The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-07

follows
TO THE LEGISLATURE:
Pursuant to Section nine, Article six.
OF the Constitution, / have the honor TO
submit ihe following report. comments
and recommendations.
Our State OF Oklahoma has completed
rs first year under state government and
we have reasons 10 express our gratlhcn-
tion Of lts progress, and the fact that ita
occasional nisfortunes are far outweighed
by rs general prosperity
The material prosperity OF the state can
best be set forth Ia actual numbers taxi
en from the official reports OF the proper
departments.
Aorleulture
Naftly IN the lead Of an other industries
IL found our farm products. The produce
ton of the state from the farm and Its
apperlnent products al the market value
drCd and one million. four hundred and
sixteen thousand, eight hundred and six
dollars, being an Increase Of thirteen mill
lion. eighty three thousand, two hum
year.
Mineral Productions
The value Of the years output Of coal
for 1908 is six million. one hundred and
thirty thousand. eight hundred and sew
Lead and zinc. Two million. two hun
dred and eighty-four thousand. and
eighfy-four dollars.
oil twenty million, six hundred and
cighty-eight thousand seven hundred
ana nity-six dollars.
Total Market value Of minerals. twen-
ty-nlne million. one hundred and three
thousand, seven hundred and twelve dol
lars
This does not include the value upon
the natural gas production OF the state.
which has been equal 10 one hundred and
forty billion cubic feet, and amounts to
seven and thTce-uuarter million tons uf
upon tlls valuable heat product because
iis use Is ouly limited. but Il Is well
known that the above production, mann
moth a1 u may be. Is capable Of vast
creases The very fact that this gas
can be- had In many localities at three
cents per thousand cubic feet or even
less affords the most attractive Induce
cato within our state. Indeed, added %
thc attractive feature Of an unlimited
quantity Of natural gas fuel at nominal
cost is the further fact that In various
lines of manufacturing The raw material,
mineral timber and agricultural, pro-
ducci within our state. % meet the needs
Of great variety and unlimited quantity.
ana also the further fact that the four
great southwestern states, Oklahoma
Texas Louisiana and Arkansas. while
they have a population Of one-tenth OF
the entire union, yet the era of manu-
facture has just begun. and cheap iuei
hlued 20 make oklahoma an attractive
feii for development Ia the manufactur-
3ng ine.
beginning has been TO retain our natural
Faa ldr consumption within the state.
Three distinct efforts during the year
have beer made 20 create an Interstate
gas pipe line O. convey the pkiahoma
Ras tn outside points IN other states. We
have successfully defeated these several
Efforts. and with the case nov pending
brought by che County Attorney Of Usage
county az whose request the state y
renusfing assistance. and IN which case
the Indian Territory Illuminating OIL Co..
New Jersey corporation which had
planned 70 pire gas tom Oklahoma % -
Louis and other points. i the deIsndhnt
we firmly believe that this case viii set
tie the question and for years to come
will end the aRitated question Of trans
porting Oklahoma gas to distant points
As : result Of that question being set
fled-that Oklahoma gas cannot be taken
10 foreign factories. We believe thHt tne
factories viii come % the gas fields.
We confidently anticipate as result
or this cheap fuel being reserved Tor
home consumption that millions Of dol
lars of taxable and profit producing IN.
dustries viii be added TO the wealth o.
a variety Of mineral products Of less
present valae are attracting the atteu-
tlon and capital Of our people and some
substantial progress has been made IN
mining and marketing the same.
Manufacturing and Commerce
For the want OF statistics OF previous
years. II has been impossible to make
comnarls0n. but the reports Qf our CONF
missioner Of Labor shows i've hundred
and niaety-one manufacturing ana INDUS
different Industries within the state. and
IL conservatively estimated as being an
increase Of thirty per cent over the
previous year.
show a healthy and prosperous condi-
flon III nearly every locality. and the
most conservative estimates OF CONNER
cial bodies would place the increase in
volume az more than thirty-three per
cent.
The individual deposits in the banks Of
Oklahoma show a very gratifying im-
pfovement during the past year.
December third. nineteen hundred ana
seven individual deposits IN national
banks we're thirty-eight million. three
hundred and sixteen thousand. seven
hundred and twenty dollars and
twenty-one cents.
November twenty-seventh nineteen hun-
dred and eight, Individual deposits IN
national banks. thirty-six million. two
hundred and eighty thousand. three hun
dfed and forty-six dollars and twenty
three cents.
decrease in deposits during this year
two million, thirty-eight thousand, three
hundred and eighty-two dollars and nine
t. eight cents
In state banks. November twenty-sev-
nineteen hundred and seven. individual
deposits seventeen million, two hundred
an fifteen thousand FIVE hundred and
thifty-five dollars and forty-four cents.
In state banks, ovember tWenty-sev-
enth. nineteen hundred and eight, indi-
vidual deposits twenty-nine million, four
hundred and forty-elght thousand, nine
hundred and seventy dollars and ninety
six cents.
increase IN deposits this year twelve
million, two hundred and thirty three
thousand, four hundred and thirty-iive
dollars and fifty-two cents
Thus 1t will be seen that the net ln-
cr4asa in rational and state banks COM
biGtd during the year has been ten mil
lion. one hundred and ninety-flve thous-
and and fifty-two dollars and ffty-four
cents, being equivalent to 4 little more
than twenty per cent increase IN the
anlonnt OF individual deposits In all the
banks Of the state. cit Is fair to say
that about thirty national banks re0rgan-
ized as state hanks during the year. which
substantially accounts for reariy I'll the
two million dollars of decrease in ma
tl0nal banks, SO that the national banks
stIil existing have substantially held
their own during the year. while the state
banks without the addition of these new
Acquisitions from the national banks
show q net gain of substantially ten and
one quarter million dollars deposits equal
TO sixty per cent gain IN deposits during
the last year,
We nigh also add that the state
hanks are IN excellent condition and I'M
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