The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-09
BANKERS RENEW
REQUESTS FOR
RESERVE BRANCH
Continued From Page i)


hereby again remind our delega-
ton in congress that until a branch
ut the federal reserve bank, which
was so cheeriully promised us by
all the interests concerned at the
time Of the location Of the federal
reserve bank at Kansas City, is
given to the state of Oklahoma the
proper consideration OF the rights
and needs OF this great common
wealth is being overlooked
Fists Meet Sedition.
Americans are living in a time when.
II any man opens hi, mouth to make
utterance otherwise than in behalf OF
his government, some other mans fist
will close 1t for him, said Bradford
Knapp Of the L. s department Of agri-
culture, in the principal speech at the
forenoon session His speech was
in keeping with the tone of the morning
meeting in which patriotism was
dominant Other speakers were John
Fields, the editor; George w Barnes,
state director of the War savings stamp
campaign and Glenn Condor OF Tulsa
member OF the state legislature and
returned war zone investigator
II any farmer, any business man,
any banker or any home, is conducted
in the same manner as in April 1917
then that individual and that home to
all intcn,S and purposes is asleep and
needs awakening, declared Mr. Knapp
"Who Doesn't Help, Hurts
Our army and navy cannot win this
war for us unless they are backed up
! by a self sacrificing people at home. -
he said This is a time when, He
who does not help, hurts He who does
not work, shirkS.
This country and Canada have the
burden OF subsiStng and saving the
rest of the world Russia is not in
the war as one Of your own papers in
this city stated yesterday Russia is
out Of the war The empty StomaChS
OF her millions was one Of the things
that put her out OF the war Poland
had 100000 people 100000 starved
| TO death Rumania and Scrvia we're
wiped out, Rumania forced to .acccp,
a huniliating peace America subsiSt'
Belgium French production is only
40 percent normal Great Britain
greatest importing nation OF the world
imports only necessities. Here the
burden Of the thing conironts you
Safe Farming Creed
81 ct me talk to YOU about my creed
| for this time and need. II is safe farm
ing What is safe farming? It's to first
produce enough food for the farmer and
his cattle; second to see TO it he has
cattle enough to fertlize his land third
for him TO be thrifty and enterprising
TO make A contribution TO the world,
supply Of food The farmer who will
follow this plan needn't fear the boil
wccyl nor the pink boil weevil nor low
priced cotton when they come along
either singly or all three together.
I'm not enthused over 30-cent cot.
ton II looks like 20 cents to me. Wher
| got so a bale for my cotton | coult
buy eighty bushels of corn for a So
bale Of cotton can get $50 a bal,
for my cotton now or could have beior,
the price dropped ten days ago but car
buy only seventy-five bushels OF corr
for $50 Where do | get Off
L want TO tell you Oklahoma bank
ers that you owe il to the farmer to Sc,
to It that he gets a square deal when h,
markets and no slick hound creeps il
and skins him as they did the Georgia
farmers who raised hogs on peanuts
II there are any towns In your com
munity where there are five storet
selling food when two could do III,
business, you ought 10 use your in
J fluenoe to consolidate the BUSINESS ant