The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-17
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Prosperity Clubs.
A panic came to our country in the
midst OF rlenty. The farmers for the
two preceding years had raised thir-
teen billions of dollars worth OF stun.
The West and intermediate West was
teeming with prosperity. The West
had 400 million dollars on deposit In
Wall street The Western farmers and
PRODUCERS, who are the bank deposi-
tors Of the country out here, acteo as
patriotic citizens. They left their
money on deposit and made a jest OF
Republican holiday that was by far
the worst panic ever known In the
United states, and. alasl 1t came in
the very midst Of q vaunted prosper
Gus Republican administration The
reople Aeli their breath I'm suspense.
They didn't know what would hap
pen next, but they stood true, while
the big money sharks and bankers
vent at one another like SO many
} tegsts of prey wildcat finance and
lahking IN it's widest times never wit
Iessed such scenes. The honest
hard working depositors accepted IN
lieu of their hard-esrned dollars d
clearing house certificate" signed oy
hanks that were already broke if the
leople went wild Nike the bankers had.
After a lime things began to look up,
and these bankers and some big busl-
rcss men began to organize prosper
iiy clubs" to boom prosperity. Their
cry was there must be nothing done
t. embnrrAss capital This move
started IN st. Louis. The cry has
teen taken up everywhere ana the
commercial leagues OF Tulsa. Guthrie
End then a state meeting at Oklahoma
City followed Down with all ans
trust legislation, you are embarrass-
ing capital: you will drive investors
from our new state veto the anti
tiust bill. governor Cney cry in
perfect frenzy The interstate com
merce commissioner sitting In Okla
hOma Ciy year ago declared Off
cially that Oklahoma had the highest
freight rates and the poorest service
a any stale In the union. But this is
net half; Attorney General Cromweii
OK Oklahoma officially reported to the
governor that these same railroads
lad in Twelve years overcharged our
people s54,000000. Now comes these
prosperity leagues" ana exciaim
don't You dare to pass laws to stop
this robbery or you viii emDarrass
capital There is not a law In our
constitution or placed in our statute.
books since statehood that will en-
barrass honest capital seeking honest
investment. For one, | refuse to be
hull-dozed by these prosperity clubs"
am one VINO considers Il not right
or a necessity TO give investors IN our
state a license to steal from and rob
the people. The resources of our
great state are God-gigen and matcn.
less. The tim ehas come In this year
G. our Lord 1903 TO settle these ques-
tions once and for all in state and
| nation. Shall Bryan or Taft lead to
victory Shall our state stand true
and commend our constitution and
lawmakers2 Shall we be blackmaileG
by thieves and thugs disguised as
business men" who tell us to give 70
them the right TO steal or they VIII
l. { embarrassed and quit our bor-
deTs? Shall the people RUE in okla
homa In the future as 10 the past TWO
years? Shall we buy prosperity"
from Wall street by the sacrifice Of
our manhood and liberty? Shall black
mailers and thieves secure from US by
threats The delivery of our children
into seldom and peohage? Answer
these questions at the polls. my coun
trymen.-Clini Worrall in' Hobart
Chief.