Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-02-25
MOODY IS OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT TEXAS FUTURE


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the surface ter mo ufe uf che anrld
The wealth that Uod has hidden ir
her reservoirs ln iho sands ~ au
elsui seas
"fhe pioneer of the unirlri west
'fu prairlrs ias always klndlrd na
admiration q hls daring exploits ir
the inmlnr ie Nilds. ~ was ihry
who ford uuhrldg.d torrents
who hrayeh ihe mu-icrous Indian
who endured the priyatiuus aud hard
fhips Of isolation far IN advance -
the comforts ~ civilized lie ThcS
huyo roapod rich rewards In large
domains ~ acreage They have
hulldcd Tor ~ our comfortable
homes and beautiful cities
"A great portion ~ the world
wealth is Justly held by the pioneer
~ Texas today Such men ns nurf
linrnott, q master among cowmen
and wealthy because NJ the oil that
underlny q portion ~ his vast ranch
aud nurk llurnotl IN known toda,
over the wide world. llis neirhhlf
rnnchmnn. Tom Wafgoncr. likewise.
leaps quickly tO the position NJ the
wenllhiost man NJ Tho greatest state
IN the Union Likewise your land
hnrona. many of whom today obsoryo
their annual convention IN This city.
may BE- harboring beneath their pas.
iure fences lakes of vast potential
wealth far In excess ~ that which
has centcro1 the eyes ~ the world on
Texas.
"Tho sudden and unexpected a.
American slumhcring M our door.
steps has hardly heon realized hv
even those from u distance who grasp
III magnitude of the development
that portcnds.
Eyes. God has been good 10 Texas
hut In placing beneath her soil tho
reservoirs Of untold wealth he has
placed upon our citizenship a great
responsibility and thrown 20 them a
challenge to discover the wiscst
means Of producing or bringing Ia
the surface this liquid wealth which
is the motive power that prOpcls cv'
cry throhblng engine performing tho
miracles OF the oil agc. the greatest
In the history ~ the world which
has given TO mankind IN emaslcry ot
the earth and the aid and the wat.
ers under the earth.
Fortunes hare hocn lost In heed.
less. ihoughtlcss haste OF tho chase
for this wonderful wealth, II Is said
tina, more gold has been spent In
seeking gold than has ever been
mined. Likewise colossal waste NJ
national wealth has doubtless occur
red for lack ~ wise planning and
management In this greatest Of H..
dusirles-thr production 81 oil Now
comes the challenge to serve human.
ity 10 produce wealth for the good
of all and thereby providing ourscl.
vos with the comforts and the ro.
wards Of life nv so co-relatlnr MI
the factors IN the production ~ this
wealth that the we'll earned returns
will come with tho stability and with
greater afflncuce and abundance
than has hitherto come IN any NJ the
chosen vocatlons ~ mankind. safer
and surcr than banking or cattle
or land investments. far oycrshah.
owing their usefulness lust ns tho
muscles and Tissues of tho holy
would decay without the ne blood,