is expressed i'm the
saying a prophet is not without
honor save in his own country and
Can any good come out Of Jerichoe'
The women OF this club are noN'
iuaugurating most important and
commeudable work Let us look into
the subject in some detail II sou will
pardon me, | will refer 20 my own
business as illustrating the difference
between home and an outside con-
Germ as affecting our city and state.
Before establishing the Rich Hard
ware co. here three years ago ] did
much the same business as now. trav-
cling from the Pacific coast. The en-
tire purchase price Of the goods / sold
went to the Pacific coast and with the
exception Of my personal expenditures
during one week of each month here
in the valley. all the overhead expenses
the cost Of carrying on the business
went to California. The salaries OF
the manager. the accountants. the
Warehousemen, were all paid in Cali
fOrnia- The dividends were paid there
The store buildings were built and oc-
cupied there. The taxes on the mer-
chandise and on the buildings. those
occupied by the employees as well a.
those used in the business. were paio
10 California and to a California city.
and the insurance was paid 10 Califor-
MIA insurance men. Now without re-
ferring To cheaper prices and better