Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-01
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lditor Manufactures Record.

ldilor Manufacture Record.
The amazing development Of oh-
lphuma In agriculture, In oil ana ga
production and Ia railroad and city
building activities during the last ten
years, which has hcpu one of the most
remarkable features Of American
prugrrss, Is 10 be- surpassed In the
coming ten years. All that has been
done has been pioneering work In
agriculture many problems had 10 De
solved, In oil development many hum
Greds of thousands Of dollars had 10
be lost In testing out the oil fields In
the state In railroad work opera
tIones have been seriously hampered
by unWisc political agitation, some Of
1t honest, some Of II thoroughly dis
honest work of the political agitator
working for his own interest while
making the people believe he was
working for theirs. In city building
activities some mistakes have been
made by OVERRIDING speculative land
operations, but the number of these
seems to be exceedingly small when
all things are taken into considera-
tiun. Indeed. one Of the most stlik-
ing facts which .impresses the stu
dent Of the development Of this state
is the relative small amount Of spocu-
latiyc operations, especially In con
nection with the vast oil and gas OPP
orations, that Is going on as com
pared with speculation in times past
d, .n IhITA
IL here none of the wild speculative
boom of the Beaumont section when
that city suddenly became the center
of the worlds oil activities, nor Is
there anything comparable TO the
speculative era in the Indiana gas
fields when that section was under
going its wonderful development fol-
lowing the discoveries of gas in large
quantities.
Men from all over the world are
gathering in oklahoma, and capital
from abroad, from the north and
from the west is being heavily invest
ed in oil and gas and manufacturing
operations. But this great movement
Of men and money has not produced
anything like as much speculation as
have found In times past in other
rapidly developing regions. Indeed,
so far as speculative land fever Is
concerned, believe there IS less of 1t
in evidence even in the most rapidly
developing centers of oil and gas ac-
tivlty than in many of the conserva-
tive but growing cities of the central
south.
Oklahoma has been an experiment
station for testing out many political
theories. A good many of them have
proved dismal failures. It's progress,
amazing as it has been, would have
been far greater had il never suffered
from this fever of political agitation
and the energy with which 1t was
worked by the politicians as an eN-
pertinent station in politics, in nm
ance and in railroad control a saner
view Of the situation is coming about
The people of the state have learned
by costly experience that a good
many of the experiments tried by
politicians have been paid for by the
people. and not by the politicians.
There Is now a widespread sentiment
throughout the state to bring about
moro favorable conditions for the
building and operation of railroads,
1t is fortunate that this is the case,
because all the indications point to
volume Of traffic which will tax to
their utmost capacity all the railroad
facilities of this section. 1t is alb
solutely essential to the best interests
of the state, agricultural, industrial
and commercial, that railroads shall
be given as quickly as possible every
opportunity to find new capital in