Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-26
TULSA SUBMITS
LEADING CLAIM
CONTINUED FROM rAGE ONE

relatf~eA,o the basic industries and
OF the resources of the city OF Tulsa
itself. Many interesting items were
produced that have never been Of
fered to tho public heretofore.
In their comparison which were
made not as division OF the state
but to rove that the location OF
the branch bank at Oklahoma City
would cause misrouting Of many
millions Of dollars in money by send
ing It from one hundred to 125 miles
westward to Oklahoma City before
starting 1t on its natural route
toward the east In making this
showing it was shown that all OF
the four principal farming crops of
the state with the exception Of
wheat found their majority produc-
ton in the AZ per cent eastern por-
tibn OF the state and that the So
per cent territory assigned to the
western portion only lead in the pro-
duction of wheat and of the four
principal crops OF cotton, corn.
wheat and oats.
East Ahead I'm Mineral.
In the mineral resources 1t was
shown that nine counties in eastern
Oklahoma extending from Tulsa
county south to McAlester comprise
the coal fields of the state and that
these counties produced n total OF
4.3S9.473 tons of coal. Ii was shown
that the Oklahoma zinc fields are
225 miles east from Oklahoma City
and that they produced $l5,000,O0
worth OF zinc besides much more In
finished products, that of the $l2S,-
000.00 worth of oil production all
but $2S 100000 is produced in the
~ per cent eastern portion of the
state and that the balance IL pro-
duced at Enid and Ardmore and
handled either directly or indirectly
by Tulsa banks. Letters from the
principal banks of Enid and Ard
more were produced to confirm this
statement.
Various statistical information,
such MS tax valuation, labor and
financial reports were shown, prov
ing that the taxes Of the east, AZ
per cent. exceed" the west; that the
labor demands OF the east are more
than double that of the western por-
tion and that the banks OF Tulsa
have resources far in excess Of Ok
lahoma City. 1t was shown that
the loan demands on the government
for the state OF Oklahoma called
for total Of s24.000,000 worth OF
rediscounts with the Kansas City
federal reserve bank last year. and
that the city Of Tulsa used $l7,750,-
600 of this sum.
Tulsa Exceeds.
Oklahoma City bank deposits were
compared with Tulsa's on the fol-
lowing basis:
Okla City. Tulsa.
Country bank
deposits s 9.9o5, 900 $1O,362. 900
Chcckg dep's 1G,Ssf 900 2S,992,OO0
Time dep's.. 3,O33,O0O S,2S6,0OO
U. s dep's. $4,000 2,013,000
Probably the most interesting
statement was that the United States
has selected Tulsa as its
depository in the state for such
vast sum as $2.0OO,00O while Okla
homa city was given but $4,000,
This was accounted for by the fact
that tfTe government places its de-
posts in cities in proportion to the
purchase of government securities.
Il was conceded that the apportiOn-
menJ OF 9bV,OVV 10 OhIdHOild OlLy
did show that Tulsa and not Okla
homa City was recognized by the
treasury department as the financial
center Of oklahoma.
Covering the city Of Tulsa it was
uhown that l7S manufacturers and
wholesalers Of Tulsa had many mil
lions invested and earned millions
The evidence showed that the manu-
facturers Of Tulsa had an invested
capital Of s153,856,206, with 1854
employees and gross income for
1917 of Sl55,632.5t4. TtN wholesale
interests OF Tulsa we've shown to