Arizona republican., 1921-12-16
Greatest Gathering Of h. dustrial Heads Ever Held In Arizona; Con- ference To Come To Close Today

Close Today
 determined upon a program of CO., operation which shall include all the varied activities of the state. and re- soiFed that every section of the com lnonwealth shall be bound together dor the common interest, more than aUo or the leaders of thought and acton in Arizona met vesterdav ! morning at the Woman's club to. open the Arizona Industrial ccpference- the beginning, as it is hoped. of a new era of advancement in this part of the Southwest.
 "l am for Arizona
 Throughout the sessions of tbe conference. which lasted from 10 o'clock in the morning until mid night, this slogan was on the lips of every delegate 10 the conference. MlnlnS men who have devoted tkeS nNes 10 the development of the mine I IaL resources or the state; reclama- non experts who have moulded prac Ilcal dreams of the day when every ! Leruie acre in Arizona will be a pro ducer of tangible wealthy; agrict,I- turahsts who have made the desert blossom and the waste places to be- come gardens; educa cationalists who nave founded an ideal of true citizen shlp upon the promise of land smil- ] Ing with prosperity; business men [ and bankers who have given their 1 energies and their money to the | building up of their Communities men or every rank and class. from ] the prospector to him whose nan,f. 1 tops the list in the scientific or pro- fesslonal world-sIl united in an ex- | pression of this idea.
 "l am for Arizona"
 . NltnOlr rN represented by them or the county rom which they came, speaker assr speaker during three long sessions of
 the conference forgot his interests and his county as he spoke of the state in which he lives Arizona-s sohdified and harmonious Arizona. m Arizona in which Yuma shall work
 with St. Johns and Bisbee with oat-
 man-this was the ideal of the con- terence. and when the day had been completed who would say that no one among all those who had attend
 ed the conference who would say that Arizona had not taken the long est step forward ever made in all her 1 history.
 Any doubt of the worth of the con-
 ference which may have arisen be- fore yesterday was swept away when the meeting had gotten fairly under Way Even before there was a pos slplhty Of the enunciation of any def
 lnlte opinion concerning the worth or the convention, the enthusiasm with which idea of united effort was
 taken up. and the increasing force With which speakers emphasized
 tneid desire for a coordination of eIiort and aim. was an indication that the conference had achieved success. Before the end of the day this enthusiasm has become a steady resolution to bring out of the con ference a new Arizona-an Arizona dedicated to the proposition that it's future greatness and its future pros
 perity depend upon the state as
 whole and not upon any part or
 parts.
 Conference Is Opened
 | F. G. Salisbury, the local mining
 engineer to whose vision and labors
 the present conference is largely due.
 called the great meeting together at
 1O:25 o'clock. The Rt. Rev. J. w
 Atwood. bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in Arizona, then of : fered an invocation. which was fol-
 lowed by brief address of welcome : by Willis H. Plunkett, mayor of
 Phoenix Mayor Plunkett said:
 Tt is great honor to welcome you
 to the city of Phoenix on behalf of the commissions of this city. Arizo- | Aisl 2S OHt tl IAe lew states With dark background. We have been go-
 ing through a period of rest. of re- taxation. and we must now awaken
 We can awaken only through CO
 operation.
 Mankind cannot live alone. Team
 work Is necessary to success of all the worlds endeavors. We trust ths.
 your stay in Phoenix will be a pleas ! ant one and that this conference will , rFraOFrrr1 Thfrao- f- The Hon. Thomas R. Marshall.
 former vice president of the United
 States, was then introduced. His ad- dress-the opening address of the
 conference-was a witty but keen
 analysis of the problems confronting
 Arizona He was interrupted ire
 quently by applause and laus-5er , and his speech was a subject of
 comment during the entire day. He ! spoke in part as follows:
 Former Vice President Speaks T thank you for the cordiality o1 this reception, but frankness compels
 me to say that you can't fool me. for I am well acquainted with that old
 motto that There is nothing too good
 for the dead.' Laughter)
 Nine years ago I should not have
 said that I had right firmly faced in
 my mind the statement of old Hor- ave Let the shoemaker stick to his last Eight years Of service in the . United States senate have made me change my mind. for there I learned that there is no place in the world nor , anything which may be a subject Of discussion upon which a man cannot , speak
 Nevertheless. tho motto of Horace should he the motto Of American life . [ am impressed with the idea that it rle square pegs could be fitted into . the square holes. and the round pegs into the round holes in the business 3 and economic life Of America. with our vast advances in science and tho . mechanical arts. there would he mo controversy over ar eiEht-hOur day ,r 4f-hour week. Tn worlds worr