Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-29
REUNION WILL BRING
MILLIONS TO TULSA
From "a business Standpoint, 10 D.
the Greatest Thing Ever Pro-
pu~cd Tor tho city.
WILL COST ONLY 100000
Reunion iIcinE Held at Request of
President Wilson and Sec
rctary McAhoO.

10 iH predicted that visitors at
t.nding the Confederate reunion In
ru'ap September "a to ?s will leave
aH much AZ 15.ooo.oOo IN local banks
They VIII come from all over tho
south. and viii bring with them the
receipts from q great cotton ana
agricultural production, much of
which viii be spent with local instl-
utIons
"ro get this, Tulsa business men
viii only be talled upon 90 raise a
fund of 100000" "A statement from
the reunion committee says.
The facts are that there are two
great annual gatherings IN tho
United States that stand In a class
to themselves EnterpfislnR cities
have We'd with each other for the
privilege Of entertaining those gath
erlnEH In the south II is the re-
unions ot the Confederate veterans
Aad SONS Of Veterans. IN the north
y lH the annual encampments OF the
Grand Army OF the Republic. No
other annual meetings approach
these In interest and value TO the
cities selected as meeting places.
Net Profits Are Large.
Records from reunion cities show
net profits OF from $1,000. 900 20 t2.-
100000. These large profits 20 60
various mercantile establishments
transportation lines, aBh TO hotelf
and restaurants chiefly, but all lines
OF business participate more or less
lu the division OF profits The re-.
union crowds spend all the way from
t2.5O0.000 TO 5000. 900, the eiEA Of
the crowd governing tho Amodnt
The attendance az Little Rock q
few years Ago when that city en-
tortained the reunion. was around
10000 and the gross expenditures
there by tho crowd was about
100000. .The reunion committee
estimated that the net profits on
this volume OF business was In the
neighborhood % $1,000 900. not 20
the reunion committee but 20 the
people Of Little Rock. n cost those
people about 100000 70 cptertain
the reunion.
Heros One Example.
Chattanooga. Tenn. was tho re-
union city IN 1913 The Attendancs
at this reunion was about 100000.
The central reunion committee made
"a close investigation after the re-
union and announced that the gross
receipts from the people was 1900.
geo, and that the net profits 60 the
various businesses of Chattanooga
wHg 81 500 OQO Chattanooga also
spent about 800 QQ0 on the reunion
I'm 1914 he-L/Wilon WIS held a.
Jacksonville, Fla The total at
tendance there was estimated bI
railway passenger agents AZ 100, 600
Careful estimates OF the business
donc az Jacksonville with the re-
union visitors placed the profits at
moro than a million dollars.
ut be- "a part Of reunion history
that those cities that hnvc shown
tho greatest activity IN advertising
and otherwise preparing for re-
unions. hnyo reapcd tho largest re-
wards
Rig Hcunion u Promised.
'~rulsa is more BdvantnFeousiy
situated 10 command "a large reunion
attendance than many Of the cities
that have entertained tho reunion in
former years Tho city ~ within
easy reach Of the Confederate tor
ritpry The states Of Missouri. Ark
lusas Mississippi. Louisiana and
Texas will send record breaking
crowds horr. and in addition the
attendance from other states prom
lsca 20 bn largo as indicated by let,
terE received by the reunion com.
mitirr Experienced reunion work
,rs 500 nt rulsa fine chance 10
breuk nil recent records OF bt-
tendance Tho attendance Iu1v go
beyond tho general estimate ot t0or
600
predict Uusinr.s Here
'Ur.rluu of various business eur
trrpris.r of Tu'ss fr1m so large o.
crowd are practically beNoud Jll rA
p,rttu0ua Considering the i'm
creased cost OF Hl c0mmod.tee
over ihr cost az the same q r.v
years ago. % # mot at an danger.
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