Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-02
COUNTRY Is LOOKING GOOD.

Everything Is looking fine and dan.
dy for the Oklahoma farmer. And
not alone the farmer of Oklahoma,
but the farmer of all other sections
Of the country save the flooded dis
tricts along the Mississippi River
Even this vast expanse of country
estimated to be 1000 to 1000 square
miles in extent, or from four to six
millions Of acres may yet be devoted
to something besides cotton which in
the end win prove just as profitable
crop. Southern farmers have long
clung TO the idea that cotton is what
they should grow. While those in
other parts of the country are trying
to get the southern farm owner to
reduce his cotton acreage, the man
on the ground usually knows a little
bit more about II than the fellow
who isn't there. However, the cot
ton acreage viii be reduced this year,
and the reduction is natural one.
But the rest Of the country: The
old bugaboo of this "presidentlaw
year hurting business isn't panning
out very well so far this time. 1t
looks like It isn't going to. From
every side this evidence may be seen.
one of the first things to be consld-
cred is that everybody says business
is going to be good right along. Com
mercial writings all spring have right
along shown an increasing business
trade. Things seem TO be coming
along well on all sides. Particularly
gratifying to Tulsans is the compari-
son of our last clearing house state
ment with that of a year ago, showing
healthy increase. While Oklahoma
city and Muskogee for the similar
period show bad decline, a recup
Grafton is likely to come at any time.
and it is hoped that it win. Prosper
ity that is local is a false prosperity
and cannot endure long. But the
most of our cities all over the country
are wen.
But It is out on the farms whore
,ht,,.,, .r. oV.na1{nyI,, healthy II ie ]
now estimated that the wheat crop OF
Oklahoma win be about 25,000,0 600 |
bushels, as against 100000 last |
year. The estimated figure is high,
too high to be believable, yet anyone
who has been out on the farms lately
knows that the wheat crop bids fair to
be an immense one.
The wheat crop is just one Of the
varied crops which are grown in Ok
lahoma, everyone Of which is maxi
ing an excellent showing at this time.
The cotton crop looks good there
will be more fruit raised in this state :
.his year than In any year In its past (
history, because of the hundreds of
new orchards which will come into I
'rultage; the potato crop is looking {
line and there has fallen enough rain q
already 10 almost make the normal
lield corn was planted late on ac- q
,ount of disagreeable weather but II {
ooks like rainy season, and that a
means corn In Oklahoma; oats, rye a
very crop is in the running like II b
leyer was before. That doesn't look n
ike one Of your old presidential" 81
ears. fl
The man who hasn't any hogs or Il
attic to sell right now wishes he a
ad. ron the hoof," beef is bringing
round 9 cents a pound and hogs
re clicking around cents. A good W
,ork horse is still worth a couple il
hundred. better one Is worth
nree hundred. while the staple mule
worth as much II not more. "
who's going TO scramble into his cI
fraid" hole when stuff looks like
nat all over the country even II II
a "presidentla" year. o.