The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-25
LET us TRY cHlcAeo.

tertainmsnt OF the Tulsa boosters is
that Chicago made the greatest pre-
peration. allowed more time to the
boosters. and IN more stupendous
manner offered the aid OF the magic
city by the lake toward upbuilding OF
Il the Southwest
From time immemorial we Of the
Southwest have regarded Saint Louis
as the best of the great coties for aid
and guidance, and just to the extent
we have sent our business to the
metropolis Of Missouri to the extent
we have erred aud are now paying
for the errors.
When we were beseeching the com
mercial kings of Saint Louis to aid in
the making Of the Southwest and re-
ceiving a chain Of promises, the great
daring spirits OF Chicago we're pour
Ing their millions into the Northwest,
andt he barren and bleak Dakotas. and
the rigid Montana were made TO bloom
with the aid Of Chicago capital. Had
that money been directed into the fer
/ tile Southwest. unhampered by the
rigors of the cold winters, millions OF
! improvement would have been ours.
and the investors satisfied beyond the
widest dream~
Chicago Is the great commercial
city of the inland states, lt has the
money. the transportation facilities
and access to the wealth of the world.
\ Il has the men who are daring enough
and have wealth sufficient to build em
pires. and the trains of gold sent TO
! investment throughout the land has
lro counterpart in the history of any
other inland city In the entire world.
II has made the great group of
states between the Rocky and Sierre
Madre mountain systems rich, pour
dng millions upon millions Of money
| irto the irrigation bitches, and is at
this time seeking other fields Tor
a eat development. Already have the
more daring established themselves IN
branch offices out on the Saskatch-
evan prairies of the Northwest Do
minion. and they are building rail-
roads In the frozen wildernesses Of
Alaska.
An illustration Of the difference be
tween the investing world of Chicago
and other points Is evidenced in the
draining of the rivers of Eastern Ar
kansas. The voting of drainage bonds
was accompanied by many efforts to
| aoat the bonds in Saint Louis, and
the authorities almost despaired. Great
dredge bitches must be dug, and TO
pay this expense meant hundreds OF
thousands to commence with; a mil
lion more before the first tax dollar
would come to aid the owners OF the
district embraced Despairing of ac-
complishing nything; the men seek
inc 20 float the bonds went into the Of
ice of dredgo company at Chicago,
aud narrated what was wanted done.
adding Ell We can ever get our bonds
hoated. you can come and bid on the
worK Like fash came the reply
LET ne see one of the bonds and the
legislative act authorizing you TO rs
sue. also the drainage records accom-
ppnyirg the issue 10 was only
! moments work to comply. and the
contractor said he would take the
bonds and the work at the agreed
price When the astonished ofhcial
asked where in the world man re-
/ ,lded whom the contractor could be SO
surs would purchase bonds, he was
toli that the tanks OF Chicago would
lcnd some Iaoney on them, the con
tractor pooling with his competitors
20 handle the remaining sum.
That illustrates the Chicago way
II is the way that has crossed the
mountains with steel, irrigated ths
lesert. and drained the swamps. II
has taken millions upon millions OF
Toll hut Il is all the same constrdc-
tive toll--mahing the hitherto worth
less sell produce millions Ior the III
Ter and the daring investor.
Let us make the Chicagoan our al
lv lie has the money and the cour-
1 ,ge. which, added to the knowledge OF
The power OF concentrated capital
makas of him and his city the great.
,st far those who need guidance and
cash the hest of ALL
An hundred millions of dollars are
needed now to start things up In this
itato. The unlimited resources Just
Nesinning to b. worked, can sprinS
nlo active and whole worth in one
short year. If We but connect ourselves
With the men Who have the cash. and
rho have been trained in the prac-
lcal school OF experience