Arizona republican., 1922-01-28

characteristic Of this live-wire Ro-
II came to Arizona s5 years ago,
said Mr.. Stephens, "and nave done
a little more boosting for your state
than some of you have done. for III
stance, your grape fruit cannot pe
excelled anywhere, but 1t is some
thing YOU seldom hear about. lie
told of attending the first lnteTna-
tional convention in Portland, ore
gon, 13 years ago and of the recent
one in Edinburgh, Scotland "hlcn
he also attended and of the great
growth since the first one. Mr'
Stephens declared that the coming
international convention in Los An
geles will be the greatest ever heIo.
He urged every member OF the
Phoenix club to go to that conven- :
ton. One who never has ATTENDED
an international convention does not
know what Rotary is, he declared.
Speaking of the resent advertising
campaign being carried on by tto-
tary, Mr.. Stephens declared it to pe
one of the greatest accomplishments
of that organization.
Business on Up-Grade
Business now is on the up grade,
said the speaker, and it is now up
to us to get behind and push. we
want everybody to know that the
long staple cotton raised in the Salt
River valley is the best in the world.
A most interesting talk on long
staple cotton was delivered by Rob
ert G. Metzler. The fly shuttle was
invented in the 18th century, said
Mr.. Metzler. the fundamentals Of
which are in use by the textile in
dustry today and without which the
whole world would suffer.
Speaking OF the growth of the use
of cotton, the speaker said that a
century ago less than one fifth OF the
clothing was made of cotton, while
today nine-tenths OF the clothing use
it in manufacture.
Thirty-five years ago cotton seed
was considered worthless, many cot
ton gins being located so the seed
could be dumped into rivers. Later
it was found it could be used for
gins. Today, declared Mr.. Metzler,
the by-products of cotton seed sell
annually for $3.50, 900 900. The great
est export today is cotton.
The Salt River valley entered the
cotton industry at an opportune time,
said the speaker. This valley, he
declared, has probably taken the
greatest profits and the greatest
losses in the shortest space of time.
No One Crop Policy
Internationally long staple cotton
will maintain its position as one
of the greatest products of this val
ley. Fortunately this is not a one
crop country. Certainly the people
OF this valley win not allow their
progress to be throttled by one
crop policy. Good authorities claim
that this cotton is superior to the
best Egyptian cotton. While about
69,OO0,000 acres in this country are
adapted to the growing of short cot
ton, only a very small acreage is
adatable to cotton such as our. We
should not permit interplanting or
interbreeding of this cotton with
shorter varieties. A great service
can be done to this valley in allowing
the planting of only Pima cotton.
Let us not forget the men who
fostered this Industry and established
1t here and took not one cent OF
profit. Let us stand by the financial
institutions of the valley who stood
by us in the days OF depression. Re-
main steadfast and loyal to the best
staple in the world. Arizona Pima
cotton"
An interesting feature OF the meet
ing was the playing OF the bagpipe by
John Switzerland in Scotch costume
and the dancing of the Highland
Fling by Miss Margaret Mitchell.
w. w. Edwards was chairman OF
the meeting.