The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-07

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I fra tr4ff .u fre STAT. gIlr4ufs. fund hsd
Us.u srf.-s.t tsD.ttaI and asset. re-
mining ,yu.y,i.tf "a 'sb,.it tffy-ny. nor
cont fo- tH. st.lknu.Iers
W. ,,rg,.f.tf.t. tNe pe,rie ~ our
I stale .Y H. .U''... Of n. ,,nkI1g law
he state ur.lu fts yIrI.4rt and su..iont
dI4.rarre DR. ulauHr,rlarf Of that de-
ptrfmeHt and fN. btrk IN GERS uuln tie
s-sI.tanre tEGy have rendered the depart
fueut boo making the banking business
.4fa and generally satisfactory to the
people
10 .- also fair To- the natIoua. banks OF
our state TO say that We have every rcd-
son fa believe fh,,.tft. Iu q safe aud pros
T,ruus condition
THE bank guarantee tud has Lost
nothing during tn, wear and tine cost
of .lIstratIuu Ha. been les. than the
Interest earnings Uf the EuIrauf'e fuud.
and while Oklahoma Ia tlr pioneer iu q
guarantee law Ip recent years. We con
gfatuIatp our people pn the stable yuudI-
lion rra Iu,,I LOO banking circles. the con-
ndeuoo and approval o. the people. not
pf the other states - tine union whose
people nave added 60 the bank deposits
Of tie oklahoma state banks.
pattro,d.
phe "I l.'' important features lH ih'
a.N'l'p"'ul ana ,yuh' .'e "l w" ,lhlt
n'" "i ',N n4uHI 'u aiu aiu .'n''' iNe
nHrs "' iaI'"als operating Nihu lht
.,alo "Wn.i ana op,itt'd ny ''iM OF
WE'VE ''H'I'ht companies LI, ,t4IiHs li''
sN afse rai'way systems Of tie south
W'-i lh's" iNrINt c2lp'faupnt op.ialy
'.',t N'Ill"s Hn'H 'N''uI.uk .il" . lp.S lp.S'
"i lnlI'''h states 'luN.udlhs 'h'"hoh)'
'"u W. ~ i'.u' ID .... ,,....... .....-..,
IuIl.S lh' lh-t hN'a year 'u.s' -cN'Ial
lA!"'dH ''Hipiui'N nav. .'l-I 70 'h
lyliI "I one uunuieh ana ihlilN-NlA Nllies
"sN one huhiL'u aHu t.ilN .uu' IllttS
-, -, nv ialI I'aus IN a.. OF W" ulh,I ."e'Ne
states ana territories. " Us Uue th"
amount ni r'lioad construction lh Okla
noi,a uurinS tne y.u y nH,n aos9 ',,an ,.a
iL l"th.F years, YET aS 'hIaH"UlA a'oh'
has had a. much new railroads built
WIthlh the year as Al! OF the "lntt tWt.N"
s.a'y9 ~ tWo VI W l,',,,'s ,oI',", @ ,'l'u. W.
are bouhu 10 ie'I th"t ok'dhnnh nus zone
lions ms sWa. amount OF new CON
~ l.' ll9n ~ p' ,ll.'"l dur {p 'nt l'''
uat hit,r zen years OF ~ NI"s- rNpth
sion and frcuzi'd finance iu the United
states. lh' depression came iu iht "a. u
oi nineteen hundred ana seven 20 tudt
Nhvn s'at.h9oi ''kdn lh pN.'N'gl' tn'
business depression that almost com
pittely suspended deNeIopIu'1i huu even
l'kh'hr ."N.utf't anl Hinhl t'iH'lht
throughout the entire United states. and
iu the pr"senc" OF TINS continued arplrrs-
SION thious holt me 'htltc year. ] btu.N,
oh.ah'i,A lNh an la,''. o. ,.'EI q 'u'4,'I
I
constructed railroad Is subst tutIiUy equal
20 what tIes" twelve companies have
done boo the other twelve states and two
territories
Oklahoma "a criticised hy the Intense
| partisan. 40 well as by those intensely
greedy. of having legislative and ConSti-
tutlonal provisions claimed 90 he destruc-
/ tive To business enterprises. but since
| the great financial ccutcrs OF the East
/ have not during the one year of statehood
| lust passed financed any amount Of rail
/ road construction BOO any stat" equal TO
/ that in our own state and in nearly cv-
rry state even much less ur none az AN.
/ w, do not cpnocde that the laws ~ the
] state OF oklahoma have pnralyzed the
. energies of ihc great financial D,utvis of
/ the East
! one Illustration taken from the report
I of "a" cur. colorado n santa J." rall-
] toad uty be interesting 10 those VINO
] want a." truth.
This company has one hundr"d miles
or railroad operating ln bkIhhoiui, the
remainder ut TINS system being IN the
state OF Texas
/ Gross earnings apportlonel To Okla
h"Was one hundred miles. one mlllun
thro" hundred ana thltN -uNt thousand
. thrc" hundred ana clghiN-one dollars ana
/ thirteen cents,
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