The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-15
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lTulsa WQrldl
An Interesting stud In economics
Is presented by the situation In which
Oklahoma fluids herself at this mo.
ment " respect 10 Industrial ln-
lstitutlons The state needs smelierst
| tile factories. FURNITURE tflscIbrI|si
packing lants. cement factories. We
|'hiclo factories and Wachlne shops.
III has every resource essential 10
establish and maintain such things
on an exceedingly profitable basls--
IoveryhinR save Onc-capltal. Foi
some unacconniable reason II lacon
sIdered had form 70 accept smellcT
lunless Il eomes from the Bmelter
Trust, aud the smelter trust says It's
baDlsers VIII nor loan money for Ok
lahoma Investment. There Is rethef
q deepscHted conviction that tile
lfacfnry or i furniture factory not al.
lreeled by the combine would not ex-
actly measure mp 10 the requirements
f0f the situation. hut the tile and fur
Inlture combine state THAI their flnan
cial supporters refuse aid for Okla
homa establishments. The CONNER.
clal mind In Oklahoma Is ct angely
imbued with The idea that pack.
ing plant not owned and controlled
by the packers trust would be fail
ure, but the packers trust won't sane
ilon 4 plant down here unless Il can
first arrange TO control the entire
state through single concern. The
same reasoning. or lack OF reasoning,
which ever way one cares TO lock al
III, applies to the cement plants, We
hlcle fac'ofids, machine shops. glass
plants, etc. And IN almost every in
stance the answer Is that the state
laws are atsociously bad and acare
capital away.
II ths state laws are really bad
unius as between the interests OF
The whole people and the rights OF
capital. thea the laws that do an IN
Justice should be repealed. There are
some such laws. No doubt OF Il. But
Il does not follow that Il Is necessary
TO construct a code OF laws that the
monopoly interests Will endorse. The
people u Oklahoma should IN the en-
actment Of their statutes seek theii
own protection at every point. dill
gently determining to be absolutely
fair and Just to all interests, ye, alb
solutely refusing to confer a special
privilege or exemption on any inter
est. II It comes to the point where
the people OF this safe must decide
whether an Injustice shall be done
those Industrial combinations that ap
pear to. demand an exemption from
law. or on injustice done the people
|oF the en- lie state, then there should
be no hesitancy as TO which course
to pursue While the World has IN
sisted constantly that there We're en-
aetments Of the legislature and provl
slona OF thg constitution that serve
no other purpose than to frighten ~
ital and hinder the proper develop
ment OF the state. Il has not and II
does not urge the people to abate on
Iota from fielr determination TO pre-
gent laws calculated to prevent the &C
qulsltlon Of. special interests and priv
!i...es an4A aa nazr. as nnlalhle keel
every resource OF the state under The
direction and control OF themselves.
The Industrial combinations may y
fuse TO come into the state but Il ls
tot NJ alt certain that such au event
uaiity would be damaging to the st7te
THE World pleads guilty 70 some.
thing close akin To mature conviction
that the hest way. from an economica
andpolni to develop Oklahoma Is b.
the small itctory and pl4nt instead o
.by the tenlaclea IT q trust.
Who VIII say that the state woulf
tot be benellited by q packing plan
flr averyaz4&s of considerable size
sther tltaa ~ a single plant Of ths
rocking trust domlug Ing and epntroll
ing the slaiog In The one case ten
imes ihe number Of men wousf b
employed. ten times the number @
ccmmnniliea would he benefited. ten
times the amount Of taxes would b
roallzed. aAd Ton times the number
Ol investors would receive DIVIDENDS
The hacking tsua. has made kansal
Cuts famous and wealthy but i has not
helped the other towns Ia Missouri
and Il hls given the state OF Missouri
another Trust to control. packing
plant In oklahoma City. Guthrie. Eni'
Tulsa, Muakogec, Ardmore. MeAlestei
and other t0wns large enough TO carr
for the inleresia Of the people In th'
rade territory Of each, would be vast
~ more profitable 70 the people ane
the state thin single packing plan
IN any one Of them which would con
troll the picking industry OF the en-
tire ate. fixing both the price tlls
stock raiser receives as well as ta'
price the meat consumer must pay.
Aud the same rule applies VIII
equal force TO every Industry OF whlcl
the state stands In need. We boas
that Oklahoma does things different,
And MS good thing to boast of--ii
we win really do II. Suppose the
commercial n crests Of the state ig
nor.. lha Industrial combinations AM
Net aboW creating Industrial eslah
llshmeuts that are Of, for and by OK
bhomansf
~.t.. eel pfny haket