The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-02
SECRETARY DOUGLAS
BACK FROM ST. LOUIS
Note of Extreme Optimism Il
SOUNDED at National Chamber
Of Commwcc Meeting.
SEES NEW DEMAND FOR OIL
Largo Ner,,hant Marine Wili In
eScayo Nod 81 oklahoma
Crude, lie says

Clarence u Douglas secretary or
the Tulsa chamber ~ commerce. re-
turned Thursday from ~ LOUIS
whore no was In Ottcudanto At INC
national convention 81 the animated
chamber OF commerce orEhhlEa
tons. In an interview with world
reporter Thursday afternoon the
colonel told OF tho convention as FOL
lows
The outstandlng feature or mo
mneting Of the chamber or com
msrce OF the United states AT ~
Louis during the present week aalh
Secretary Douglas who returned yes
tsrd.y. "vcro tho addresses OF soc
retary GlHsa OF the treasury depart
ment secretary Ucdfeld OF the de
rartmsnt Of commerce and chair.
man Hurley Of tho Emergency f1ool
snip Buildlng Corporation. Tn"
Meeting was attended bY more man
1000 Representative husine,s men ~
the tJnttod states and those In at
tendance listened with rapt sttan
ton 10 all of tho hddrensea and par
ticulhrly to those Of tho three Eon
tlemen named
Secretary GLASS was optimistic
over the financial condition ~ the
country. saying tho B>~dcral Reserve
Law Of which he was tho tsthcr,
precluded tho possibility OF a panic
and having been tested nv the shock
of war seems 10 have solved inc
financial ills ~ this nation, Ito was
optimistlc In the extreme ana pro
fuse In his expressions OF sppreris
tion OF the aid the business men or
tho country. and tho bankers
especially. have given the govern
ment during tho crisis through
which this nation has Just passed
He complimsnted the COOPERATIVE
spirit. tho unnclfish patriotlsnh ana
tho valuable assistance rendered ny
the business men and said that no
nation need fear the future whlch
has as its representative citizenship
the type of Americans whose hn.n
attributes had been developed by the
war,
Cou,piiments Organized labor.
Secretary Redfieid Of the depart.
mont Of commerce In his speoeh said
ne faced tho future with absolute
confidence prosperity for tho oouh-
try lie compliments not only tho
Eteat com mercial leaders OF tho ma
tior. who have handled the business
At,laticn no well. but likewise COM
plimepted organized labor for the
'pAtriotlsm the organization has dr-
played lie laid special stress on me
evolution OF business methods and
the Improvement IN tho business
sthies Of tho great financial and
com m erciaI concerns of the nation,
and announced that the necessary
laws must be enacted to keep pace
with the progressive spirit OF the
age. He said he could see no cloud
on the horizon for the business In
terssts Of this country and anttci-
pated continued prosperity now thai
the nations people had como to
know csch other and better under
stand each others problems,
"of especial interest TO this sec
ton Of the country said Mr. Doug
las. was the address OF Chairman
Hurley OF the Ship Building
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Chairman Hurley said the mer
chant Marine OF America had come
10 stay and that while we main
tained the highest rates OF wages
and rave our sailors the best food
thereby increasing the expense Of
operation, we made II M In service
rendered and the expcdltiously
handled cargoes and getting In and
out OF port.
Incycase OIL Demand.
3 Chairman Hurley said that the fu-
ture OF the merchant marine was to !
very considerable extent an oil
proposition: that tho oil burners
would solve the problem OF the ex
cess employees in the boiler rooms
and that the new merchant marine
of the nation would depond largely !
on oil for propulsion. Ho ompha- I
sized the importance Of tho develop |