The border vidette., 1928-10-06
ARIZONA PLAN OF INDUSTRIAL
PRAISED

HOud 1uuuStIIdl OCu6 IcSS SIuCc
it's formation in this state six
years ago, coupled with the sug.
gestion that a similar body be
organized to advertise and en-.
courage development of New
Mexico's resources was the key.
note of an address given by Gov.
Dillon before q recent conven.
ton of the Southern New Mex.
leo Association of Chamber of
Commerce..
The convention was held in
Silver City, New Mexico, on
September 4. Governor Dillon's
address follows:
"IIbelieve we all agree that
New Mexico has reached a point
where it is vitality important to
advertise her resources. II we
want to advance we must devise
plan to let the world known,
about our enormous undevelop-
ed wealth. Advertising is the
life Of trade, commerce and in.
dustry.
Il have been greatly impress.
ed by the Arizona plan. Six
years ago Arizona's business
men got together and organized
what they call the Arizona In
dustrial Congress-" This con.
gress includes in its mem bership
not only every Chamber of Com.
merce in the state, but bankers
associations, livestock, cotton
growers farmers, fruit growers,
farmers, fruit growers, miners,
grocers, wool, poultry, news.
papers. public utilities and every
organized group representing a
special business activity in the
state. The Industrial Congress
co-ordinates these associations
into, one powerful organization
standing for the mutual benefit
of all. Tie president of the
congress informs me that the,
organization is entirely non po
litical and deals only with eco
nomic facts. that at the present
time 90 per cent of the taxable
wealth of Arizona is working
through this congress as a clear
ing house of industries.
The Arizona plan has been
exported By the greatest eco
nomists in the United States, in.
Guiding the Department of Agri
culture and Commerce in Wash.
ington, and has been pronounc
ed good. The congress has au.
thority to deal with like associa
tions in adjoining states.
Arizona believes in home
rule. Instead OF going into the
money marts of the Atlantic
Coast to borrow money where
there can be no returning bene.
fits, she patronizes the Pacific
coast institutions, where an i'm
mediate reaction sets in, in the
shape of markets for her pro
ducts and an opening wedge into
Oriental markets.
MOT long ago ! read in an
Associated Press dispatch that
Arizona bad agreed to focus its
purchasing power on the Pacific
Coast and had diverted $24 O00,
600 90 into Southern California; !;
which meant that this volume of
trade had been cut off from East
ern channels and had been placed
where it would work to mutual
advantage.
The Arizona Congress is on
friendly relations with the Los
Angeles Cha 10 Der of Commerce,
an organization composed of the
most powerful business men 10
Southern California. The Paci
fic Coast needs raw products for
her factories and food for her
people in Arizona is making the
most of it. The California Cham.
! Der of Commerce is working
hand in hand with the Industrial
Congress for colonization on Ari.
zona lands. This includes rail
road building.
Industrial supremacy and fin.
ancial Independence in the south
west can be attained only by
cooperation between the South
western States.
Last year the Domestic Com
missioner of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce made a
tour through New Mexico. ap'
praising it's resources. | dis
cussed with him the matter of
organizing a State Cham Der Of
Commerce or Industrial Congress
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