Arizona republican., 1922-03-15
A. |. CHOW BOASTS
1900 MEMBERS To
REPRESENT ARIZONA

With the Arizona Farm Bureau
federation, the Arizona Cattle Grow
ers association. the Arizona Wool
Growers association, the Arizona
Bankers association, the Arizona
Wholesale Grocers association and
the Arizona Wholesale Produce as
sociation among the statewide or
ganization which have taken out fun
membership, the Arizona Industrial
Congress will enter the third month
Of it's existence tomorrow with a
membership of some 5000 representa-
tive citizens OF the state. it was an
nounced yesterday at headquarters OF
the congress.
The congress will enter its third
month in new quarters, openiag gem
eral offices in the Berryhill building
at First and Washington streets. The
same building will house the offices
of the Maricopa County Farm Bu-
reau, the Arizona Cattle Growers as
sociation, the county agricultural and
home demonstration agents, the u.
S. biological survey, the U. S. bureau
of crop estimates and the state farm
bureau, according to plans announced
yesterday. Most of these organiza-
tions viii move into their new quar-
ters this week.
Many of the directors of the In
dustrial Congress are expected in
town today to attend the hearing of
the Colorado River commission here,
at which Herbert Hoover secretary
of commerce, will preside. p. G. Spills
bury, president of the congress, is a
member Of the invitations committee
which will welcome Mr.. Hoover and
his party.
Members Of the congress are show
ing great interest in the Colorado
River hearing today, as the congress
recently submitted state policy for
the development of the Colorado
which was favorably received
ment of the Colorado project is one
of the things for which the organiza-
tion is working, since the project
will be of incalculable benefit to every
interest of the state and southwest.
The Industrial Congress was or
ganized as a permanent body at the
first state industrial conference here
December 1915, which was endorsed
by Secretary Hoover as bringing to-
gether all interests to discuss COM
mon problems. The permanent or
ganization was brought about to in
sure the cooperation of all indust-
ries for the general advancement of
the state, and to coordinate all activ-
tiles to meet general conditions and
problems.
Although II has been functioning
little more than two months. the
congress has received statewide sup
port and statewide recognition as the
result Of its use Arizona Products
campaign, which it is admitted has
greatly stimulated the use of the
states products. This movement of
the congress is given credit for caus-
ing Arizona wholesalers to undertake
to handle the entire Flagstaff potato
crop, and for making possible the sale
of 2,500,000 pounds of Maricopa coun-
ty wheat to Arizona mills, tentative
details Of which were announced re-
Gently. Local creamery officials re-
port the campaign has materially in
creased sales. Moreover, through the
efforts of the congress the railroads
traversing the state have agreed to
use Arizona pine for ties practically
exclusively.
That Arizona was represented at
the recent general rate adjustment
hearing of the Interstate Commerce
commission in Washington also was
due to the efforts of the congress.
In addition to arranging for Arizona
to be represented with the other in
ter-mountain states by expert general
counsel, the congress sent Lawrence
G. Wilson, executive secretary of the
state farm bureau and a director of
the congress, to Washington as the
states official representative.
AS proof Of the recognition being
given the successful work OF the
congress in improving general busi-
ness conditions and advancing all in
tereSts of the state, yesterdays an
pointed out that prac-
tically every leading man in agri-
cultural, business professional, stock
growing and mining circles OF the
state has become a member Of the
congress The organization is gov
erned by a. board of 21 directors con-
tanning three representatives each OF
the farming, livestock. business and
financial, professional, mining and
public utility groups included in the
congress. and three elected at large.
The officers are:
President, p. G. Spilsbury.
First vice. president, Henry G..
Boice. president Arizona Cattle Grow
ers association.
Second vice president, Fred TAFT,
president Maricopa County Farm
Bureau.
Secretary, r. A. Riordan of Flag
staff, state food administrator during
the war.
Treasurer Lon L. Harmon. stock
man and business man, recently elect
ed mayor of Phoenix.