Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-21

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a manner that will cause every Tulsan
to be proud of that vote.
Tulsa and Oklahoma.
But my friends, | am not here to-
night To talk OF myself, but rather |
have decided to talk TO YOU Of Tulsa
and Oklahoma. The two are INSOFAR
able, for upon the success Of one de-
pends largely the success OF the other,
In the past several years | have had
occasion TO study them both. | have
studied Oklahoma because 1t has been
in line with my duties as one of her
public officials. have studied Tulsa
because | have always loved her, and
because since the days Of my first res
idencc here her every interest has
been my interest. Indeed my friends,
II has been a great source of pride
to me in the last few years that
wherever | have been, whether in
our own state, in the middlewest, or
the far eastern part OF our country
that | could register as being from
Tulsa, Oklahoma In fact, | have been
so proud of both of them that II has
been with pride that | have let II be
known that they were my home, and
in referring to this fact OF my pride
of being a resident of Tulsa and Okla
hOma, | call to mind In a great many
instances where | let this fact be
known, that not all Of those whom |
met have been optimistic relative TO
Oklahoma but that In great many
instances through misunderstanding
and Misrepresentation of our great
state, many with whom | talked have
not been informed as to the realities
III. Ia, . ton
has been my special pleasure and de-
light to confer with them and to all
relative to oklahoma, and to all rela-
tive to Oklahoma, her citizenship, her
resources, etc. In this connection |
have been proud of the fact that when
they referred to our industrial Condi-
tions and development in oklahoma,
that ! have pointed out TO them that
down here in this new state, from the
Red river 10 the Arkansas line from
Arkansas to the western borders of
the Panhandle. that we have one Of
the greatest agricultural countries
known to the world.
What oklahoma Does.
II has been my constant pleasure
to call attention to the fact that Okla
homans, although busy with their own
affairs, have seen to 1t that We have
years homes for our blind, homes for
our deaf and dumb, proper places
with which to care for our insane and
educational homes for our unfOrtun-
ate orphans, | have been proud to say
to them that in doing this that Okla
hOma today in these Institutions, in
the matter of modern equipment, in
the matter of modern conditions to
care for these things takes second
rank with none in this Union, and
then my friends, after | have an
swered these pessimsts, and have
pointed out to them conditions which
exist and of which they have had no
idea, l have then invited them to re-
move the scales from their eyes and
come down and see Tor themselves and
have told them to make their first
stop at Tulsa, and in the invitation !
have pointed out to them that when
they have reached this beautiful city
nesting alongside the Arkansas river
in the queen state of oklahoma, that
they will be surprised.
l have told to them that here in
Tulsa they will find a class of citizen
ship second to none in these United
States. They will find citizenship
that is not selfish. They will find
a citizenship that is united. They will
find citizenship working together
for common cause that is expected
of them by all of Oklahoma, and that
is for them to make of Tulsa the COM
mercial center of the great new state.
And when | have finished with them
from that standpoint, | have pointed
out to them that when they arrive at
Tulsa they will find a common school
system which will be great surprise
to them. | have told them of this
school system, and pointed out that In
1t every citizen of Tulsa takes spe-
cial interest and pride, and then 1t
has been a source OF pleasure TO say
to them when they come to Tulsa that
i'm every part of the city they Will be
surprised at the great magnificent edi-
flces in which our people go to Wor-
ship that they will find here.
Again, | have then assured them
that after they have made an eXamin-
alton and have observed this citizen
ship, have observed this school sys-
tenn. have observed these churches,
and have turned their attention to
the prosperity, to the commercial
side, that here i'm Tulsa they will find
the greatest opportunities to bo
found anywhere. They will find that
In Oklahoma there are produced over
three hundred thousand barrels of
oil per day, and that here in magnifi-
cent Tulsa Is the clearing house Tor
all of the revenues from this oil-or
practically all of it-and that this
alone insures to Tulsa prosperity for
many years TO come
on this subject / have had the
most pessimistic refer to the fact
that oil is not today the price that 1t
enjoyed "A few months ago, and then
have called attention to the fact
that this magnificent city was built
upon oil at 2S and 40 cents per bar
rel. and that when the price was
greater that ii only added to our
prosperity, but that our prosperity
was i'm no way shaken by this tempOr-
ary decline in price. and this is a
thought that ] should like to impress
upon the minds Of every Tulsan, as
well as the pessimist with whom we
come I'm contact, and have called at
tention to the fact that lying close to
our city there Is a great and practi-
cally ineXhaustible supply Of coal,
which, no doubt, In the future will be
Of Just as great benefit TO the chief
metropolis Of Tulsa as Is the oil pro-
duction at the present time. After
they have discovered these things,
ask them to consider our railroad
facilities, and they will find that 1t is
easily discernible to all that the great
railroads OF the west have realized