The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-10-04
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"A Open Letter
Hugo. okla, sept seth. /
Gov. c. n Haskell. Gtthfie Okla
ny Dear Governor. 4 see from the
press reports that there is z great deal
of tax about certain influences be
trg brought upon you 20 call spe
cial session Of the legislature, Tor fne
purpose Of devising a way 70 const.lct
i pipe line from the oil fields Of 0k
lahoina to some point in Texas 90
louisiana 70 afford certain owners OF
oil lands means OF transporting thei.
oil 10 the markets Of the world.
no ice in t0days paper that II is ufg'
ed that there will be 10 objection 10
this scheme from any part Of the state
desire TO state that this is a mis-
take. one member of the legislature
at least is going to be against Il. The
idea seems as ridiculous as 1t Is alb
surd aud il is Socialistic from begin
ming TO end. and any member Of the
Democratic party who advocates such
a scheme is wandering far away from
the Democratic path, bl;zed out ny
Thomas Jefferson and Samuel j. TITO
en-. aud for ane. who claims 70 he an
apostle of those old Democratic beae
on lights. do now mos, -eiiou4ls ta
ier my protest against such scheme.
Tde stale of Oklahoma IS not reans
to 20 into the oil business, and espec-
tally Is she not ready to build such
an expensive avenue for the benent
Of a very limited few of her citizens
to ship their products to the markets
OF the world.
Now, if this idea is to 90 through
and is to receive serious attention
from his excellency. | have a better
scheme and one that will be more ben
eficial TO majority Of the people OF
the sta'e of Oklahoma. and II a spe-
ciaI session of the legislature is call.
ed to consider the pipe line scheme,
III want to enter my scheme now and
want it docketed as Scheme No. |. 1t
is this. In the oath senatorial dis rict
there is the largest forest of virgin
pine In the world. and the only reas'
on that this timber is not manufac-
tured into lumber and sent out to
( the markets of the world Is on ac-
count of lack of railroad facilities to
handle same want to ask thesstate
I to construct railroad from Hugo
I to Smi' hville. from Antlers to Nash
oba and from ldabel to Bethel. Now
Z the entire mileage of these three roads
will not equal the length Of this pipe
line through the state of Oklahoma
and If these three short lines of rail
road are built they will traverse In
every direction the finest pine forest
on earth and furnish to the dear pep
pie OF the great new state Of OKLA
homa homes and we may add that the
word home is the prettiest word IN
our language
s Now with the sale of the schoo
/ land. in the West end. and the uncon.
ditional removal OF restrictions in the
East end. we3are looking for greaI
influx of people from all over the
country to this modern Garden Of
\ Eden, and what better inducemeut
could any state offer to its newcom
ers than cheap lumber with which tc
build their nek homes and whai
greater good could the lawmakers dc
for the newrstate than to make II
feasible for liaF citizenship to buy
! cheap lnmbes tobuild the place wher'
they expect to abide
Oh Is new-.aheap enough and tht
peonle of tho stase vii be more in
crested in,irheap hmber than they
win be in cheap oil and too the pipe
line takes the oil away from us and
% ~rt,s- - ..o,,,nxpharo oIoa 70 ho onn
sumed According to our new RAILROAD
rate on lumber the entire product ol
this forest will be consumed within
the state of Oklahoma in building anc
beautifying the homes Of her people
aL.haye seen nothing that would IN
dictate how his excellency stands upoI
the pipe line question, and the feasoI
write you this letter Is, want t
f speak in timeqa il you intend K
,hcall abEpecial session of the legisla
urcf want my scheme docketed No |
Z II Is a well known fact that the Thirt
Congressional dlstricts gobbled VI
mott OF the state institutions in th'
last legislature. and IL there are am
more favorh TO be granted to an
part OF the state. and especially sucl
\ fqyors as wilI'furnish means of trans
portation for the products Of any par
tlcula7 locality, the boys from th'
forks OF the creek" think that il L
their time to receive some favor from
the state, and inasmuch as their pro
ducts we believe. are more valuable
NO the world at large we are goin'
10 insist most seriously that our plal
be accepted first Yours very truly
W. p. STEWART, Senstog cath Dis