The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-06-14
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lo9k after TIE welfare q the pegple -
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II Is fSir 70 say fast PR Gates lE
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1o1etleas shzre hiE last dollar. BIT
eTsn fhls w0ald nor Justify fhe pa0-
ple u Okiahona 10 glrng him eTeEy-
shing alg Wal street lawyers would
advise hin % take 70 the nay d pub
gc Franchises and privilege There
may b. some reason il adopting the
pending amendment 70 authorize the
uniting u branch railroad lines. but
even that must be carefully consider
Cd
As - the numerous amendments
proposed. the people might a. well
abandon al right 70 home g0gernment
and self protection ~ n o0neede
these amendments We can best
Judge the necessities for The future
b. our experiences u the past and
present
Oklahoma commerce. OklahOma's
manufacturing and OklahOma'S new
railroad building has increased To date
AZ rate per cent. four times as great
- any other state 10 the Union
The Leading republican paper u
the state 81 Kansas recently stated
edit0fialiy that Oklahoma had the best
corporation law and the most eficl-
eut corporation commission Of amy
of the western states That looks
pretty good 20 me from republican
paper and sould be good reason
FOR not changing our present oondi.
ton.
~Oklahomas cities and towns are 1
going ahead At a marvellous rate
oklahoma City Itself has nearly /
doubled in population and wealth 4
since the day our constitution was
adopted
Oklahoma's bank deposits have in-
creased sz2.0O0 900 in the last seven.
teen months
oklahoma railroads are earning
a good iFing under our existing con
stitntion and laws and building more
miles Of new road nov than al the
other states between the Mississippi
river and The Rocky Mountains com
bined
Development IN ail lines d com.
merce and railroad construction uili
continue under the existing laws
which give the people fair protection
and also give every honest dollar 81
investment a show 70 earn a good
profit
"le there any reason then for hand
ing our constitution over 10 the Wall
street lawyers and asking them 70 /
amend il % suit themselves2 We
think not ln fact am now having
little scrap with a Wall street iaR.
yer whose real griewenoe is our state
constitution
Capital for investment Is coming
70 Oklahoma more rapidly than 70 any
other state ia the Union and win con
tinue to come. 40 doubt the specula-
tive element would like % amend the
constitution 30 that they could get
three dollars instead Of one. bot it is
our opinion that as long as they con.
tlnue 70 come for one dollar that the
producers Of our state are entitled TO
retain the other two dollars
1T will be time enough for us to
send our state constitution 10 Wall
street 10 be revised and amended
when time deyelopes that the wheels
Of progress viii not roll without such
amendment but today. the people Of
Oklahoma are 50 busy keeping track j
Of our wonderful progress and de- I
veloDment that we certainly have no
time 20 surrender the constitution d
that is looked upon by the honest peo. /
pie Of every state IN the Union as f,
prize which they would be glad to in-
herit"
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