Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-05

mental To the welfare of all the peo-
PIC III oklahoma. They have not ,d-
Vahced far enough IN broad intelli
eehce yet To know that the upbuildinr
VI thls great industry and centralizinp
II mere Is OF vast importance and ben
eft to all the people in the stnto M
matter where they reside.
on producers pay into the s,a.a
treasury 80 mills on the dollar of
thclr receipts for the sale of the oil
piouGced. Under the budget of 1917
othcr classes of property will nav into
the state treasury two mills on the
uoilar based upon the ad valorem
paSlS II is true that a small portion
OF this 30 mills is paid back into tho
counties for school and gnod ,onS
purposes. though the amount is nnth-
lnG compared To what would he avail
"plc Tor township, school district and
county government If the oil prn-
uucers tax was paid the same as other
taxes are paid and Appropriated i'm
the same manner.
only state Having This Method.
~" o'icr state In the union has un-
dertaken such "A high handed method
OF IeNying tribute from one single m
duStrN' The people in the nonoil-do-
NeIoped part Of the state should ION
IN opposing this method of taxation
i"' tne professional politicians are an
HNaflclouS lot 1t is hard TO tell how
soon lheir appetite will call for n nro-
duction tax on broom corn. cotton
V"''"hs''d OIL. packing house and
manufacturing products As a mat
Ter OF inct, II isn't good statcsmanshIn
20 take away the oil taxes and an
propriatc them to the exclusion of Tho
localities paying the tax. County lnd
/ local governments have to no man
tanned in the oil country AMI tho nil
tax ought to help maintain this nee
eSSatN expense. Besides. 1t is
Bad Financial Policy.
Ihree refineries locating Just across
the line in Kansas recently which
Will be fed 10y oklahoma crude. tro, MS
porting storage oil to Kansas and
other states where oil men have a fey
'ieh's letti the tearing down and
hhandonment of great tank farms.
the removal from the state of lots of
our wealthiest men. shows what the
Short-slShted policies are bringing
about in this state
Bad Economics. Too.
This policy is unsound. for an oil
development helped principally TO the
uphuilding of the magnificent citios
of l'artlesVllle. Muskogee. Vinita. ok
mulgce, Ponca city, Sapulpa. Ard
more and Tulsa. 1t is putting re-
neWed life and vigor in Blackwell
Enid and Perry, and Oklahoma CITY
Is feeling the dynamic force of the oil
men. The upbuilding of these cities
has created "a market for the farmers
and they too. indirectly, are part
ners and derive great benefits from
the production of oil. Is the progress
OF these cities to be retarded and
paralyzed by tho Vaccinations of
brazen demagoEues? Shall Grant
Woodward, Major, Custer Kiowa aud
all the rest of the western Oklahoma
counties wait for oil men to turn loose
millions In their midst, testing the
lands for OIL until the domagogucs
run their course, or will they. too.
Join in killing them off at the coming
election. oklahoma, tho Penngyl-
vania OF mineral resources of the
west, but little developed yet, should
be a magnet to draw capital in Ia
make II a manufacturing and indus
trial state. Let the wealth be re-
tanned in oklahoma. 1t will find its
outlet In every channel of trade and
investment II treated fair. We can't
have great state witohut great po-
litIcal and public leadership. Pyg-
mics breed and draw pygmies dema-
gogues are prolific where people are
Indifferent in public affairs. Okla
homans have too much at stake to
longer slumber I'm political affairs.
OH Men Are Now Awakened.
The oil lands which are no good
for agricultural purposes and will not
be for years are taxed tho same as
lands in other parts of the state, and |