Arizona republican., 1918-02-14

With patriotism the keynote of the meeting, with war themes handled from many angles and, above all, with the spirit of a united nation, its cii- zens fighting shoulder to shoulder, whether in the service directly, or back of the lines, the annual gathering of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce last evening went uown into history as Fv far the most interesting and i'm rressve of it's kind. The hub center of the demonstration was the impress sive spectacle which had been planned by Secretary Harry Welch. It came as a surprise and brought the spec tators to their feet with shouts and cheers.
 Across the front of the stage in the Womans club, where the annual ban quet was served, were placed seven of the signboards which the War Savings Stamp campaign committee uses upon the streets. over each board was a patriotic poster. Down the center aisle between the rows of tables marched two members of the Police Reserves in uniform. One by one they escorted to the platform the flags of the allies. Then, heralded by a squad of veterans of the Civil war. came Old Glory. President H. J. McClung of the Cham Der then asked Adjutant Heath what meant these flags. and one by one the posters were stripped from the seven signboards, leaving across the stage the great word-V-I-C-T T-O-R-Y.
 The spectable was a sight to stir nl,r plause put a spirit into the speakers which made their remarks memorable Fifteen directors were elected from list of 30 names submitted by a nom- mating committee, and from the tim. the Indian school band played the open ing patriotic number until America was sung there was not a slow mo- ment in a snappy and not too long program. The report of the nominat- ing committee was made by it's chair man, II. L. Aller
 The Importance of Food Crops
 President H. J. McClung of the Chamber acted as master of ceremo- nies and briefly introduced eacl speaker He first presented as { guest of the occasion, c. L. Seagrave colonization agent for the Santa FC system. who is at present aiding tn, government in it's work to increas, crops.
 Mr. Seagrave compared conditions of life in Chicago during the recen blizzard with those in the ideal winte climate of Phoenix and then went ol to say that the food condition indi cates clearly that while there has beel some curbing of appetite, there vii have to be "a whole lot more curbin; before the war is over.
 The speaker told of wheat condi tions. He said that ill the kansa district wheat is not going to be large crop, comparatively speaking because of weather condition whic have prevented the wheat from germi mating. This condition, he said, eX tends into Oklahoma and northwest ern Texas.
 Food is the very, very great prob lem." said the speaker, and then h spoke of cooperation with the gov ernment. saying that the work don has shown that corporations hay sTuls and that the great masses of tn people must fall in line, raise nor hogs and wheat, and particularly every man upon the farm must mak himself and his family self sustain ing. He told of the difficulty of nov ing the great bean crop. Tt is not question of what you get for what yo raise.' said he, but question of pro ducing what the world needs and mus have" He then went on to tell ( waste. of the loss of 30 million bushel of potatoes last year, waste whic must be stopped to free other food for the army.
 This is not a time for considerin profits to the individual," said M Seagrave in closing. "It is tim however, to do the things necessar for the greatest good of the who wold."
 Too Much FauItfinding
 Admiral M. C. CcClain was the fo lowing speaker. He said that there plenty of patriotism in the countr but that it should not find it's vent faultfnding. Faultfinding. he said. a matter of percentage. a very sma part of the millions of people doir the most damage. They should reca that no nation in history has done much in as short a time as has u United States since the war started
 This is not a time to talk abol Why we went nto the war; said u speaker. Tt is on, and out of it W come a national feeling and a gre national policy.
 The first business of a governme is to promote the prosperity of its ov people, and that is what the Unit, States is now trying to do. We a going to win out. no matter who el wins with us. I hope the war W not come to an end until the coul try has the army and the navy should have.
 We of the navy have been taug not only to fight for our own righ but to go even a little further, necessary. and fight for the interes of our country as well. Let the oth fellow 'shinny on his own side"
 Judge Baker, Patriot
 Following the presentation of { patriotic spectacle already alluded Judge A. c. Baker was called upon respond to the toast. "The Blue, [ Gray and the Khaki" With vol trembling with emotion the speak told = his two boys in the natioI service. saying that if God rules that both or either should fall, he W bow his head to the inevitable, kno ing that they have come to as glorio