The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-02-18
DUNCAN|TES WERE GUESTS AT CLIFTON
 FRIDAY NIGHT

Among the twenty Duncanites, who enjoyed a special invitation to meet with the Clifton Chamber Of Commerce on last Friday evening, were, S. A. Foster, Eugene Romney, Ernest Romney, Tom Dees, w. R. Fowler, Jessie Simms, Dare, and Justice Aker.
 There was nothing skimpy about the repast, just good plain meal of delicious meats and vegetables cook ed to southern taste and served in Scotch style. The menu consisted principally of products form the Gila Valley. R
 Abundance of cigars and cigarettes were provided for all who cared to indulge in the dreamy delights of the good fellowship weed.
 The snappy program consisted CT short talks on cooperation between the Duncan valley and the Cliftn-Mo- renci mining district, sandwiched in with excellent violin and piano music.
 At the close of the program each guest was presented copy of the "Gila River Flood Water Control by the hosts.
 Duncan Orator 1 Ernest Romney, manager or Rom ney Bros. store in Duncan, made l good sensible talk on the mutual | benefits derived from a hearty coop | eration between the two sections or 1 the county, one being a producer or food stuffs and the other a consumer. The farmers and stock growers Of the valley need the money of the miners 1 and the miners must have food.
 No question but that right here, as suggested by the speaker is a held for organized effort, a close, thorough, and complete organization, workable | and working organization. as will De 1 shown in this article.
 J. R. Fowler manager of the Dun can Mercantile Co.,, spoke to the point along the same line of cooperation | and the Clifton speakers whispered pretty little phrases into the ears o1 l Duncanites about mutual wealth and | prosperity.
 1 The Valley Needs Stimulation | Judge Aker's speech was not so
 much to the point. He declared the l greatest need of the valley was stim- | uIance, but the kind of stimulance the
 bearers were thinking about and the
 kind the judge referred to were sep l arate and distinct things.
 The burden of the judges speech was that something else had to done
 beside making pretty little speeches
 before a real benifical cooperation
 between the valley and Clifton was passible.
 The first of this year the Duncan merchants tried to do away with the credit system and at the same time they refused to pay the valley farmers cash for their products. AS an excuse the Duncan merchants claimed that | the Clifton-Morenci merchants would I not pay the Duncan merchants cash il but forced the Duncan dealers to buy their goods at high figure.
 I The Clifton-Morenci dealers contend ! that they can not get enough food
 stuff in the valley to bother with, and
 what they do get is not put up in a
 marketable condition. This point is absolutely true and is due to lack of
 organization on the part of the val
 ley farmers.
 The reason the valley farmers have no organized marketing system is be
 cause they think that they don't need
 organized effort to market what little ; surplus they have each year. This is mistaken idea. It is true however
 that the farmer can peddle his little
 surnlous Tn few days each year in
 Clifton and Morenci The PeddIing System When ever farmer is forced tc get out in his car and hunt a market for few sacks of spuds, a few tons of ha- 0r Crain, and few dozen eggs he is doosing money and the man who
 br---3 his little dirty dab is loosine
 n-0ney. also.
 Iere is the way he does it:
 He puts two half dressed pigs and . [ dozen poSrly picked chickens into the bottom of his truck and on top ot this carefully lays several sacks ot , potatoes, onions, carrots, turnips, an( i a sack of chillie. Then he adds two , cans of milk, a box of butter and 2 crate of eggs. By the time he gets tC l Clifton after some four or five punct 5 ures, the butter is melted, the mill i is churned, the spuds are rotten tht ) onions are smelling, the eggs art
 hrO1zan fha pjoS have haired out again