Arizona republican., 1921-07-14
1,000 TURN OUT
 TO SECURE
 COTTON TARIFF
Valley Citizens Join In Fight To Save Industry Many Contributions For Sending Committee To National Capitol

their belief in a tariff for long staple cotton by substantial contribu. ons, more than 1000r men and women at tended the meeting called last night at the T. M. c. A. stadium by the tariff committee of the chamber of commerce to enlist the united support of the. community in the movement 10 protect the most important prod uct of the Salt River valley from the encroachment of a foreign product grown by cheap labor and dumped upon the American market in compe- Ction with it.
 The feature of the meeting was an examination of the long staple cotton situation by Gov. Thomas E. Camp bell, who declared that he considered the present tariff problem the most important activity to come before him in all his years as governor. In his address. which drew repeated ap- plause. he not only gave a complete summary. of the long staple cotton industry and it's, importance to the Southwest, but entered upon an illu- initiative and convincing dissertation concerning the tariff and it's effects upon all the products of this section of the country.
 The meeting was presided over by Thomas C. McReynolds. who has been among the most active citizens of Phoenix in the labors which have at tended the effort to have the house of representatives and senate impose . sufficient tariff upon foreign long staple cotton In opening the meet ing he outlined its purposes briefly as follows:
 Every citIxen Must Help
 "On occasions of this kind it be- cffi n tribute his mite to the general wei fare, and if presiding oYr meeting of this kind is to be paft of my own contribution I want to dc so as readi- ly and as completely as I can. I re- member reading. long before came to the Salt River valley. of its won derful soil and its no less wonderful sunshine. of the abundance of its crops and Of their excellence. After came here what had read was con- firmed by my own observation and experience which. summed up, meant that nowhere in the United States are sun and soil so productive as Tn this favored spot.
 The foregoing is eminent1y true. but we are faced by serious condi- tion- Our market situation is abom- inable and 1t is up to us to get to- gether and improve it. The impor- tant thing confronting us at the present time is the disposition of our last years crop and the present years crop of long staple cotton of which we have from 60,000 to 70,0oo bales in our warehouses and from 30.0o0 to 35,000 bales being grown this season.
 This means that we have about 50.00o. 900 pounds of raw cotton on our hands, and that from 315, ,000, 900 to Sz0, 000, 900 has been tied up by the cotton industry. We have heard that the people of the Salt River valley went crazy over cotton-that they lost their senses over it. l remem- Der a statement made a year ago by prominent and influential manu- facturer of the East that if every acre in Arizona was devoted to long staple cotton we could not supply the de- mand. Others-men of the highest reputation in the business world told us the same thing. If the besi brains in the United States told ui this we were right to follow theil advice
 Must Have Tariff
 Nov we need assistance. and tha' assistance must come from an ade' ouate tariff. But keep this in mind if we do not get a tariff on foreigr long staple cotton we are not going t fhe demnition bow-wows, for the peo pie of the Salt River valley have tn courage and the fortitude to dig ou when they can not sell out"
 Mir. McReynolds then introduce Governor Campbell, the gist of who's remarks follows:
 .It has been said that the whol world. now that the war is over, l trying to exchange it's raw goods 10 fhe American dollar. This is true All the productive countries of tn earth which were not actively en gagged in the great war have deiuge every possible market with ,nel a nroducts. and America has not pee exempted from the list of dumpin grounds. The result has been tha millions and millions of pounds c foreign products have been unloade m the United States. Of this hug amount a large proportion has com from Egypt, South America and Aus traIa and include products which ar also the products of the state of Arr zona. such as cotton, meat ana woo Now wee have to devise ways an means to dispose of these prooucts competition with the foreign pro ducer.
 Not a Political Question
 .Tt is well to remember that tn
 
 tariff is not al political question never was-but it is wholly an ece homie one The policy of the govern ment with respect to tariff na varied. it has had it's ups and doWn h,,t throughout the history Of tr countrvait has shown itself to De commercial proposition as well as or of producing revenue for the goVerr ment-'
 Here the governor read series tsbuIations showing the great II crease in importations Of 1oreie
 aods between 1913 and 1920, and r~ovinr that the imposition of tari f,-;i1 not result in added costs to II consumer of the finished product slso spoke of Egyptian competition sra lonp staple cotton industry. con
 a,;rq costs and shipment charg
 ,his country with costs here al so.;rl,+ rates to the eastern manufa turing centers.
 ..Trnless." he said, i've get reaso,
 t.,e nrotective tariff on long stap
 ..or # will not only do away el .s.a1,- aith our production Of tn commodity, but IL VII piaSsl0al z, ston the commercial life or this = fire community. we must t sa stand shoulder to shouldt whether we have cotton or not 10 end that we may get the proteGtl we should have ana "hich eiiiiih | are going to get =. q
 The governor then spohe ol I work that has been oohe III L terest of a tariff for long stai,ie eo ton by the various oi ,sts s''l nJd:ess