Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-24
CAMERON ANSWERS HIS
! ATTACKERS In A SPEECH
BEFORE JEROME CROWD
Especial to the D.snatch)


JEROME, Oct. 23 - Assailing the
champions of free trade copper in
HIS characteristic energetic manner,
and declaring that no one of them
has tried to dispute the facts and
figures he has presented to prove
that a protective duty on copper -
absolutely necessary to save the in
,lustrv from complete annihilation
United States Seantor Ralph II. Cam
cron delivered an address before a
record crowd which gathered in 1e-
.cme tonight to hear The senator
present his platform for reelection
in November
my opponents are bowling from
the house tops-whv don't Cameron
get q tariff on copper before now
he has been IN office for five and Il
lialf years. Cameron told his audi
cnce. 'Ill answer that question anG
I'll do it mighty quick. This pro-
tcctiye copper duty is not 8, cam
paign issue. 1t is the result of my
study OF the conditions in that IN
dustry which has taken more than
three years of my time in compilins
data. Before ] started my investlga- :
ton into the COPPER industry OF this
country. no one knew just how de-
pressed the industry really was, or
why it was in sucn a condition.
i "It has not been until recently
that I completed my survey, and the
1T suits are startling. We must have
"a tariff on copper to protect Arr
! zona's greatest industry from being
completely wiped out. l sni going 70
see thal we do get a copper tariff
because l do not know the meaning
of word cant.
"No one else has ever made a
thorough study OF conditions of ArH-
zona's basic industry. wonder
whether it was because the free trace
champions are more interested in this
industry of a foreign country than
they are IN the industry OF their ow1
state and countra. They have sums
of money invested in South America
and African mines, and they don''
want to see Arizona develop her
mineral lands.
"But do, and am going tc
fight and get a protective duty Oh
copper that will enable this state t.
develop her mines. / want to ser
the millions of dollars now goina
. iIlto foreign countries spent in Ari.
zcna for the development of hel
mining properties want to see the
Arizona miner getting decent wage
A protective tariff VIII DO all these
things, and I am going to get tina
protective duty This remark brough
tremendous applause from the audI
ence, and it was minutes before Sen
~, Il
dress. t
Pounding his fist on the speaker
desk, Cameron questioning his audt
ence. "Why haven't these champion
of free, trade copper answered m.
speeches, made in the United State
senate recently? I will tell yo,
why. Because. they, can't sdisput
ironelads figures that do not lie"
Then he launched "a bitter attacl
on Harry Chandler and Chandler
Los Angeles Times. He called Harr.
Chandler bulldozer and said h
was not fit TO live in the Unite
/ States. He charged that Chandle
was trying to steal the water whic
should rightfuHy irrigate Arizona
ard lands sd chat he Chandler
could irrigate his Mexican properly
after this campaign is over I al
going to kick Harry, Chandler 1nt
Mexico, and into the Gulf OF Call
fornia, because such an un-Amerca
person doesn't belong in this coun
. try" The audience cheered and ar
4 plauded the senator's remarks abou
| Chandler.
/ II don't know the meaning of tn
word can't. 1t is not in my vocabul
ary. The things I promise will /
Gone because I have the energ,
| power and position in the senate
90 what 1 start out to do," Camera
J said.
Tn conclus. on, he said that Arizon