It !s the grower of food and producer of
raw materials. It regards the East as
the industrial empire of tho present a:id
future. When tho Southwest goes Shop*
"ir.g it comes" East. And that means
when the Southwest comes East to shop
.'.lis. Southwest comn along to play,
.?lore ucres in the Southwest means
n.ore shoppers and pleasure seekers l:i
tne East; and the more goods the manu
laeturer, tho jobber, the merchant eells
the fatter will be the bank aocount of
the professional and non-profeaalonal
worker.
"And at the same time the more food
we produce in tho Southwest the less
you will pay for what you eat. That is
why tho farmer frankly and openly Is
ovposed to the development of desert
acres. He is quite lioneat about tlio
effect of competition on his industry.
"For these entirely proper selfish rea- !
i sons, an well as for many more dlslr.
