The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28
TRUsTFUL GUTHRIE
DEMANDS RELIEF.

DEMANDS RELIEF.
SO far radical legislation has found
little place in the work OF the Okla
homa Legislature. and for this the peo
pie owe that body their profound
thanks. The conditions which con-
fronted the citizens of the two terri
tories, prior to statehood were Of
nature calculated to make public sen
timent reach the highest notch against
the public service corporations. I'm
able to have the protection Of The In
terstate Commerce commission, the
people OF this state we're subjected to
the most runious freight tariffs ever
known. Transportation outrages were
so econfiscatory in some instances as
to positively prohibit the exchange Of
shorthaul commodities. kld in this
the city of Guthrie has been the most
fpersistent sufferer. The railroad CEN
ter of the territory, and with coal and
other minerals lying Just to the East
we were prohibited from becoming
factory city by the rates charged for
the fuel products. Had Guthrie had
even so much as decent freight
tariff between this city and the then
Indian Territory we today would have
not less than 100 factories now being
operated In the smaller and newer
places of the E'ate.
We are less than 100 miles from
Henryetta, and we paid six TO eight
dollars per ton for the cheapest coal
from those mines.
We are possibly 110 miles from No
wata and Bartelesville. and we pay
over dollar per thousand cubic feet
for artificial gas, while the charge in
Nowath Is so little that people do not
think il necessary to turn off the gas
{ IN the daytime.
And there Is such an over-production
in the field that millions Of cubic feet
are consumed by the people to light
the oil fields by night for the conven-
lence of passing travellers.
Guthrie has received more promises
, from the public service corporations
and less fulfllment than any orner cay
Of the state, and she Is at this moment
more grieviously wronged by the Of
, ficers of these various corporations
than can be printed in a brief news
paper article
We have been paying a Chicago cor
poration enough for gas to enable the
concern to be happy, prosperous and all
those things. whilst we have been
made to hustle to pay the piper and
his cohorts of the commercial musi-
cal dance We have been the silent
sufferers for the loss OF business from
the eastern section and n protest were
offered. were told that the exigencies
demanded that we suffer in silence and
swear we liked the program.
Insofar as The Leader is concerned.
Il offers the fact that Il would rather
be considered a trouble.maker than
|. TO permit these conditions 10 longer
. exist
There are millions upon millions of
cubic feet of natural gas to be had
iiust few miles east OF this city. The
city has waited for the Chicago Prom
Using postponing q l.ack-OfPerfOrm-
{ anee Combine (i.t) TO get busy with
I pipe lines, and that waiting has been
somewhat patient, but from this time q
little activity viii have to be evidenced
from that quarter. or the bricks OF
crlticism Will be tossing about to as
J. certain whether or not there be lacl
e OF will
T The Portland cement concerns ar,
e being located in the state and are sol,
e natural gas for less per hundred thou
y sand cubic feet than we pay for shor
4 thousand feet This may make th'
r Chicago politicians rich. sleek ans
G happy, but II Is commencing to cause
s such a terrific unrest as 10 justify 4
s little lively conversation on these mat
& ters of grave public concern.
c The city demands of It's public sci
4 vice corporations some returns for th'
( tolls we pay To them. Each corpora
s ton owes the same debt of fealty an,
a loyalty as does the individual resident
e Aud II II be proper for concern
through indifference, lack Of ability o
what not, 10 sit In supine inactivity
=. while the manufacturing concerns ar
! boing located by the score Ia oths
: places The Leader Is IN error
Il The Leader feels that the time d
- commence operations Tor advancement
i is al hand. The sunshine OF s0vel
elgn power has been permitted 10 IN
= crease our faith In the city and th
!. state OF which Il Is the capital w
y have all that goes toward the niakinl
e II great commercial city. save IN
e good will on good management of IN
9 corporations which must be patron
y lied BY al Of US. aud that should not
y 10 the opinion OF The Leader. be sufi,
'e lent cause 70 stop the floodtide Of IN
e provement any longer
ID 'uttrse has teh requirements Of th
3 manufactures. save the fuel. and tia
fis almDst at our door II those en-
Is trusted with furnishing that great an
4 laecefsary commodity are unable 20 d
10 their part they must step aside an
ID permit others 70 do 50