Arizona republican., 1920-10-30
EDITORIAL
coTToN AND cAMERoN

Arizona has four potentially great cotton growing vaileys-the Salt River, the Yuma, the Case Grande and the Santa Cruz. The future of Arizona lies in her agricultural development But the happiness and prosperity of the present for thousands of Arizonans lies in the cotton crop and the cotton market.
 On the statute books of the United States today. there is a law known as the Underwood tariff bill It is a near free trade bill enacted by the demo- cratic party.
 l Under the provisions of that bill. 1t I is possible for the half-caste Orientals of the Nile Valley in Egypt to raise long staple cotton, harvest 1t. ship it to the United States and sell it to the manufacturer at a figure less than
 the American farmer can produce it and make a living.
 The long staple cotton growers of Arizona this year have been Biblically
 spoiled by the Egyptians" Due to
 the influx of this coolie raised cotton
 and the refusal of the democratic head of the federal reserve bank to accept warehouse receipts for loans, cotton
 farmers find themselves in precar
 ious situation.
 The growing of long staple cotton
 in Arizona is an infant industry. From its foundation. the republican party
 has been for a cast iron guaranteed
 protection of all infant industries in
 the United States.
 The present cotton farmers need
 protection. The price of cotton must
 as we'll be protected in the future if the cotton area in this state is to
 grow.
 The prosperity of the cotton acre aye of this state then is bound up
 with the question of properly pro- tective tariff
 Senator Harding. the republican nominee for president. has pledged 2 himself to the cardinal principle of protection. He favors new tariff bill
 which win do away with the Under
 wood act and give the preference to , the American farmer and the Amer ican worlxingman.
 But Harding cannot pass the bill Ii ! must be passed by a republican con- I gress. Both houses must be repub s day. Every republican who is sent $ to the senate this year is one more : vote toward republican majority and f a republican majority means a decent : American tariff on imported cotton. 2 If Mark Smith goes back to the e senate. he will vote for the retention : of the Underwood bill. He will vote f against a higher tariff. He will vote f to admit foreign cotton and thus de- : prive the farmers oy Arizona of a n fair price and a receptive market. He e is democrat who believes in tariff O for revenue only and he will vote as :, he has always voted. to kill the cotton ' industry in his own stats. | If Ralph Cameron is elected to the
 senate. he will vote for the republican a tariff measure which is to be pre-
 Sented, will vote for so high a duty on = cotton that the farmers of the Salt l. River, the Yu na, the Casa Grande and y the Santa Cruz valleys will be able to , raise it and sell it at a figure that
 will leave them enough to feed their y families and educate their children
 Ralph Cameron VIII vote such a l. tariff as will make it sure that raising ,s cotton in Arizona will pay.
 Now what from the broad outlook y of the whole state would be the re- )f suit of that kind of tariff2 z The world needs cotton. The auto
 tire industry needs Pima long staple !, The land here is just right for the h raising of it. Not ten per cent of . a zona is planted to cotton today. Cam
 eron. voting for a republican tariff r and then securing the support of his l. colleagues for his reclamation pro- n. gram, would make that enormous area available.
 Thousands of farmers and theil to families want to come west. They
 would come to Arizona and raise cot - ton once assured of living profit er and the land to till.
 l. That assurance can be given onl1 )y by republican senate and congress to It will be given by them. The resui' T. will be great gain in population foi
 Arizona and a great gain in her pro in ducing wealth.
 ,e Cotton must eventually take the D. place of copper as this states great ss est asset. The time to prepare tol ,n the change is now. The republican ne party offers to do it. It wants cam ts eron in the senate to help do II. e- A vote for Mark Smith is a vot' b. for cheap cotton and low cottor nd acreage. A vote for Cameron IS {
 vote for paying cotton and steadily tn mounting acreage.
 is Cheap cotton and low acreag he hurts Arizona. Paying cotton and ; 1p bigger acreage boosts Arizona. te A vote for Cameron is vote theI an for "Forward Arizona" in cotton.
 Can you afford to do otherwise?