The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-10

productions II is at once apparent
that we should have p state orgnniza-
liou of manufacturers. (Applausel
Not formed fer Tie purpose OF control
ling the prices OF manufactured pro
dncts. 0r forming a combination or
trst In violation of the civil and NOR
AZ laws. but formed for the purpose
OF protecting ami advancing her inter-
ests along lines that are in Keeping
with he best Interests of the country
During the past Eve years I have
lived ia the Great Southwest; I'm Ok
! lanoma, Texas and Indian Territory.
Oklahoma viii soon he admitted into
the Union. She has seventy-ons
thousand square miles Of territory as
rieh and fertile us any portion of the
country. She has no factories Her
railroads are in their infancy. Her
agricultural resources are just on tho
! beginning line OF their development
Her mines are only now being open
co, and where. but a few years ago,
the Indian roamod unfettered by law
or fight, there abides today a million
( and a half Of thrifty. patriotic. law
abiding citizens who are building a
state OF unsurpassed wealth aid
splendor. and which it behooyes the
manufacturers of Missouri and st
Lotis 70 take note of and to cHtlvate,
! tApplause)
/ Those people have their eyes turn
I ed towards ST. Louis and Missouri.
TO them we are the center OF com
merce With us they hone IN the fu.
. 81. 4
trade rclgtions Are we going to
grasp the opportunity, or are we go
| ing to let il pass2 Texas. the largest
state I'm the Union is q field inviting
I TO capital and those who wish profit
able Investment The Importance and
necessity Of forming close alliance
and association with the southwest is
50 manifest that we need Only to
direct attention to ID to at once com
prehend its true significance and Inn
poriauce. But few years ago, with
ia the memory OF most OF you who are
J here, st. Louis was a rival of Chicago
Today, Chicago Is the second city on
bis Continent and Why because
l. business men recognized that The
Great Northwest was her field.
lown. Wisconsin,, Minnesota, and the
! Dako;o were growing and develop
Ing jirs rs the Great Southwest is
now growing and developing. and the
Keen, shrewd manufacturers and busi-
ness men OF Chicago recognized at
once their opportunity, and availing
themselves Of it made Chicago the
commercial center anG emporium OF
the Great Northwest 80 let us imi-
tate This prudence. nenton, in his
great speech in the Senate, pointing
towards the west said: There is the
East: there is India" and may | not
paraphrase his statewent this evening
aud pointing 10 the Southwest say 10
! Missouri and ST. Louis. "There is the
Southwest there Is the future of
your great state and your great city
They are building in Oklahoma and
Indian Territory colleges, universities.
public schools homes, railroads.
small factories aud splendid indus
tries Shall we permit other cities
and other states 10 cultivate this vast
field and reap tlts harvest that proper
ly and logically belongs to us? A
decade hence. and those great states
will be twice in population what they
are now MANY NioiAbin ~ AAhA nNN
tion of the country during my resi-
denee, expressed surprise TO see mag
nifeent homes and thriving cities,
paved streets. large wholesale and re-
tail stores and prosperous farms,
equalling in many respects those to
be found IN the older settled sections
of the country. While those states
are in their infancy. vet bear in mind
my fellow citizens, then population is
composed II mea and women who
come frGn other sections OF our cCun
try They are not aliens; they are
not foreigners; they are Americans
one and all. imDued with the spirit
thrift. energy AID enterprise that has
ever characterized the American citi
zen. (Applausel
l You should form this night an or
ganization whose influence should not