The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-21

ing population constantly add o tleir
tonnage A pipe line can transport
only crude oil. and crude oil .s es.
sc0tially a transient commodity here
this year gone next year. ani th-
pipe and tanks are only old iron.
with only a junk value u is absurd
20 Iikou oil lines to railroads Iu fir
teen years the hundreds Of miles Of
pipe and the hundreds OF iron tanks
Goo oklahoma will be comparatively
valuolnss. becausp Zoo hat time there
viii be- little oil here TO ful them
~ Mr. West and his kind are permit
tcl tO bottle up the development OF
the industry the decline will m'hr 90
impossible for the people engaged iu
d. 90 secure the legitimate and nee
ossary profits
These statements are clear and co..
pha'i. and VIII undoubtedly throw
considerable light upon the subject
among those who have not become
familiar with the vast impor'anc. OF
This matter ro one at the greatest in.
.ustrios Zoo the state. % hardly seems
credible that any public officials. or
any considerable number OF people
would deliberately assault great in.
iustrics trs' are developing and
bringing wealth into the state: but
these things are done. not always
In mere pursuit Of equity but often
with that deplorable malevolence and
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vindictiyeness which is the offspring
of morbid prejudice.
Twice within the year II has been
necessary for the governor of the
state to interpose executive author
ity between the commercial interests
of Oklahoma and agencies that
threatened their paralysis. This was
done in the veto Of the yicioasly
radical antitrust bill that first slippaI
through the first state legislature
which bill promised annihilation to
many lines of business throughout
the state, and again when the go,
crnor stayed the hand of the at.
torney general when that official
sought TO execute his Interpretation
Of the law and throttle the oil in.
dustry.
No man familiar with the intel.
ligcnce of Oklahoma believes that a
spirit Of unreasonable radicallsm
truly represents Oklahoma people.
But the effect of such things is felt
abroad, especially among the invest.
ing class The prevailing confidence
In the present legislature. however.
Is doing a great deal toward remun
ing the baleful impressions abroad
regarding public sentiment in this
state
The oil industry Of Oklahoma is
worth 100000 600 annual vim wealth
production. exclusive OF many allied
interests Il represents an investment
Of Sll0,OOOooo which Is goodly
proportion of the states wealth. Such
restrictions as tend To hamper its
full development ought TO be- remoy.
ed, aud 10 that end the concerted
effort of the commercial and indus
trial interests of the state should be
directed.
No better closing paragraph can
be- presented than one from the pipe
line statistics in an official state.
mcut made of operation and produc
lion in the MfLCon'incnt field for
1905 as follows:
considering the adverse condi.
iious In the MidCourinent field it
is little surprising that the years
production exceeded that Of 1907.
when all production records were
lowered Oklahoma and Kansas in
1907 produced 45.Gli,339 barrels of
OIL exceeding the output of Caiifor.
MIA by 100000 barrels and taking
first place. During the year Just
closed these figures were increased
To iIH22,2N3 barrels and leads all
other known oil fields Of the world
Il 's undoubtedly fine thing for
local boomers fO hTig lbuuf huf for