Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-14
(|TY BUILDERS HOLD Greatest
Meeting IN HISTORY Of TULSA

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lcrcsts ARE firmly and closely allied.
iie emphasized the dependence Of the
banks upon the farmer and me risk
under eN sting conditions, that bauls
take In making farm loans Through
oul his discourse Was plainly evident
the Intention to impress upon his
hearers the fact that bankers and
banking interests are vitality interest
cd IN the bcttcrmcut Of farm coudi-
tons and Increased Iroductifcncss OF.
the soil through such mediums a7 the
International Dry Farming congress
Fault In the Man.
"liy nourishing the soil. declared
Mr. Ramsey and giving back thar
which the crops take away from it,
we solve the problem Of production
The fault Is not Of the land but with
the man. We have us line q soil as
this world ever saw ana all We need
is to get the farmer the word to
properly tn and care for that soil"
Railroads Heard From.
Frank Anderson, industrial COM
missioner of the Frisco lines, was
loudly applaudcd following a we'll
Worded introduction of him by the
toastmaster. lie explained that he
was sent to take the place of other
Frisco officials who had been un-
avoidably detained at the last moment
10y court matters, etc. lie detailed
the plans of the Frisco for Installing
a chain Of demonstration farms
through the eleven states whore the
road operates.
In two years time" he said, 1--WE
will be growing enough seed along
our railroad to supply all the farmers
in our territory with free seed"
"Farmig is a business" he declar-
ed, "and the International Dry Farm
ing congress is the greatest exponent
and teacher of that business in the
world. We want to help the congress
and its next exposition in Tulsa. as
far as our limitations will possibly
permit"
Farms in Two States.
Mr.. Aderson explained that Okla
hOma and Missouri would be the
only two states whore the Frisco
demonstration farms would be in
stalled during the present year, as
the undertaking was "A gigantic one
that would toke some time TO carry
out in all its details"
Colonel Henry EXau, of Dallas,
Tex. whose full speech will be found
in another column, was the next
speaker. He held the rapt attention
of his listeners for over an hour, and
with matchless oratory and astound-
ing facts, carried his audience from
laughter to tears and back again His
was q talk Of the kind that brings
forth every spark of humanitarian
feeling that ever roposed in the
breast Of any man and he was the re-
cipient of an ovation that will go
down in Tulsa history az the most en-
thusiastic Of its kind To date.
Carl Ma9cc, Booster.
lie needs no Introduction to Tul-
sans" was the simple manner in
which toastmaster Connolly introduc-
ed Carl MaBee, Tulsa Booster su-
preme, whose subject was boost"
The handling of the next Dry
Farming congress-" he said, is worthy
Of the efforts of a community ten
times tho size of Tulsa. If is M 10
NO to r,,ko of II eitber . f,ilure ar
a.. .,,,.t a.,,,,a,,1l,,a t,,,oo. of ,ho l,ind
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ever '''
IL 10 pu, our sho"'uoi' W ane 'oe
ana 40 'he ia''er lu'nS' ne "o'u
boost belongs TO lulsa' we invent
ed the term and are the leading eX-
ponents of the expression
\ Million for Tulsa.
John Z. Burns, secretary of the In
ternational Dry Farming congress,
confined his brief remarks to an APP
neal TO the natriotism of Tulsans. lie
outlled some of the things that the
conpress Is accommodating in Tulsa.
H. natntod out tbat the co,grass dur.
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