Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-22
SAYS TULSA IS
IN INSPIRATION
EDITOR or BIGGEST PuBLlCA-
1loN or ms KIND ~ M
PRESSED WITH TULSA.
FIRST HAND INFORMATION
Here Gathering Data on Resources
and Progress of tie Great State
or Oklahoma,

or Oklahoma,
Richard II. Edmonds, Of Baltimore,
editor and general manager OF the
Manufacturers Record the greatest
publication OF rs kind in the world,
Is enthused with Tulsa, Mr. Ed
mouds, together with Mrs. Edmonds,
Il sister, Miss Edmonds and II, l..
Clark, private secretary TO Mr.. Ed
monds are at the Hotel Tulsa. Mr..
Edmonds is making study OF Okla
homR's resources and progress, The
Manufacturers Record has done
much TO build mp oklahoma and the
rest of the southwest and has always
been particularly kind 10 Tulsa, hay-
ing given this city more space than
any other spot IN oklahoma. Mr.
Edmonds decided TO visit Tulsa ana
although he has been here but two
days he Is satisfied that all that has
been said was true.
When seen at the Hotel Tulsa last
80 HiIA shA AahAlANAAhR EtAAAs
An Inspiration.
1T IL an inspiration TO visit Tulsa.
The life and activity seen In every
direction are evidences Of the virll-
ity of the people who are making
this community and developing this
section. There is cosmopolitan life
in the very atmosphere, and where
ever one turns, he meets people from
all sections who have gathered here
to utilize the boundless opportunities
presented by this section.
"The development OF oklahoma, as
a whole, has been the most phenom-
email constructive work in the history
of the United states. Nowhere else
has there ever been such amazing
progress in population, wealth, rail-
road and agricultural development in
so brief period, and yet as | have
studied the situation. it has seemed
to me that this immediate section as
well as the entire state, are only i'm
the infancy of their growth.
Good Wells and Bad.
"In all the pioneering work, such
as the development Of a new state
or new section of state, or the
building Of a city or the creation OF
new industries, there is always more
or less experimental work that must
be done. Here and there, failures
will come in individual enterprises,
whether on the farm or i'm the fac
tory, Just as certainly ms in the open
ing of an oil field some wells will
prove dry. In the aggregate, how
in the development Of this oil field,
the good wells have 80 far exceeded
the dry ones, that enormous wealth
has been created.
1T seems to me that any possible
fear of retarded growth by reason
Of the possible decline in the future
of oil and gas production. is wholly
II is altogether probable
that before there is any serious de-
cline in the output OF this field, even
as to oil and gas, that the general
development, commercial and indus
trial. will have become SO great that
there would be no material halting,
even should, in the years to come,
there be a falling off in gas and OIL,
No Decline Probable.
These are the dynamic forces
which are today moving the wheels
Of industry but the wheels will CON
unue to revolve even should these
particular forces be lessened. And
yet / do not see any reason why
there should be any large decline in
oil or gas for some years to come.
"rhe increasing price OF oil which
is becoming more and more valuable,
will, ten years hence. probably make
the value OF the output, even II the
quantity is less than today, very
much greater than the value OF to-
day. And then this section has a
reserve power In It's coal which maxi
es It's industrial development perfect
ly safe and sound, even to those who
might fear that oil and gas will be
lessened In output.
Gibraltar of Light.
Sometime ago an English author
n.y. referring To the vast resources OF
The South, said: at is the Gibraltar
II the lights and fuels Of the world"
This designation would seem to be !
pre- eminently true as TO oklahoma |
and the territory OF which this sec
lion seems TO be the focusing point. |
Here, indeed, in this state is 10 be |
'ound Gibraltar OF lights and fuels, |
'or here you have added to your oil |
md gas; a supply Of coal; and these |
lights and fuels are foundation stones |
N which vast industrial interests can |
,e safely built.
with men from all sections gath |
red here; men Of capital and wide |
business experience in practically ev-
'ry line Of industry and especially in |
III and gas you are gathering cap |
tai, not only Of money. but capital |
4 far greater power; that Of brains |
nd energy for men arcg reater than |
natural resources. when you com |
,ine the two-mep of brains and en-
,rgy and the capital. as is being done |
,ere. there would seem to he no limit |
O the possibilities ahead Of YOU.