The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-08
BANKERS GREETED
BY CHANGED CITY;
ALL IS WAR WORK
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missioner OF this city Followed the
address of welcome given by Frank
Wikoif president OF the Oklahoma
Clearing House association.
81 am extending YOU the greeting ~ =
city" said Mr. Nikon. (Which In many
Wnys YOU muy now look upon as a Wprh
changed city from the city you have mad
, In mind ns Oklahoma city. Our people
have heretofore been spcndthrltts ana
spent money from our abundant proS-
perity. rather more luyishlv than ought TO
have been the case. feel am well
coming you to a changed city In that we
think this city has set It's face 20 going
forward in the race of American cities,
along new lines We believe much ot our
frivoity and prodlgalty Of spending has
been abandoned. one Of the great lessons
this war has taught US. In common with
Its tenchinE many other American cues
the same lesson And In this respect II o.
n very profitable lesson for ut all inc
nations. none needed the lesson OF thrift
so badly ~ America
oklahoma's Wealth.
81 regard this as being not m Inop-
perfume time to call your attention to
the state I'm which you are doing business.
us ror1Id. its ENORMOUS resources IN the
land and I'M minerals oklahoma pro
ducCl hruOmCOrn crop vnlued ~ SIX ana
u half million dollars In 1917. which brought
her into the place OF producing h'll lho
broom corn AWeric1 swept with We
Mei' sr'nl' w lN"lyt' W w" ,t, IT,, ,,,inn
El"N I"f "' l'''u ~, ~, IT,, , .,i,tr,, t,,n
No"I''" v,I P"W N"I"ev ~ ,"t,| t,h
In cotton production, our crop valued ~
I45 millions We were sixth I'm wheat:
SIKH nine anu RH'I''I H'''''' ''....I
We were ~ ior our Whe,I i,mi
duccd $3.50 500 GOO worth OF hEr'Vtui"l
. crops ,,t.
oklahoma WAS seventh IN livestock
/. and second I'm oil production, we heleN'
we produced - percent or AI lh' uN W ~
duccd I'm the United states We were ~
second place IN production ~ ie'n ent
zinc. We produced S@5OM.uoO worm "i
this For our agricultural ana mlh'I'l
pTudutts II D. estimated ms HlaIeN l'"-
/, pie received $3.50 100000. We have given
eleven millions 20 war activities. We
have loaned the United states government
tsI 600 600 ON Liberty bonds and War
Savings stamps Thus We have turned
over 10 the war. rluety-two from the 'N.
millions we rccc1Dl from crops ana min.
erela and II may be- decided n was not
.rCurb mat ~. must do better IN 1918
, ns..,,
Sent men ana money
'.Buf NV friends. wee done more than
this We hay, from this state sent
5000 Of our boys 10 eeGVn,o ,,,c 1re s1.',r nory
,n rr,nre m'n,' or fhcm viii never come
back 10 US THIS is not all we are
|hilnF TO s'n" '",'i ,s gs dr ,T'po goy"Tri
ment shall request us 10 Hundreds
OF our Young women from oklahoma
have offered themselves and been ac-
Ccptpd 10 70 overseas Hs wmiHtcring
nnEcls 10 our slick soldiers md the war
and prirf strfrE.u nations made victims
Of Hun h1rhrrltyR
~ IL particularly rlonsiug To know
the prominent p,rt Oklahoma houkcrs
have hccu allowed 90 have Zoo the success
Of this last third Liberty loan campDIPu
In eight Oklahoma Liberty loan districts
seven Of the district chairmen and di-
fector5' We're hAnhers. ot flN'F- n.ht
county Liberty loan cnnlrm'n. slN'N-ilNr
were bankers. hth'tc " ~ rI0l'f J
should can attention 70 me Incl aua l'hhne
II win you TO ,9Wr, upon ihai WhIs
we may nat1on'p, g} n 'nt mg ,ag''tiu. ,h.