Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-31

Northwest exposition. The surplus
population of the congos.od Eastern
ana Central sections must have some
place 10 go, aud The Canada, South
TcEas ana Florida fpyors Will have run
their course by the Time the gates
close at san Francisco. our weather
conditions viii right themselves lon the
meantime, and We viii have entered
into another series Of good crop years.
incidentally, we Will have learned and
begun the practice of a better system
Ul agriculture WHAT, then. ls tJ pre-
vent Oklahoma from being the next
center Of attraction and scoring am
other era OF developments at least the
equal of the one recently closed y
Nothing; 1t cannot be stopped.
The Future of Tulsa.
Tulsa is In some respects the most
fortunately situated Of any city In the
ftate at the present time. While the
others are trying TO catch up with
themselves, and are handicapped by q
lack OF business and money resulting
from short crops and general business
depression, Tulsa rs gong along nicely
by reason Of being the center OF the
oil industry. Vast sums are being Inc
vested I'm Tulsa's territory iu develop
ing oil production. hundreds Of her
citizens have prufited and are profit
ing hy actual production, and by the
advance I'm the price of leases. The
richest men I'm tho state live there
made rich 10y oil. The pay roll which
~ largely spent within her corporate
limits is enormous. She Is literally
crossing from one era Of good times TO
another on "a sea of oil. Her develop
ment has not been checked, and need
moi be checked. II the agricultural re-
sources of Eastern Oklahoma are de-
vclOped by the time the oil develop
ment slacks. there is no reason why
Tulsa should experience any set back
whatever Many Tulsa people VIII
tell YOU that the oil will last ten,
twenty or more years. OF course they
do not know; nobody knows. But
granting that Il will, the development
Of production win not last that long at
It's present rate; and il is not the pro
ducuon of oil, but the development of
that production that makes Tulsa
what she is. After the production is
developed, the pay rolls drop on
rapidly. Furthermore Tulsa would be
twice as good town as she is If East
orn oklahoma was developed agrlcul-
mrally to the extent that Western Ok
lahoma Is. And since this develop
ment IS coming, Tulsa really has little
to worry about. The extent OF her
growth during the next ten years IS OF
course problematical, but ii should be
very great; IL can be made so.
MuskOgee occupies a strategic posi-
ton in the state that cannot be over
looked. She has the advantage over
"a, ,th h.V n tho YnqftnT nf wafer
supply and cheap power in almost un-
limited quantity. Her transportation
facilities are splendid. She has easy
access to ncasureless coal fields, nat
ural gas, oil, timber and raw building
materials. Muskogee may become a
great city. Her future, like that of
Tulsa, depends in a great measure
upon the proper development OF the
vast agricultural and live stock re-
sources of her territory, and In addi-
tion, upon the amount Of foreign capt
tai she Is able To attract. She should
be the site of many factories.
Oklahoma City will always be the
capital OF the state. and should be.
She will develop into a great live stock
market, and her wholesale and jobbins
interests are certain to become i'm
mense. She may not always be the
largest city in the state-and again,
she may he. Those who think Oklaho-
ma City ia permanently crippled have
another guess coming. She unques-
tionably has a very bright future.
Unsurpassed transportation facilities
and a perfect location in the midst Of
a vast scope Of splendid agricultural
territory arc certain to make pros
porous and important city out Of Enid.
Her future also appears to be assured.
She may never be as large as either of
the other three cities-but no one can
tell There will be need for a much
larger city where Enid stands.
These four cities-Oklahoma City,
Tulsa, Muskogee and Enid-should
always be the largest in the state
They may not always maintain their
present relative positions But wheth-
er they do or do not, they should have
a combined population in the COM
paratively near future Of more than
three hundred thousand.
The General Development
McAlestcr, Ardmore, Alva, Wood
ward Bartlesvillo Collinsville, Wagon
er, FL Reno, Shawnee, Guthrie, Lawton
and a dozen other good little cities
each has an opportunity to grow and
prosper. The results there as in the
larger cities, will depend very much
upon the extent and character Of the
activity put forth by the men who are
interested in them. Men build cities
build them anywhere.
Kansas and Nebraska each has a
greater total area than oklahoma. but
Oklahoma has a greater area within
the rain belt than either OF those states
Therefore, Oklahoma's agricultural
production ought TO exceed that Of
either. Oklahoma will never raise as
much corn as Kansas or Nebraska. un-
less IL be in an exceptional year but
she should raise two-thirds as much
while her cotton crop alone will doubt
less always exceed in value the corn
crop of either Kansas or Nebraska