Arizona republican., 1921-07-13
UNITE TONIGHT
 IN BAT TIE FUR
 COTTON TARIFF
Y. M. c. A. Stadium To Be Scene Of Mass Meeting When Committee To Go To Washington Is To Be Selected

Taking up perhaps the most inn portant business to come before the citizens of the Salt River valley since the completion of the Roosevelt dam, the residents of Phoenix and the sur rounding country will meet at SI o'clock tonight at the '. NJ. C. A., stadium to hear discussion of the present long staple cotton situation and the influence borne upon it by an adequate tariff duty on the foreign product. and to enlist themselves in a united effort to make certain that the senate of the United States i'm poses such tariff in the bill which is to come before it in August.
 Every indication yesterday was that the meeting tonight will be one of the largest ever called together in this city. The importance of the sub- ject, the imperative need for co-or- dinated effort on the part of the en- tire citizenry of the valley, the inn posing list of speakers and the con- venience of the hour and place have combined to arouse interest in the meeting throughout the length and i breadth of the valley. and the com mittee in charge yesterday predicted | with certainty that the interests of this~ section of the Southwest will be advanced nightly by tonights ses- 1 sion.
 To Name Committee
 Aside from thorough discussion | of the long staple cotton situation. especially with reference to the need of adequate tariff protection, will be the selection of delegation to go to Washington under the leadership of i Gov. Thomas E. Campbell to fight for the interests of this valley and 1 to cooperate there with all the agencies which are working for the | protection of the most valuable crop
 in the West. This delegation is to be composed of perhaps II of the best
 informed cotton growers of the val l ley. and is to be kept on the job
 until the last effort has been made
 for King Pima and the valley ir
 which lies his kingdom.
 The keynote address of the evening | will be delivered by Governor Thoma
 F.. Campbell, who has taken leading
 part in the fight for the interests oi
 the Salt River valley and the cottor
 growing industry and who is inti-
 mately acquainted with the needs oi
 the present situation.
 Following Governor Campbell ad
 dresses will be delivered by Senator
 O. s. Stapley. F. O. Smith, Judge O
 J. Baughn of Florence. Judge R. c
 Stanford and T. c. Reynolds. An the
 speeches are to be brief and to tn,
 point with the idea that everyon,
 attending the meeting shall be giver
 a complete understanding of the Ions
 staple cotton situation and the need
 ed for a unified effort in it's behalf
 The chief business of the meetin. will be the selection of a delegation to go to Washington to assist il the fight to obtain an adequate if on long staple cotton of foreign pro duction. This delegation is to b composed of the best informed cottoI ] producers of the valley. and is to h. kept on the job until the battle fo King Pima and his kingdom in tn Salt River valley has been won. City Band to Play
 To furnish entertainment durin ) intermissions in the speaking pro
 gram the Capitol City band will ren
 der popular selections. it's service having been donated yesterday. Ther will be plenty of seats at the stadium 2 and plans are being laid to take car . of a record crowd.
 7 Other efforts in behalf of a lon staple cotton tariff continued to b
 made yesterday. The Merchants n { Manufacturers association has ser o copies of Senator Ashurts' telegrar
 of last Saturday to all section of tn NOuliNNt anu vol nus SAdkt SOtlSllt q and private individual have sent tel g esrams in the East asking their co n 1 operation in the fight to protect tn II Salt River valleys chief produc F Harry A. Diehl. chairman of the. pull
 lie works committee of the chambe IF of commerce, has taken the lead n , movement to enlist the support of a = the local business men who ouv mer v chandise in Boston in a plan to sen a joint telegram to the Massachuset tt g congressional delegation asking tk I = to assist Arizona in its present CT - deavor to get an adequate tariff c I9 long staple cotton. These efforts al U to- be broadened daily until evel
 possible agency has heen used 7. make the proposed tariff and actui ~ reality.