The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-10

are slaves TO the officials who u.s.
them 10 promote their own selfish
ends"
William Horstcr. prominent
building contractor, called attention
10 the necessity for more houses and
offlce buildings In Tulsa at the ptcs-
cnt time.
"Oil men are seeking locations
here now by the thousands" HOrstar
stated. They want to come from
Fort Worth, Dallas Kansas CITY,
Chicago and the east. We are now
snort 10000 square feet OF office
space, That means II the Kennedy,
FItst National and Exchange Ma
tlonal buildings could all be dupl-
Gated now Il would only supply the
INT demUhd. Large firms using
four and five floors OF office space
would come here providing they
could secure quarters. The price OF
as 20 not count in this as thess
'irms would pay almost any charge
asked.
but in spite OF this demand peo
pie simply can't plan to build under
eNistiug conditions There ~ n
WOS/tu figure what a building wi .
,ost nor the time OF It's proba Die
completion Tuo p,csent Office
buildings in Tulsa are credltablc
structures, but can assu q tina Il
would be impossible to build as good
Jos under e .Isu.g conditions tn
same is true with respect to r,sI-
tcnccs, the cost OF cons ruCti no
eng almost prohibi'ivc and the
/ wage scale sOrs'Hr''y Advancing an
efficiency diminishing"
The movement also had the
hearty endorsement of r. c. S.euvc.
electrical contractor; w. y. Kilmer,
contracting decorator, David "
/ Moifit OF Cosdcn " Co, Earl w. sin
clair, John n. Miller, T.. $. Hu'Chiu-
son and others
Resolutions calling for orrauiza-
ton upon the part OF the employers
OF labor as the true friends of labor
as presented by Clarence b. Douglas,
managing director Of the chamber
or commerce, were adopted with the
prOviso that their adoption implied
endorsement of the open shop policy
and equal rights to both labor and
| capital The endorsement was later
made more specific when "A single
motion endorsing the open shop poll
icy as made by Grant c. Stcbbins
was adopted.
Following are the resolutions as
adopted:
" AA'l 'flf'f y ltLl Ef uAlllbfT VI Allf
laborirg men Of Tulsa, of oklahoma
ana of the other states of.the United
States OF America are at this time
In the grip Of q tyrannlcal urganiZa
| ton which denies TO them the right
to say for whom they may work
with whom they may labor: how
long they may be employed. wnerc
| they may trade, what kind Of clothes
they may wear: what kind Of food
they may eat: where they may eat;
to what funds they may or may not
contributes: what amusements they
| may attend: whore they may or may
not get shaved: what patriotic or
other organizations they may Join or
affiliate with; where their wives may
purchase the necessities Of life; what
their hours of recreation and of la
| hOr shall be; what laws they may
| defy or respect. and
Whereas. This tyranny over la
| boring men has reached a point littlc
short OF slavery and is becoming in
tenslfied even 10 the point, in some
| instances, Of demanding of laboring
men open and defiant rebellion
| against the laws OF the several states
and the laws, the courts and govern
ment Of the United states. and
Whereas, The undersigned loyal
patriotic citizens Of Tulsa, oklahoma
! believe that organized tyranny such
as this is viclously un-American and