Arizona republican., 1920-10-15
Movement for Protection
 of Long Supple Cotton

A movement started in Los Angeles | and given an impetus from the Salt River Valley proposes to protect long i staple cotton against importations from Egypt, the chief if not the only | competitor of the southwest in which | the Salt River Valley is the largest producer. The following from the Los Angeles Times proposes as a part of | the plan of protection the election of | Samuel Shortridge. the republican cam didate for the United States senate:
 With Egypt looking to the United | States as an outlet for hundreds of thousands of bales of long staple cot | ton which other countries have not the | money to buy. cotton growers of Cali | fornia and Arizona apparently race a condition which can be corrected only l by a protective tariff which will check foreign importations and stabilize tnt market for domestic cotton.
 That the situation is grave is inc.- cated by the fact that that Secretary | Wiggins of the chamber of commerce last night telegraphed to President Maynard McFie, who is in New AorH, asking him to investigate the situation regarding foreign cotton importauons at once and advise the chamber by telegraph what action may be taken to protect growers in the southwest
 My knowledge regarding the situ- ation is somewhat .limited,' said MT. Wiggins, but it is evident that Cali fornia must elect senators and con- gressmen next month who will go to Washington and fight for protective tariffs which will safeguard big Cali fornia industries. such as cotton, lem on. orange and walnut production
 That the cotton market is in criti- cal condition because the cheap Egyp- tian article is coming in duty free IS admitted by members of the Pacific Cotton Exchange, who are strongly urging the electing of Samuel snort ridge to the senate. Without dis senting voice, members were saying yesterday. eWe have had too much Democratic administration and We must have a tariff 10 protect cotton.
 The fact is, that there is practically no sale at present for domestic cotton. This is largely because Egypt offers cotton. grown by poorly-paid natives at prices absolutely ridiculous when the cost of producing cotton in Califor- mia and Arizona is taken into consid- eration. And the Egyptians are bene- fitted in two ways. Their cotton comes in duty free apd they make margin on the exchahge of the money paid for their product because American dollars are worth more in the' Near East than any other kind of money.
 Robert C. Rowland. secretary of the Pacific Cotton Exchange. says the southwest positively must have a pro- tective tariff on long staple cotton, else the industry will be in danger of destruction. He is not so sure about the necessity for a tariff protection ol short staple, but he says he is con- vinced that the election of Samuel SbortridGe to the senate is not only desirable, but necessary if such indus tries as cotton growing are to survive here for long.
 A nrolninent member of the Interna- tional Cotton League of the West says that efforts of the league to secure tbe enactment of. legislation to safe guard the cotton industry of the west from such things as insect ravages will count for nothing if Egypt is permis
 fed to ship unlimited quantities oi cheaD cotton into this country with out paving duty. He points out tha Nhe southwest is the only part of thu world. outside of Egypt which pro duces Egyptian long staple cotton sue cessfully and asserts that it is up t'
 the people of California and Arizona t' see that this infant industry of thu southwest is not wiped out. His judg rnent is that the people can fight tn
 issue out at the polls, keeping in min' inc fact thaat Democratic admins trations are unalterably opposed to l protective tariff.
 some idea of the chaotic condition of the cotton market may be gaine' from the fact that only yesterday tn | American Egyptian Cotton Growers
 association of Phoenix, Ariz., tele
 graphed to Secretary Rowland of tn
 Pacific Cotton Exchange. asking if in
 warehouses at Los Angeles harbor cal
 accommodate 10000 bales of Pima cot
 ton from the associated growers a 1 Phoenix. They were advised that th
 shipment can be handled here. and 1t 1 early arrival is expected.
 Because market conditions are s | unfavorable. and since the federal re
 serve bank will not finance cotto
 growers beyond the harvest period th l growers are finding it necessary [
 store their crop for it cannot be sol at present. To throw it onto the mar