Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-07
STORES CLOSED
FOR CAMERON'S
SPEECH in RAY

HAYDEN, Oct 5-"A protective
tariff on copper will secure a first
class wage for the copper miner and
will bring prosperity to all Arizona"
United States Senator Ralph f. Cam.
eron told large audiences in Ray and
Hayden today.
The senator spoke to the people
of Ray during the afternoon anc re
the citizens of Hayden in the eve-
ming. At Ray the entire business seq
tion of the town closed early TO
allow the towRsmen to turn our In a
mass to hear the senator. Both towns
enthusiastically applauded the sem
at0r for many of his pointed remarks
Our home copper consuming mar.
ket, greater than all the rest of the
world, belongs to and should be soleiy
supplied by our domestic copper
miner" Senator Cameron told his
audiences. Free trade copper can
cnly bring ruin to our copper miners
and distress to all Arizonians.
"I remember Ray and Hayden years
ago, both thriving towns people
hustling hers and there, men and
women on the streets, no business or
residential places for rent, but today
have seen over 100 vacant houses
in Ray ard many vacant stores. Just
think what these towns will; be IL.
seven years if a tariff is not placed
en- foreign copper 10 protect the do.
inestic copper miners.
'I am promising the people OF Ari-
zona a tariff on copper when am
reelected to the United States sem
ate this November, and 7 am gosne
to get tariff on copper. You wait
and see if I don't. I have never mace
a promise from platform during my
/ political career that I have not full
filled. When I was a candidate for
delegate to congress I promised the
people of Arizona statehood if waa
elected. My opponents said I could
not get it, but I was elected and l
secured the statehood for Arizona.
I'm 1920 my colleague, Senator
Ashurst, my opponent at that time.
Hon. Marcus A. Smith and my present
opponent told the people I could no,
get them a dam on the Gila river
which promised them. They told
the people, too, that they had been
is washington under a democratic ad-
nlinistration and if any one could get
an appropriation for San Carlos dam
they could have. 1 went tc the United
States senate for the people of Ari
IONA and I brought them a $5,OOO,0OO
appropriation and the Coolidge dam is
now being built.
I "I am now promising the people OF
Arizona a copper tariff, and I will
secure it for them.
"The copper industry Is paying Al
per cent of all the taxes of this
state" Senator Cameron told his audi
ences. Kill the copper industry by
allowing free rade copper from South
America to smother it and you will
place the burden of taxes which the
copper industry IS now laying on
other industries of the state, which
, they cannot stand. If the tax burden
shouldered by the COPPER industry OF
this state were placed on the other
industries 1T would bankrupt Arizona
Il secured an appropriation for the
building of a verterans' hospital al
Tucson. The government had appro.
priated SIS, 100000 for the building OF
} hospitals throughout the country
Each of the 48 states were clamorine
for a hospital to be built In theil
own territory. 1 hal hard fight tc
get the appropriation for Arizona, bu
I got $1,OOO,OOO for my state.
Il led the fight in the United States
) senate in stopping the Swing j ohnsor
bill for the building of Boulder canyon
dam, and I also have a bill pend.
ing for an appropriation for dan
ls1te tests for the Colorado river de.
velopment," Senator Cameron said il
concluding his address.