Arizona republican., 1921-12-16
United Arizona Urged Tn Industrial Meeting


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 siIFer or. gold stake with which to so pack to Gods country.
 That time is long since past and isoeten. For each lone pioneer of tHose days, we now have a peopled tdncn, village. town or city. A com iiiunity interest where formerly one man worked alone. Law order and SiNlnzaton govern within our bor uehs. as fully as in any part of our union Of states. What were in olden uays barren forbidding hills and mountains. are now the source of untold mineral wealth. The wide and desolate tracts of prairies and lowlands. teem with cattle and sheep, or have developed into beautiful cul- uvated districts.
 The hiding places of our under ground waters are being located and tapped. One mighty and many minor impounds parts of our surface waters and plans for the capture, and stor- age of much of the rest of it, have taken definite shape and direction.
 The great potentialiities of the turbulent Colorado, have attracted the attention of the national govern ment, of our neigh boring states, and
 
 of hundreds of millions of dollars in this enterprise but awaits the de- termination, as to which one of these three competitions will be allowed or selected to harness, drive and make useful this greatest of our natural re- sources.
 We are now laying the foundations for a superstructure of increased population and taxable wealth that
 e. trf- -~@- form and substance will give us rank as one of the leading states of the West, rich in minerals, rich in agri- cultural lands and products and rich in electrical power, rich in the won ders of nature, and the ruins and mysteries of ancient Indian life. Rich in colorful pictures and sunsets painted by nature. Rich in warm, healthfuf climate and I hope and be- lieve rich in the blood and spirit of pioneers, who not only blast the way but carved their fortunes and the fortunes of their posterity out of na- ture's resources, and their courageous and unfalteFing forward stride.
 Our march forward must not be unorganized and struggling. We must not leave to chance, or individ- ual choice the direction we will take. It is up to us as citizens of state one for all and all for one, to know first what we want, the next with all our shoulders to the wheel push straight forward for that object.
 Gentlemen, never in the history of Arizona has the time been so ripe or the necessity so great as the present for the unification of the industrial interests of Arizona.
 The necessity for economy in every line has concentrated the attention of our business men upon economical questions and upon plans and prac- ,tIces for new economical measures. Their minds are attuned to and filled with consideration of such matters almost to the exclusion of others.
 Never before have they been better prepared to suggest, discuss and adopt such methods as are best cal culated to promote that object.
 Never before in our history have so many of our great industries been compelled to mark time and give their captains liberty and opportunl- ty with and in which to give us the benefit of their knowledge. ability and help in this constructive work of state wide reconstruction.
 The minds of our Arizona business world are not only turned to. these @,uestions, but it all, or practically all, 0dS .duliOAnNCQ tlCCP CiCSS eAaAN confidence in the success of such an organization as is here proposed.
 Let us not fail to take advantage of the time and of the wealth of knowledge, experience and informa- tion thus placed at our disposal. Let us here unite to form workable serviceable organization of business men, representative of every interest and of the best brain in our state An organization dedicated to the fos- tering of a spirit of cooperation be- tween commercial. financial, manu- featuring, cattle, sheep, agricultural mining and trade interests. To unite in closer bonds our civic and secular organizations. To seek out and pro mote the present and potential pos abilities of our home products, tt supply our home needs and con sumption.
 To ascertain and promulgate sacl information as is necessary to guid' the farmer, the rancher, cattle ant sheep grower and raiser, in central izing the sources of supply. In grad ing and classifying his goods. Il preparing it so as to assure to tn home merchant what he wants. w.lel he wants it. and where it can b found. To aid in the solution c those questions. of transportatiol that can best facilitate the deliver, of home products for home consump tion. To gather and compile an inform each the other of our recia nation and agricultural projects, i our better understanding, and tha we may back them with our ever effort, as a base. outliving all othe lines Of prosperity for our futur wealth and greatness.
 To survey and take stock of tn advantag ges and resources nature la placed at our disposal, such &s GU