Williams news., 1922-11-24
WAL LACE PRAISES IN
 DUSTRIAL CONGRESS
(Special to The News)

PHOENIX, Nov. 1S.-Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace, who last week gave it's work high pra1se in sending the Industrial Congress ms reprets at being unable to attend that orpanization's annual conven- tion here December 18th and 18th, will send special representative or his department to the meeting, it was announced by the congress today 1oi- lowing receipt of telegram rom Secretary Wallace.
 The telegram from the secretary followed one from Henry G. Bolce. president of the Arizona Cattic Growers Association, who IS Tn w asn- inpton for a national livestock con ference. MT. Boice reported thas MT. Wallace had informed him that he would send a representative of the department of agriculture to the ln- dustrial Convention
 The telegram received from Secfe- tary Wallace definitely named w. A. Schoenfield, director of Marketing re- search of the U. $. Bureau of Agrl~ cultural Economics, as the depart
 nent's representative at the conven- +ion. MT. Schoenfield is planning to
 he in Arizona for some little time be- fore the convention, and its prooaple
 he will take advantage of the oppor-
 tunity to carry on agricultural re-
 search work while here.
 Officials of the congress feel that
 Mir. Schoenfield's selection is for tunate one, as the Industrial Congress has been cooperating with the Ar1- l zona office of the Bureau of Agrscul- l tural Economics in collecting and dis tributing crop and livestock data m
 the State, a service which has been
 found of great value to the thous-
 ands of farmers and livestock men
 who have received these reports Moreover, the Industrial Congress IS ! cooperating with the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation and the Arizona ;; Cattle Growers Association in efforts | to solve marketing problems of the
 producers of the Southwest
 , Definite announcement also has = been made that Fred H. Bixby, Presl : dent of the American Livestock As l sociation, will. be the principal speak
 CT on problems of the livestock indus f try at the Industrial Congress con r yention. MT. Bixby. who at presen . is in Washington, has formally ac l. cepted the invitation to attend ant e address the convention, saying that h.
 is looking forward with pleasure t. s the meeting.
 MT. Bixby is one of the most prom inent livestock men in the country
 and has extensive cattle holdings I the Southwest. He makes hl home at Long Beach, California. $ J. R. Howard, president of tn
 American Farm Bureau Federation ' will be the chief speaker on the agr ic cultural industry at the convention le The annual convention of the natlo1 a. al federation will be held in Chlcag
 December 11th to 14th, and will [ lg followed by the two-day executl' O. committee meeting which will mat lg it possible for MT. Howard to lea' ic before the night of the 10th. F .ir plans to be here for the session he the 18th, and leaders in the Far
 Bureau movement in Arizona a IT. looking forward to his visit WI a pleasure.
 ial Preparations for the convention a
 going forward rapidly. With nation ie- leaders in the agricultural and I1V > stock industries on the program WI ts. leading men from all industries ti- the state, record crowd is expectt